Technological change is reshaping the structure of economic networks within and across countries. Recent unprecedented and extreme shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic question the resiliency of modern economic networks. The conference seeks proposals exploring the consequences of...

Topics: - Theories that can help identify key drivers of the observed joint dynamics of growth and inequality; - Comparative analysis of structural change across developed economies and its consequence for growth and inequality; - The role of policies, such as wage compression, retraining, and...

Removing impediments to economic mobility and ensuring fair access to economic opportunities is a central concern for citizens and policymakers. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the causes, consequences, and policy implications of barriers to mobility across the income and wealth...

Preliminary Program: - Central Banking Challenges Posted by Uncertain Climate Change and Natural Disasters; - Fiscal and Monetary Stabilization Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound; - No Firm is an Island: How Industry Expectations Shape Firms’ Aggregate...

Conference to be held remotely from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Globalization and technical advances are restructuring markets, contributing to increased concentration and the rise of superstar firms. This conference seeks proposals exploring the macroeconomic and policy...

Human migration is a central concern for citizens, policy makers and businesses in both origin and destination countries. This conference seeks proposals that analyze the implications of migration policy for growth, inequality, and welfare. Topics: - the distributional impact of past or proposed...

Topics: - The effects of trade wars, policy induced uncertainty, on global commerce and national welfare. - The effects of a reduced international financial coordination (i.e. monetary policy, regulation, exchange rate policy, etc.) - Changes in tax policy with an eye towards the taxation of...

Charles Plosser has been involved in the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU conference series for most of his distinguished career. He served as an editor and convener of the CRNYU series for nearly two decades. Charles’ research embodies the CRNYU ideal of path-breaking research at the frontier of...

From the depths of the Great Recession, economic growth in the US and many other countries has been persistent but slow. Economists offer three 1. Consumers. Aggregate demand growth has been insufficient and demandstimulus has been severely limited; 2. Producers. There is less dynamism; (...

The Carnegie Rochester NYU conference seeks proposals to understand and assess the macroeconomic causes and consequences of the economy-wide transition in the supply and demand for liquidity, with the goal of guiding financial and macroeconomic policy. Proposals should employ advances in...