The Macro Seminar discusses recent research projects in the field of macroeconomics on a weekly basis. In addition to Ph.D. students and professors from the University of Mannheim, scholars from other universitites and institutions present their work.
The seminar takes place in lecture room P044, L7 3-5, every Thursday from 12:15 am to 1:15 pm during the lecture period. The exact dates, presenters and topics are shown below.
The presentation titles will be updated on a rolling basis.
Date | Name | Topic | |||
14 September, 2023 | Lukas Mahler | “Efficiency and Equity of Education Tracking: A Quantitative Analysis” | |||
21 September, 2023 | Thibault Cézanne | “Monetary Policy, Binding Macro-Prudential Policies and Banks’ Reaction” | |||
05 October, 2023 | Michael Krause (University of Cologne) | “Monetary policy and endogenous productivity dynamics“ | |||
12 October, 2023 | Yann Müller | “Quantifying Waterway Supply Chain Shocks: Regional Propagation in the Rhine Area” | |||
26 October, 2023 | Lukas Hack | “Transmission of Monetary Policy in a Currency Area with Heterogeneous Households” | |||
09 November, 2023 | Luigi Paciello (EIEF) | “Subsidizing Business Entry in Competitive Credit Markets” | |||
16 November, 2023 | Álvaro Jáñez | “Monopsony Power and Firm Organization” | |||
23 November, 2023 | Marina Hoch | “Natural Disasters and Mortgage Default: Government's Role in Alleviating Climate Change's Impact on Homeowners” | |||
30 November, 2023 | Rasmus Lentz (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | “Labor Market Friction, Firm Heterogeneity, and Aggregate Employment and Productivity” | |||
07 December, 2023 | Bjarne Horst | “Firms' Strategic Price-Setting, the Cost-Price Pass-Through, and Aggregate Inflation” |