Past Conference
CORE Week, featuring the Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics Conference
The Collaboration of Research Economists (CORE) model combines frontier research and an innovative delivery method to advance collaboration within the economics profession.
The CORE model consists of eight CORE Weeks per year. During each week, visiting economists from a range of disciplines will join with Richmond Fed economists for seminars, conferences, and formal and informal networking and collaboration — all with an eye toward advancing economic research.
December CORE Week included 13 visiting economists, and featured the Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics Conference. During the Conference, researchers explored the topics of population growth and firm behavior, U.S. business dynamism, artificial intelligence, and pricing strategies. Some of the questions addressed during the Conference included: How does declining population growth affect firm dynamics? Is income growth volatility decreasing in the U.S.? How do changes in housing prices affect young businesses? Have investments in artificial intelligence improved productivity? Read more about the Conference in the Economic Brief included below.
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- Learn more about the research explored during the Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics Conference in this Economic Brief: Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics: A Conference Recap
Presenters and Visiting Economists
Agenda
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Monday, Dec. 12, 2022
03:30 pm
Visitor Seminar: Boyan Jovanovic (NYU) presenting the paper “A Model of Polarization”
05:30 pmCollaboration Hour
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Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022
11:00 am
Visitor Seminar: Mark Watson (Princeton University) presenting the paper “Spatial Unit Roots", joint with Ulrich Mueller
04:15 pmVisitor Seminar: Pablo Ottonello (University of Michigan) presenting the paper "Firm Heterogeneity and Global Risk Premium", joint with Caitlin Hegarty, Matias Moretti, and Diego Perez
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Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022
10:00 am
Economist & Visitor Collaboration Morning
04:15 pmVisitor Seminar: Andres Blanco (University of Michigan) presenting the paper "A Theory of Non-Coasean Labor Markets", joint with Andres Drenik, Christian Moser, and Emilio Zaratiegui
05:45 pmCollaboration Hour
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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
10:30 am
Secular Trends in Macroeconomics and Firm Dynamics Conference
Registrations and Refreshments
11:00 amIntroductory Remarks
11:15 amMichael Peters (Yale University) presenting the paper “Population Growth and Firm-Product Dynamics,” joint with Conor Walsh
12:00 pmChen Yeh (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) presenting the paper “The Role of Nonemployer-to-Employer Flows in U.S. Business Dynamism”
12:45 pmLunch
02:00 pmLudwig Straub (Harvard University) presenting the paper “Consumption, Savings, and the Distribution of Permanent Income”
02:45 pmBreak
03:00 pmSergio Salgado (Wharton School) presenting the paper “The Great Micro Moderation,” joint with Nicholas Bloom, Faith Guvenen, Luigi Pistaferri, John Sabelhaus, and Jae Song
03:45 pmBreak
04:00 pmJohn Haltiwanger (University of Maryland) presenting the paper “Dynamism Diminished: The Role of Housing Markets and Credit Conditions”, joint with Steven Davis
05:00 pmReception
06:00 pmConference Dinner
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Friday, Dec. 16, 2022
09:30 am
Registration & Refreshments
10:00 amTania Babina (Columbia Business School) presenting the paper "Artificial Intelligence, Firm Growth, and Product Innovation," joint with Anastassia Fedyk, Alex He, and James Hodson
10:45 amBreak
11:00 amAlessandra Peter (NYU) presenting the paper “Nonlinear Pricing and Misallocation,” joint with Gideon Bornstein
11:45 amBreak
12:00 pmDanial Lashkari (Boston College) presenting the paper “Measuring Growth in Consumer Welfare With Income-Dependent Preferences,” joint with Xavier Jaravel
12:45 pmClosing remarks & lunch
Future CORE Weeks
2023
- February 6 – 10
- March 27 – 31
- May 8 – 12
- June 20 – 23
- July 31 – August 4
- September 25 – 29
- October 30 – November 3
- December 11 – 15
Previous CORE Weeks
2021
2022