The third workshop of the Macroeconomics Network in the South West will focus on a variety of topics on the field of finance and macroeconomics. These include:
- Design of optimal tax systems
- Practical income taxation and redistribution
- Unemployment insurance and the efficiency of automatic stabilisers
- Turbulence in the labour market and policy
- Debt as safe asset
Workshop programme
| Time | Activity | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10.30am | Coffee and Registration | |
| 11.00am | Opening Remarks | |
| 11.10am | Contributed Session #1 | |
| Multiple equilibria, the labor wedge, and unemployment insurance | Nikos Kokonas, University of Bath | |
| Self insurance and welfare in turbulent labor markets | Alireza Sepahsalari, University of Bristol | |
| 12.40pm | Lunch | |
| 2.00pm | Contributed Session #2 | |
| Taxation, redistribution and frictional labour supply | Hakki Yazici, University of Bristol | |
| Practical optimal income taxation | Hitoshi Tsujiyama, University of Surrey | |
| 3.30pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4.00pm | Contributed Session #3 | |
| Debt as safe asset | Sebastian Merkel, University of Exeter | |
| A general theory of tax-smoothing | Tasos Karantounias, University of Surrey | |
| 6pm | Workshop dinner |