Past Seminars

18.11.2025: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde – Deep learning for solving economic models

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Presenter: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Economics. Paper – Slides Date: November 18, 2025. Time: 15:00 Israel Time. Abstract: The ongoing revolution in artificial intelligence, especially deep learning, is transforming research across many fields, including economics. Its impact is particularly strong in solving equilibrium economic models. These models often lack closed-form solutions, … Read more

28.10.2025: Martín Uribe – The legacy of high inflation on monetary policy rules

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Presenter: Martín Uribe Affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Economics. Paper: The Legacy of High Inflation on Monetary Policy Rules. Date: October 28, 2025. Time: 15:00 Israel Time. Abstract: This paper shows the key, yet overlooked, role played by the legacy of a high inflation history on the strength of the monetary policy response to inflationary … Read more

09.09.2025: Jamel Saadaoui – Dynamic local projections with Stata

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Presenter: Jamel Saadaoui Affiliation: University Paris 8, Dionysian Economics Lab (LED). VIMM Lab Seminar Date: September 9, 2025. Time: 15:00 Israel Time. Slides: Dynamic Local Projections with Stata. Data and Stata Codes: GitHub. Syllabus: This learning seminar will actively engage participants with practical applications and coding exercises using Stata, focusing on two recent empirical studies … Read more

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: 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, while the … Read more

05.08.2025: Matteo Maggiori – Geoeconomic pressure

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Presenter: Matteo Maggiori Affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Paper: Geoeconomic Pressure. Date: August 5, 2025. Time: 15:00 Israel Time. Abstract: Geoeconomic pressure—the use of existing economic relationships by governments to achieve geopolitical or economic ends—has become a prominent feature of global power dynamics. This paper introduces a methodology using large language models … Read more

15.07.2025: 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: July 15, 2025. Time: 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 policy response … 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: 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 the 2007–2008 … 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: 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 product categories … 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

25.03.2025: Veronica De Falco – Investor heterogeneity and large-scale asset purchases

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Presenter: Veronica De Falco Affiliation: Imperial College London, Business School. Paper: Investor Heterogeneity and Large-Scale Asset Purchases. Date: March 25, 2025. Time: 13:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: Large-Scale Asset Purchases can impact the price of securities directly, when securities are targeted by the central bank, or indirectly through portfolio re-balancing of private investors. We … Read more