Firm Dynamics and the Macroeconomy
Conference Details
Date: December 1-2, 2022
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1000 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Organized by Salome Baslandze, Veronika Penciakova, and Jon Willis of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Format: Anchor talks: 45 minutes (including questions); regular talks: 30 minutes author, 15 minutes discussant, 15 minutes general audience.
Agenda
| Thursday, December 1 | |
|---|---|
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Welcome |
| 1:45 |
Session 1: Firm Financing Anchor talk Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Maryland |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 3:00 |
Why Are Returns to Private Business Wealth So Dispersed? Presenter: Corina Boar, New York University Denis Gorea, European Investment Bank Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University Discussant: Serdar Ozkan, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 4:00 |
Government Procurement and Access to Credit: Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Implications Presenter: Manuel Garcia-Santana, World Bank Julian di Giovanni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Priit Jeenas, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Enrique Moral-Benito, Banco de España; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Josep Pijoan-Mas, Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies, Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussant: Veronika Penciakova, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 5:00 | Reception |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| Friday, December 2 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Session 2: Firm Dynamics Anchor talk John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland |
| 9:15 | Break |
| 9:30 |
Serial Entrepreneurs, the Macroeconomy, and Top Income Inequality Presenter: Petr Sedlacek, University of New South Wales, University of Oxford Sonia Felix, Bank of Portugal, Nova School of Business and Economics Sudipto Karmakar, Bank of England Discussant: Joonkyu Choi, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 10:30 |
Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach Presenter: Teresa Fort, Dartmouth College Pol Antras, Harvard University Evgenii Fadeev, Harvard University Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago Discussant: Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. |
Session 3: Firm Innovation Anchor talk Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago |
| 1:30 | Break |
| 1:45 |
Innovation Networks and R&D Allocation Song Ma, Yale University Ernest Liu, Princeton University Discussant: Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 2:45 |
Global Mobile Inventors Dany Bahar, Brown University Discussant: Santiago Caicedo, Clemson University |
| 3:45 | Adjournment |