This seminar series aims to address cutting edge questions in macroeconomics, from inequality and taxation, to growth, business cycles, and structural change. In particular, this series focuses on research which tackles important real-world issues, while using tools at the forefront of modern macroeconomic research, such as heterogeneous-agent modelling and micro-data. These talks will be delivered by scholars from across the UK, Europe, and the world, bringing together expertise from a variety of sources, including academia and central banking.
These seminars will be presented on campus and will normally be held on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30pm, please check individual seminar events for finalised times and dates.
This is an open seminar series and all levels of study and members of the public are welcome. In order to reserve your place, please contact our seminar organiser.
Upcoming seminars will be added below when available.
Date | Seminar title and Speaker |
29 April 2025 | Targeted Taylor rules: some evidence and theory by Cristina Manea |
13 May 2025 | Axelle Ferriere |
27 May 2025 | Reservation Wages Revisited: Empirics with Canonical Models by Pawel Krolikowski |
3 June 2025 | Mariacristina De Nardi |
Date | Seminar title and Speaker |
8 March 2024 | Trend, cycle and expectation formation by Heng Chen |
12 March 2024 | The roots of self-fulfilling debt crises by Bruno Sultanum |
Seminar Title and Speaker |
Transforming Institutions: Labor Reallocation and Wage Growth in a Reunified Germany by Tim Lee |
The Macroeconomics of Partial Irreversibility by Isaac Baley |
A Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian Model of Search Frictions and Public Sector Employment by Pavlos Balamatsias |
Macroprudential Policy and Housing Market Expectations by Shihan Xie |
Outsourcing Dynamism by Claudia Macaluso |
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Inventories and the Role of Goods-Market Frictions for Business Cycles by Wouter den Haan |
The Cross Border effects of Bank Capital Regulation by Frederic Malherbe |
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Job Search, Wages, and Inflation by Laura Pilossop |
Public Financing with Financial Frictions and Underground Economy by Andres Erosa |
Ins and Outs of Selling Houses: Understanding Housing-Market Volatility by Rachel Ngai |
Leisure-enhancing technological change by Lukasz Rachel |
Christine Braun |
Spacial Hysteresis by Mike Elsby |
Neoclassical Growth Transition Dynamics with One-Sided Commitment by Dirk Krueger
Economic Shocks and Populism: The Political Implications of Reference-Dependent Preferences by Nicola Pavoni
Are Managers Paid for Market Power? by Jan Eeckhout
A Ramsey Theory of Financial Distortions by Wei Cui
Cyclical Earnings and Employment Transitions by Carlos Carrillo-Tudela
Commitment and the Dynamics of Household Labor Supply by Alexandros Theloudis
The Recovery of the US Housing Market After the Financial Crisis of the Great Recession by Eric Smith
Growing through Competition: The Reduction of Entry Barriers among Chinese Manufacturing Firms by Yu Zheng on Friday 12th March at 4pm (GMT)