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 2022 BPEA conference was held September 8-9, 2022 hosted by Brookings’s Economic Studies program. The conference proceedings were open to anyone who wishes 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»
The Spring 2023 conference will be held March 30-31, 2023.
Agenda
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September 8
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DAY ONE
Thursday, September 8 -
Understanding U.S. Inflation During the COVID Era
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Authors: Laurence Ball (Johns Hopkins University), Daniel Leigh (International Monetary Fund) and Prachi Mishra (International Monetary Fund)
Discussant
Jason Furman Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy - Harvard University, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Peterson Institute for International Economics, Former Brookings Expert @jasonfurmanAyşegül Şahin Richard J. Gonzalez Regents Chair in Economics - University of Texas at Austin -
Economic Impact Payments and Household Spending During the Pandemic
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Authors: Laura Erhard (Bureau of Labor Statistics), David Johnson (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine), Jonathan Parker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Jake Schild (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Discussant
Karen Dynan Professor of the Practice of Economics - Harvard University, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Peterson Institute for International EconomicsMatthew Rognlie Assistant Professor of Economics - Northwestern University -
Measuring U.S. Fiscal Capacity Using Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Authors: Zhengyang Jiang (Northwestern University), Hanno Lustig (Stanford Graduate School of Business), Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia Business School) and Mindy Z. Xiaolan (University of Texas at Austin)
Discussant
William G. Gale The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @WilliamGale2Deborah Lucas Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance - MIT Sloan School of Management, Director - MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy -
DAY TWO
Friday, September 9 -
Panel: Shrinking the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Panelist
Arvind Krishnamurthy John S. Osterweis Professor of Finance - Stanford Graduate School of Business, Senior Fellow - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy ResearchSydney Ludvigson Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor of Economics - New York University, Co-Director - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Asset Pricing ProgramJonathan Wright Professor - Johns Hopkins University -
Working From Home Around the World
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Authors: Cevat Giray Aksoy (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and King’s College London), Jose Maria Barrero (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México), Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University), Steven J. Davis (Chicago Booth School of Business), Mathias Dolls (ifo Institute) and Pablo Zárate (Princeton University and Universidad de San Andrés)
Discussant
Katharine Abraham Distinguished University Professor - University of MarylandEdward Glaeser Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics - Harvard University -
The Global Dollar Cycle
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Authors: Maurice Obstfeld (University of California, Berkeley) and Haonan Zhou (Princeton University)
Discussant
Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan Neil Moskowitz-Endowed Professor of Economics and Director of Center of International Economics - University of Maryland, College Park @skalemliozcanMatteo Maggiori Moghadam Family Professor and Professor of Finance - Stanford Graduate School of Business, Senior Fellow - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
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