Global Economy & Development
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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 Spring 2023 BPEA conference will be held March 30-31, 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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The Fall 2023 conference will be held September 28-29, 2023.
Spring 2023 BPEA - Day 1
Spring 2023 BPEA - Day 2
Agenda
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March 30
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DAY ONE: Thursday, March 30
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Where Are the Missing Workers?
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussant
Stephanie Aaronson Senior Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics - Federal Reserve Board
Yongseok Shin Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics - Washington University in St. Louis -
Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Authors: John Bistline (Electric Power Research Institute), Neil Mehrotra (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) and Catherine Wolfram (Harvard University)
Discussant
Jason Furman Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy - Harvard University, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Peterson Institute for International Economics, Former Brookings Expert @jasonfurman
Kenneth Gillingham Professor of Economics - Yale University -
Panel: Emerging Market Challenges
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
“India at 75: Replete with Contradictions, Brimming with Opportunities, Saddled with Challenges”
Author: Viral Acharya (New York University)
“Challenges to Disinflation: The Brazilian Experience”
Authors: Carlos Carvalho (Kapitalo Investimentos and PUC-Rio) and Fernanda Nechio (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
“Has China’s Growth Gone from Miracle to Malady?”
Author: Eswar Prasad (Cornell University and The Brookings Institution)
Discussant
Kenneth Rogoff Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics - Harvard University, Former Brookings Expert -
DAY TWO: Friday, March 31
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COVID Credit Policies Around the World: Size, Scope, Costs and Consequences
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Authors: Gee Hee Hong (International Monetary Fund) and Deborah Lucas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussant
Alan J. Auerbach Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law - Economics Department, UC-Berkeley, Director - Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance
Carmen Reinhart Former Senior Vice President & Chief Economist - World Bank Group, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System - Harvard Kennedy School -
Is the Global Economy Deglobalizing?
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Authors: Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale University) and Tristan Reed (World Bank Development Research Group)
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Pol Antràs Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics - Harvard University
Douglas Irwin John French Professor of Economics - Dartmouth College -
The Health Wedge and Labor Market Inequality
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Authors: Amy Finkelstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Casey McQuillan (Princeton University), Owen Zidar (Princeton University) and Eric Zwick (University of Chicago)
Discussant
Angus Deaton Senior Scientist - Princeton University
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