Conference on Empirical Macroeconomics

Call for Papers

Background

Empirical macroeconomics provides a quantitative understanding of the aggregate economy and its behavior while aiming to strike a balance between data and theory. On the one hand, empirical research based on micro data provides stylized facts and parameter identification basis for quantitative analysis based on macro structure models; on the other hand, macro quantitative analysis emphasizing micro foundations provides a theoretical framework for analyzing mechanism transmission and welfare evaluation for micro empirical research. The convergence of micro foundations and macro quantitative analysis will promote the development of macroeconomics.

We are going to hold the conference on empirical macroeconomics with Professor Thomas Sargent as our keynote speaker. The conference aims to promote our understanding of the aggregate economy from the micro-founded perspective. It will be held on Dec. 14, 2023, at the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics (Chow Institute), Xiamen University.

Themes and Topics

The conference welcomes papers related to the following topics:

- Time series analysis and vector autoregression (shock analysis, decomposition, and forecasting)

- Reduced form analysis of large-scale micro data and aggregate implications

- Heterogeneous agents models of consumers and firms

- The interplay between monetary and fiscal policy and economic activity

- Models with banking sectors

- Macroeconomic labor models

- Behavioral macroeconomics

- Bayesian estimation of DSGE models

Submission Requirements

- Language: English

- Formatting: Follow American Economic Review guidelines for English submissions

- Submission Method: PDF or Word document with author information on the first page

Important Dates

- Submission Deadline: Nov. 20, 2023

Contact Information

- Submission Email: angelalin@xmu.edu.cn

- Contact Person: Anyu Lin