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02.09.2025: Kenza Benhima – Granular expectation shocks and international financial contagion

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Presenter: Kenza Benhima Affiliation: University of Lausanne, Department of Economics. Paper: Granular Expectation Shocks and International Financial Contagion. Date: September 2, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: Using a unique dataset linking investors’ cross-country GDP growth expectations to their investments into mutual funds and to the mutual funds’ cross-country allocation, we show that, … Read more

17.06.2025: Louphou Coulibaly – The optimal monetary policy response to tariffs

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Presenter: Louphou Coulibaly Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Economics. Paper: The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs. Date: June 17, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: What is the optimal monetary policy response to tariffs? This paper explores this question within an open-economy New Keynesian model and shows that the optimal monetary … Read more

20.05.2025: Pierpaolo Benigno – Monetary economics and policy: A foundation for modern currency systems

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Presenter: Pierpaolo Benigno Affiliation: University of Bern, Department of Economics. Book: Monetary Economics and Policy: A Foundation for Modern Currency Systems Date: May 20, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: Over the past two decades, monetary policy has been deployed in unprecedented ways, as central banks attempted to mitigate the adverse consequences of … Read more

06.05.2025: Sarah Lein – The granular origins of inflation

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Presenter: Sarah M. Lein Affiliation: University of Basel, Faculty of Business and Economics. Paper: The Granular Origins of Inflation. Date: May 6, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: This paper uses barcode-level price data for 16 advanced and emerging market countries over the period 2005–2022 to investigate the role of individual firms and … Read more

22.04.2025: Stefanie Stantcheva – The how and why of household reactions to income shocks

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Presenter: Stefanie Stantcheva Affiliation: Harvard University, Department of Economics. Paper: The How and Why of Household Reactions to Income Shocks. Date: April 22, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: This paper studies how and why households adjust their spending, saving, and borrowing in response to transitory income shocks. We leverage new large-scale survey … Read more