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Past Event
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day.
The Fall 2021 BPEA conference was a one-day, virtual event on Thursday, September 9, hosted by Brookings’s Economic Studies program. While BPEA conferences are usually small, invitation-only gatherings, the Brookings Institution opened its proceedings to anyone who wished to observe the vanguard of economic thought around global economic issues.
Download the conference agenda here.
Submit a proposal to present at a future BPEA conference here.
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Authors: Ziqiao Chen (Syracuse University); Giovanni Marin (University of Urbino Carlo Bo); David Popp (Syracuse University); and Francesco Vona (OFCE Sciences-Po)
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11:05 am - 12:05 pm
Authors: Shelby Buckman (Stanford University), Laura Choi (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Mary Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), and Lily Seitelman (Boston University)
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12:10 pm - 1:10 pm
Authors: Susan Cherry (Stanford Graduate School of Business); Erica Jiang (University of Southern California); Gregor Matvos (Northwestern University); Tomasz Piskorski (Columbia Business School); and Amit Seru (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Authors: David Anthoff (University of California, Berkeley); Roger Cooke (Resources for the Future); Frank Errickson (Princeton University); Cora Kingdon (University of California, Berkeley); Richard Newell (Resources for the Future); Billy Pizer (Resources for the Future); Brian Prest (Resources for the Future); Lisa Rennels (University of California, Berkeley); Adrian Raftery (University of Washington); Kevin Rennert (Resources for the Future); and Hana Ševčíková (University of Washington)
3:05 pm - 4:05 pm
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4:10 pm - 5:10 pm
Authors: David Autor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); David Dorn (University of Zurich); and Gordon Hanson (Harvard Kennedy School)
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Barry G. Rabe
April 21, 2025
John W. McArthur, Zia Khan, Jacob Taylor, Clea McElwain
March 3, 2025
Vanessa Williamson, Ellis Chen
January 31, 2025