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Southwest Macro Graduate Student Workshop

This workshop, part of the Macroeconomics Network in the Southwest Workshop, will feature presentations from PhD candidates from participating institutions.

  • 6 Nov 2025, 12.45pm to 6.15pm GMT
  • 1 Lecture Theatre, Wessex House, University of Bath
  • This event is free

This year's Macroeconomics Network in the Southwest Workshop will also feature a PhD workshop. This will include presentations from PhD candidates of the participating institutions.

The workshop will focus on a variety of topics, including:

  • portfolio choice
  • household borrowing
  • inflation
  • entrepreneurship
  • the supply of safe assets
  • valuation of the US corporate sector

Workshop schedule

Times and presentations may change. Please check this page regularly for updates.

At the end of Session 3, you are also invited to join us for refreshments at Dough (Kingsmead Square, Bath city centre) for pizza and drinks (7pm onwards).

Session 1 — long presentations

12.45pm to 2.15 pm

  • How Credit Tightening Shapes the Labour Market — Victor Hernandez, University of Bath
  • Sudden Firm Exit — Connor Powel, University of Exeter
  • Secondary Markets for Sovereign Debt Securities — Leonardo Barros Torres, University of Surrey

Session 1 — short presentations

2.15pm to – 2.45pm

  • Export Subsidies, Fair Consumption, and Current Account Imbalances — Olga Parashchych, University of Bath
  • Sovereign Debt with Heterogenous Creditors and Investments — Oisikha Chakraborty, University of Surrey
  • College Education Choice under Uncertainty — Caroline Bai, University of Bristol

Session 2 — long presentations

3.15pm to 4.45pm

  • Explaining the Married Women's Participation Boom: Teleworking, Couples' Labor Supply, and the Flexibility Trap — Federico Pilla, University of Surrey
  • A Cognitive Model of Inflation Expectations — Alperen Tosun, University of Warwick
  • The impact of Interest Rates Shock of 2022 on the Working Capital Management of UK Companies — Raja Mizan Rehman, University of Bath

Session 3 - long presentations

4.45pm to 6.15pm

  • Part Time Employment, Moonlighting and Inequality — Dipima Sengupta, University of Bristol
  • Balancing Sectoral Efficiency and Competition: Optimal Public Procurement Allocation — Santiago Iglesias Cuenca, University of Bristol
  • Carbon Taxes and Technological Changes in an International Environment — Ridhwaan Korimbocus, University of Bristol

Workshop organisers

  • Dr Nikolaos Kokonas, University of Bath
  • Professor Árpád Ábrahám, University of Bristol
  • Dr Anastasios Karantounias, University of Surrey

Location

This workshop will take place in Wessex House on our University of Bath campus.


1 Lecture Theatre, Wessex House University of Bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY United Kingdom

Book your place

Please contact us to book your place at this workshop.