This workshop is for anyone who wants to know more about the work of economists outside of academia, in particular working in the public sector. This workshop addresses the questions: • What do you do as a government economist?• What tools do you use?• Is there a place for alternative economics? It is open to …
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SESSION 5: Student Replication Presentation by Franziska Strunz (PhD student at the Universität der Bundeswehr in Munich, DE) ARTICLE BEING REPLICATED:Auerbach and Gorodnichenko (2016) “Effect of Fiscal Shocks in a Globalized World”, published in the IMF Economic Review (available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/imfer.2015.15). Also: data series extended with data from 2014 to 2022. ABSTRACT:"Although theoretical models consistently …
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This session covers Lecture 18: Forwards and Futures The lecture is somewhat of a sequel to Lecture 8, which talked about lining up the timings of cashflows and cash commitments. People can use forwards and futures to match up the time pattern of their cash inflows with their cash commitments. Our exploration of forward contracts …
Ft. Mariana Mazzucato, Joe Stiglitz, and Martin Guzmán Pre-conferenceMore information forthcoming Round table: What challenges do Latin American countries face in trying to apply economic development theories?2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Buenos Aires timeSpeakers: Leopoldo Tornarolli (CEDLAS-UNLP), Florencia Kohon (MECON) and Estanislao Malic (CCC / UNQUI)Note: will be held in Spanish Conference: Strategies for economic …
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This YSI workshop will bring young scholars together to discuss new ways of thinking about epistemologies, methods and networks that we need for strategic delinking in Africa including debates on economic and monetary sovereignty as well as reparations. In Africa, debates around the idea of delinking date back to the early 1980s with the implementation …
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The Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE) and the Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) welcome submissions from young talents carrying out high-quality interdisciplinary research in the fields of Law & Finance, broadly construed. The conference will take place on 27 and 28 October 2022 at the University of Amsterdam. We welcome a broad range of …
WEBINAR REPLICATE REPLICATE: HOW YOU CAN TAKE PART SESSION 6: Questionable research practices outside of the lab Social scientists are increasingly interested in questionable research practices and their role in producing false and misleading results. Many scientists are prescribing open practices (e.g., open data, prospective registration) as a way to restore the credibility of academic …
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YSI Community Call Whether you're brand new to the community or a long time YSI'er, the monthly community call is a chance to (re)connect with other members, and let yourself be inspired by your peers. *This month's alumni highlight: Aleksandar Stojanović *Aleksandar Stojanović is Assistant Professor of Practice in Economics at New York University Shanghai. …
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This session covers Lecture 19: Interest Rate Swaps NOTE: Part 4 of this lecture is missing from Perry Mehrling's site and the YouTube playlist. Here's a direct link.Part 4: What is a Swap This week and next week's lectures describe two important building blocks for shadow banking: interest-rate swaps (this week) and credit default swaps …
This is the second of five sessions on Charles P. Kindleberger's 1993 (1984) book A Financial History of Western Europe. From the Dust Jacket: Charles Kindleberger highlights the development of financial institutions to meet emerging needs, and the similarities and contrasts in the handling of financial problems such as transferring resources from one country to …
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Agent-based models (ABM) are a powerful and growing tool that can address the complexity of the economy. As this field grows, we see an increasing number of master and Ph.D. students using this tool in their research on a wide range of topics. This event will be a one-day workshop in which participants will present …
This session covers Reading 10: Excerpts from a 1952 report to the FOMC (parts one, two, and three) The document is the previously secret Fed report that Perry Mehrling mentions in Lecture 19. The Fed is figuring out how they want to run monetary policy after the Treasury-Fed accord of 1951. The report gives us …