Economics Seminar Series

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What: The St. Louis Fed’s Research division sponsors a seminar series on a wide variety of topics presented by economists from across the country and around the world.

When: Weekly.

Intended audience: Economists and students of economics.

For questions: Send questions and suggestions to Research.Seminar@stls.frb.org.


2024-2025 Seminars

All times shown are U.S. Central

Feb 1, 2024, 12 p.m.
“A Model of Credit, Money, Interest, and Prices,” with Yuliy Sannikov
Seminar Speaker: Saki Bigio, UCLA, Feb 1
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 9, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Weathering the Storm: Supply Chains and Climate Risk,” with Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Gaurav Khanna, and Nicolas Morales
Seminar Speaker: Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 23, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Wage Inequality and the Spatial Expansion of Firms”
Seminar Speaker: Benny Kleinman, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 29, 2024, 12 p.m.
“The Anatomy of Monthly Earnings Volatility: Evidence From Paycheck Microdata”
Seminar Speaker: Peter Ganong, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Mar 5, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Emma Harrington, University of Virginia
Host: Alexander Bick

Mar 12, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Refinancing Frictions, Mortgage Pricing and Redistribution”
Seminar Speaker: David Berger, Duke University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Mar 14, 2024, 12 p.m.
“The Adoption of Non-rival Inputs and Firm Scope”
St. Louis Fed Economist: Hannah Rubinton
“Delinquency, Forbearance, and Ex-Ante Heterogeneity,” with Kartik Athreya and Jose Mustre-del-Rio
St. Louis Fed Economist Juan Sánchez
“The Fed’s Forecast Advantage: News or Conditioning?”
Michael Owyang
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Mar 21, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Zachary Stangebye, University of Notre Dame
Host: Mark Wright

Mar 26, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Peter Klenow, Stanford University
Host: Alexander Bick

Mar 27, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Amy Handlan, Brown University
Host: Alexander Bick

Apr 4, 2024, 12:15 p.m.
“Firm Export Dynamics in Interdependent Markets,” with Alonso Alfaro-Ureña, Sebastián Fanelli, and Eduardo Morales
Seminar Speaker: Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Harvard University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 9, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Jacob Moscona, Harvard University and MIT
Host: Alexander Bick

Apr 10, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Carolina Villegas-Sanchez, ESADE
Host: Ricardo Marto

Apr 11, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Fiscal Stimulus and Durable Goods Purchases: Evidence from Auto Sales and Pandemic Household Transfers”
Seminar Speaker: Eric Zwick, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 16, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Financial Frictions: Micro vs. Macro Volatility”
Seminar Speaker: Morten Ravn, University College London
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 17, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Edouard Schaal, CREI
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 23, 2024, 12 p.m.
“A Monetary Measurement of Love on Eurozone”
St. Louis Fed Economist: YiLi Chien
“A National Banking Conditions Index for the U.S.,” with Miguel Faria-e-Castro and Kevin L. Kliesen
St. Louis Fed Economist: Michael McCracken
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 25, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Optimal Monetary Policy with Redistribution”
Seminar Speaker: Jennifer La'O, Columbia University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 30, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Financial Conditions Targeting,” with Ricardo Caballero and Tomas Caravello
Seminar Speaker: Alp Simsek, Yale University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 1, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Pau Roldan-Blanco, Bank of Spain
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 7, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Venky Venkateswaran, New York University
Host: Ana Maria Santacreu

May 8, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Inflation Pre and Post Pandemic: Insights from Firm Level Data,” with Luca Gagliardone, Simone Lenzu, and Joris Tielens
Seminar Speaker: Mark Gertler, New York University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 9, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Optimal Asset Market Policies”
St. Louis Fed Economist: Yu-Ting Chiang
“The Geography of Wealth: Shocks, Mobility, and Precautionary Savings”, with Brian Greaney
St. Louis Fed Economist: Maximiliano Dvorkin
“Dissecting the Great Retirement Boom,” with Serdar Birinci and Kurt See
St. Louis Fed Economist: Miguel Faria-e-Castro
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 14, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Andreas Mueller, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Alexander Bick

