4th Mannheim Workshop in Quantitative Macroeconomics

Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges

May 18-19, 2018

Day 1 – Friday
08.45	Welcome
09.00-10.00	Session 1 Presenter: Jean Flemming (Oxford), “Costly Commuting and the Job Ladder” Discussant: Jake Bradley (Nottingham)
10.00-11.00	Session 2 Presenter: Alexander Clymo (Essex), ”Firm Dynamics at the Zero Lower Bound” Discussant: Frederica Romei (IIES)
11.00-11.30	Coffee Break
11.30-12.30	Session 3 Presenter: Kathrin Schlafmann (IIES), “Overpersistence Bias in Individual Income Expectations and its Aggregate Implications” Discussant: Jeppe Druedahl (Copenhagen)
12.30-14.00	Lunch
14.00-15.00	Session 4 Presenter: Vegard Larsen (Norges Bank), “Business cycle narratives” Discussant: Simi Rujiwattanapong (Aarhus)
15.00-16.00	Session 5 Presenter: Tom Schmitz (Bocconi), “The Financial Transmission of Housing Bubbles: Evidence from Spain” Discussant: Tim Lee (TSE)
16.00-16.30	Coffee Break
16.30-17.30	Session 6 Presenter: David Weiss (Tel Aviv), “Is The Market Pronatalist? Inequality, Differential Fertility, and Growth Revisited” Discussant: Axelle Ferriere (EUI)
17.30-18.30	Session 7 Presenter: Satoshi Tanaka (Queensland), “Multidimensional Skill Mismatch” Discussant: Salvatore Lobello (Banca d’Italia)
19.00-…	Dinner

Day 2 – Saturday
08.45	Welcome
09.00-10.00	Session 1 Presenter: Adrien d’Avernas (SSE), “The Proftability and Valuation of Banks: Is it due to Banks' Franchise or Government Support?” Discussant: Alejandro Van der Ghote (ECB)
10.00-11.00	Session 2 Presenter: Alexandre Kohlhas (IIES), “Asymmetric Attention” Discussant: Filip Rozsypal (Danmarks Nationalbank)
11.00-11.30	Coffee Break
11.30-12.30	Session 3 Presenter: Georgi Kocharkov (Konstanz), “Low Homeownership in Germany - A Quantitative Exploration” Discussant: Pawel Doligalski (Bristol)
12.30-13.30	Session 4 Presenter: Alexander Rodnyanski (Cambridge), “(Un)Competitive Devaluations and Firm Dynamics” Discussant: Luis Rojas (Barcelona Autonoma)
13.30-…	Lunch