The Liverpool and CEPR Workshop on Macroeconomics

Join us for a free two-day workshop in Liverpool to discuss high-quality theoretical and empirical research in macroeconomics.

Open to: any PhD students and researchers

Cost: free, including free coffee, tea and lunch (travel and accommodation not included)

Times: 9am-5pm

Dates: 22-23 May 2025

Place: University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, L69 7ZH – TBC

Event details 

Co-hosted by the Management School’s Economics Group and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), ‘The Liverpool and CEPR Workshop on Macroeconomics’ is an ideal opportunity for PhD students and academics to discuss their latest research in this area.

The workshop will create a space for knowledge exchange among researchers working on macroeconomics with a focus on the most recent advancements in:

  • Heterogeneity
  • Monetary policy
  • Labour Markets
  • Inflation Dynamics
  • International Macroeconomics.

Schedule

Thursday 22 May

Time Programme
9:00-9:30 Registration and welcome
9:30-10:50 Session 1
Sylvérie Herbert (Banque de France) – “When Does Monetary Policy Matter? The Life-Cycle of Policy Expectations”

Angus Foulis (Bank of England) – “Monetary Policy, Household Debt and Consumption: Evidence from Natural Experiments”
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-13:10 Session 2
Oskari Vähämaa (University of Helsinki) – “Furloughs, Employment and Worker Reallocation”

Hyejin Park (Université de Montréal) – “Worker Turnover, Disruptive Innovation, and Productivity Growth”

Philipp Grübener (Washington University in St. Louis) – “Firm Dynamics and Earnings Risk”
13:10-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:30 Session 3
Sara Eugeni (Durham University) – “Silicon Valley and the Greenbacks: Does US Innovation Fuel the Dollar’s Global Dominance?”

Simon Lloyd (Bank of England) – “Granular Banking Flows and Exchange-Rate Dynamics”

Shangshang Li (University of Liverpool) – “Capital Flows and Exchange Rates: A Quantitative Assessment of the Dilemma Hypothesis”
16:30-16:50 Coffee Break
16:50-18:10 Keynote
Leonardo Melosi (University of Warwick, De Nederlandsche Bank & CEPR) – “On-the-Job Search Behaviour: Micro Evidence and Macro Outcomes”

Friday 23 May

Time Programme
9:30-10:50 Session 4
Lukas Voellmy (Swiss National Bank) – “Money Creation in a Neoclassical Economy: Equilibrium Multiplicity and the Liquidity Trap”

Chiara Punzo (Bank of England) – “The Anatomy of Public Debt Monetization”
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-13:10 Session 5
Jisu Jeun (Goethe University Frankfurt) – “Going Public over the Business Cycle”

Felipe Bordini (UPF Barcelona) – “Labor Market Power in the Presence of Informality and Self-Employment”

Aseem Patel (University of Essex) – “Automation, Market Power & Welfare”
13:10-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:50 Session 6
Paolo Varraso (Tor Vergata University of Rome) – “Banks Maturity Choices and the Transmission of Interest-Rate Risk”

Dagmar Hopfenbeck (University of Oxford) – “The Distributional Effects of Boom-Bust Cycles in the Housing Market”

Submit your paper

If you are currently undertaking high-quality theoretical or empirical research on any topic related to macroeconomics, we particularly encourage submissions of new work on the above topics. We would like to invite you to submit your paper or extended abstract by 28 February 2025.

You will be notified of the outcome of your application by the end of March 2025.  

Submit your paper or extended abstract

In your submission email, please also indicate whether you require any funding support. Some funding is available for travel and/or accommodation expenses for participants presenting papers and will be awarded on a discretionary basis.

For more details, contact macroliverpool@gmail.com.

Please note if submitting an application, you must also 'Book your place' for the workshop to register your attendance and any dietary requirements.

Keynote speaker

  • Dr Leonardo Melosi - Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, Academic Advisor at De Nederlandsche Bank and CEPR Research Fellow

Organisers

  • Dr Alexey Gorn - Lecturer in Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School
  • Professor Oliver de Groot - Head of Economics and Chair of Macroeconomics at the University of Liverpool Management School
  • Dr Shangshang Li – Professor in Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School
  • Dr Anand Chopra – Lecturer in Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School.

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