May 15, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Monetary Policy Operations: Theory, Evidence, and Tools for Quantitative Analysis,”, with Gastón Navarro
Seminar Speaker: Ricardo Lagos, New York University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 21, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Speaker: Gregor Jarosch, Duke University
Host: Serdar Birinci

May 23, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Uniform Rate Setting and the Deposit Channel,” with Erik Stafford
Seminar Speaker: Juliane Begenau, Stanford University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Jun 4, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Moritz Kuhn, University of Mannheim
Host: Alexander Bick

Aug 20, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Derek Neal, University of Chicago
Host: Oksana Leukhina

Aug 21, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Alexander Bick

Sep 5, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Aggregation, Liquidity, and Asset Prices with Incomplete Markets,” with Benjamin Hébert and Pablo Kurlat
Seminar Speaker: Sebastian Di Tella, Stanford University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Sep 10, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Rent Guarantee Insurance”
Seminar Speaker: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Sep 18, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change”
Seminar Speaker: Raquel Fernandez, New York University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Sep 19, 2024, 12 p.m.
“The Economic Effects of a Potential Armed Conflict Over Taiwan”
St. Louis Fed Economist: Chris Neely
“Navigating the Waves of Global Shipping: Drivers and Aggregate Implications,” with Jason Dunn
St. Louis Fed Economist: Fernando Leibovici “Intergenerational Persistence in Education,” with David Fuller
St. Louis Fed Economist: Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Sep 24, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Monopsony Power and the Transmission of Monetary Policy,” with Bence Bardóczy, Chiara Maggi, and Sergio Salgado
Seminar Speaker: Gideon Bornstein, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Oct 1, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Are Inflationary Shocks Regressive? A Feasible Set Approach,” with Felipe del Canto, Eric Qian, and Conor Walsh
Seminar Speaker: John Grigsby, Princeton University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Oct 10, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Welfare Costs of Credit Card Oligopoly,” with Juan M. Morelli
Seminar Speaker: Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Oct 15, 2024, 12 p.m.
“The (Rapid?) Adoption of Generative AI,” with Adam Blandin and David Deming
“Labor Cost Pressures: Evidence from Earnings Calls,” with Aakash Kalyani
St. Louis Fed Economist: Serdar Ozkan
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Oct 17, 2024, 12 p.m.
“When Do Endogenous Portfolios Matter for HANK?” with Matthew Rognlie, Ludwig Straub, and Tomáš Ťapák
Seminar Speaker: Adrien Auclert, Stanford University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Oct 23, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: David Donaldson, MIT
Host: Ana Maria Santacreu

Oct 29, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Borrowing from Workers: Can Labor Market Power Mitigate Financial Frictions?”
Seminar Speaker: Yan Bai, University of Rochester
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Nov 7, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Do Deficits Cause Inflation? A High Frequency Narrative Approach,” with Stephan Hobler
Seminar Speaker: Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Nov 12, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: Sara Moreira, Northwestern University
Host: Ana Maria Santacreu

Nov 21, 2024, 12 p.m.
“'Austrian' Capital Theory and World Trade”
Seminar Speaker: Pol Antrás, Harvard University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Dec 3, 2024, 12 p.m.
“Why Do Workers Dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and Conflict Costs”
Seminar Speaker: Christina Patterson, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Dec 4, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Economists: Julian Kozlowski, B. Ravikumar, Ana Maria Santacreu
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Dec 5, 2024, 12 p.m.
St. Louis Fed Visitor: David Lagakos, Boston University
Host: Ana Maria Santacreu

Dec 12, 2024, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Ayşegül Şahin, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 4, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 13, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 18, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Feb 27, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Mar 6, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Wendy Morrison, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Mar 25, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 3, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Liyan Shi, Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 10, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Nir Jaimovich, University of California San Diego
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 15, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Marianna Kudlyak, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Host: Julian Kozlowski

Apr 24, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Joseph Vavra, University of Chicago
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 1, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Pablo Fajgelbaum, UCLA
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 6, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Mariacristina De Nardi, University of Minnesota
Host: Julian Kozlowski

May 15, 2025, 12 p.m.
Seminar Speaker: Lance Lochner, University of Western Ontario
Host: Julian Kozlowski

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