Juan Acosta (Universidad de los Andes) will present the paper “Six decades of economic research at the Bank of England,” coauthored with Beatrice Cherrier (CNRS; École Polytechnique), François Claveau (Université de Sherbrooke), Clément Fontan (UCLouvain; USL Bruxelles), Aurélien Goutsmedt (UQAM; Université de Sherbrooke), and Francesco Sergi (Université Paris Est Créteil). The presentation will be in …
It is that time of year again: mandate time! For those of you that are available, let's meet online for a casual chat and discuss what we have accomplished as a working group in 2020 and how we can channel the momentum gained from the previous year into 2021. We hope you'll join us in …
The Phillips curve posits a trade-off between inflation and unemployment and has long served as the workhorse model of inflation for most economists and Central Banks. Although the conceptual foundations of this relationship have been a subject of debate, the relationship seemed well-supported by the data for many decades. However, since the 1960s, the slope …
The outgoing YSI Community Board (formerly Community Report Committee) and the YSI Management team present the State of the Community Report, review responsibilities of the Board, and discuss possible future areas of focus for community development From 2016-2020, Asgeir B. Torfason, Maria C. Schweinberger, Melissa Vergarez Fernandez, Marcos Reis and Danilo Spinola served on the …
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We are organizing a roundtable discussion on acceptances and Fed policy in the interwar period and we would be very glad if you find time to join us for an informal discussion on our ongoing research projects.Here are the main details: Time: Monday 29 March at 10:30 am ESTLength: 90minLocation: Online (Zoom)Host: Economic History Working …
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We are at the time of the year for our new mandate! Why do each working group need a mandate?What does the last year Financial Stability's mandate say? Read it here: https://ysi-workinggroups.storage.googleapis.com/financial-stability/4bbcffc9-90a1-1017-93d6-02da9da33c0eWhat do you think the 2021 mandate should say? Let's get together to talk about this issues, before we collect all the contribution made …
It is that time of year again: mandate time! For those of you that are available, let's meet online for a casual chat and discuss what we have accomplished as a working group in 2020 and how we can channel the momentum gained from the previous year into 2021.We hope you'll join us in helping …
The Keynesian Economics Working Group is pleased to have José Barrales-Ruiz giving an introductory lecture on Machine Learning for Economics on March 31st, 13 UTC. Join us! In very simple terms, Machine Learning is viewed as an econometric tool that builds algorithms to be applied to datasets. It has been increasingly used in economics, but …
Minsky by Daniel H. Neilson --Flyer and discount code for book-- March 31st, 1:00pm ET / 5:00pm GMT / 7:00 pm CET Chapters discussedCh 5 - Making the marketCh 6 - Last resortCh 7 - The resilience of economicsCh 8 - Minsky for all moments
Guys, We would like to invite you all to contribute to the document for this year’s mandate for the CEWG. We will hold a meeting to gather all the ideas on next Friday 2nd April at 16:30 CET. We want you to think about what would be interesting for you to work on in our …
This kick-off session is intended to: 1) Present the scope, the reading list and the session's plan for the Reading Group2) Discuss which aspects/discussions to focus throughout the sessions3) Opportunity to know each other