LSE Workshop on Networks in Macro & Finance Date: 19th June 2017 Organiser: Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi (Columbia) and Andrea Vedolin (Department of Finance and SRC, LSE) Venue: BOX, 5th Floor, LSE Tower 3, Clement's Inn
Programme 9:00 - 9:30
Registration
9:30 - 10:30
Hanno Lustig (Stanford) Gravity in FX R^2: Understanding the Factor Structure in Exchange Rates Discussant: Ric Colacito (UNC)
10:30 – 11:30
Michael Weber (Chicago Booth) Nominal Rigidities and the Granular Origins of Aggregate Fluctuations Discussant: Jennifer La’O (Columbia University)
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00
Xavier Giroud (MIT) Firms’ Internal Networks and Local Economic Shocks Discussant: Vikrant Vig (LBS)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard) The Macroeconomic Impact of Microeconomic Shocks: Beyond Hulten's Theorem Discussant: Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi (Columbia University)
15:00 – 16:00
Isabelle Mejean (Ecole Politechnique) Volatility in the Small and in the Large: The Lack of Diversification in International Trade Discussant: Felix Tintelnot (Chicago)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Ezra Oberfield (Princeton) Misallocation in the Market for Inputs Discussant: David Baqaee (LSE)
17:30 – 18:30
Reception
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