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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 2023 BPEA Conference was held September 28-29, 2023 hosted by Brookings’s Economic Studies program. The conference proceedings are open to anyone who wishes to observe the vanguard of economic thought around global economic issues.
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Agenda
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September 28
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DAY ONE: Thursday, September 28
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Accounting for the Widening Mortality Gap between American Adults with and without a BA
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussants
Caroline Hoxby Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics - Stanford University
Jonathan Skinner Research Professor in Economics - Dartmouth College -
Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. Supply Chain Reliance
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Authors: Richard Baldwin (IMD Business School), Rebecca Freeman (Bank of England), and Angelos Theodorakopoulos (Aston Business School)
Discussants
Pinelopi Goldberg William Nordhaus Professor of Economics and Global Affairs - Yale University @PennyG_Yale
Benjamin Golub Professor - Northwestern University -
Global Transmission of FED Hikes: The Role of Policy Credibility and Balance Sheets
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Authors: Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland) and Filiz Unsal (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Discussants
Kristin J. Forbes Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management, Professor of Global Economics and Management - MIT-Sloan School of Management -
DAY TWO: Friday, September 29
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September 29
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Surging Business Formation in the Pandemic: Causes and Consequences?
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Authors: Ryan Decker (Federal Reserve Board) and John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland)
Discussants
Jorge A. Guzman Associate Professor of Business - Columbia Business School
Benjamin Wild Pugsley Robert and Irene Bozzone Associate Professor of Economics - University of Notre Dame -
Wage-Price Spirals
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Authors: Guido Lorenzoni (University of Chicago) and Iván Werning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants
Jordi Galí Senior Researcher - Center for Research in International Economics (CREI), Professor - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ayşegül Şahin Professor of Economics and Public Affairs - Princeton University -
The Power of Substitution: The Great German Gas Debate in Retrospect
11:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Authors: Benjamin Moll (London School of Economics), Moritz Schularick (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), and Georg Zachmann (Bruegel)
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James Hamilton Professor of Economics - University of California, San Diego
Tarek A. Hassan Professor of Economics - Boston University
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