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 P043, 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 | |||
16 February, 2023 | Daniel Runge | „Price Dispersion, Inflation, and Monetary Policy“ | |||
23 February, 2023 | Regis Barnichon (San Francisco Fed) | “Evaluating Policy Institutions ---150 Years of US Monetary Policy” | |||
02 March, 2023 | Lukas Mahler | “Efficiency and Equity of Education Tracking: A Quantitative Analysis” | |||
09 March, 2023 | Dmitry Mukhin (LSE) | “Optimal Exchange Rate Policy” | |||
16 March, 2023 | Hannes Twieling | “Asymmetric Transmission of Monetary Policy in a Currency Union with Heterogeneous Households” | |||
23 March, 2023 | Katja Mann (Copenhagen Business School) | "Consumption Inequality in the Digital Age" | |||
30 March, 2023 | Ulrich Roschitsch | “Optimal Monetary Policy in a Currency Union with Asymmetric House Price Booms” | |||
27 April, 2023 | Kerstin Holzheu (Sciences Po) | “Worker Mobility and Firm Productivity” | |||
04 May, 2023 | Thibault Cézanne | “Monetary policy, binding macroprudential policy and banks’ reaction” | |||
11 May, 2023 | David Koll | “Staying together forever? Life-cycle effects of overoptimistic couple”s (joint with Ursula Berresheim) | |||
25 May, 2023 | Marina Hoch | “Natural Disasters and Household Default” | |||
01 June, 2023 | Ursula Berresheim | "Work from home, work for less? Location Flexibility and Gender Wage inequality” |