Philadelphia Workshop on Macroeconomics and Economic Policy
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PIER Conference Special Event
University of Pennsylvania
19104 PA
United States
Co-sponsored by The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, PIER and IER
Thursday April 5th
Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 - Amado Recital Hall Room 110
University of Pennsylvania
Directions: https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/irvine-auditorium
Friday April 6th
Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 – Terrace Room
University of Pennsylvania
Directions: https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/cohen-hall-claudia
Hotel: http://www.sheratonuniversitycity.com/
| Thursday 5th April | ||
| 1:55 PM | Welcome Remarks | |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | The Welfare Effects of Encouraging Rural-Urban Migration, Mike Waugh | Discussant: Paco Buera |
| Spatial Structural Change, Michael Peters | Discussant: Lee Ohanian | |
| Break 30 Mins | ||
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | City of Dreams, Diego Puga | Discussant: Costas Arkolakis |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Conference Dinner (By Invitation) Location TBA | |
| Friday 6th April | ||
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Light Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications, Jan Eeckhout | Discussant: Pedro Silos |
| Trading Down and the Business Cycle, Sergio Rebelo | Discussant: Adrien Auclert | |
| 30 Mins Break | ||
| 11:30 – 12: 30 | Firm Heterogeneity in Consumption Baskets: Evidence from Home and Store Scanner Data, Thibault Fally | Discussant: Sam Schulhofer-Wohl |
| 50 Mins Lunch | ||
| 1:20 PM – 3:20 PM | Geography, Search Frictions and Endogenous Trade Costs, Myrto Kalouptsidi and Theodore Papageorgiou | Discussant James Tybout |
| Spatial Competition, Innovation and Institutions: The Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence, Klaus Dezmet | Discussant: Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde |