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Recent Publications

Fornaro, L. and F. Romei,

"An International Perspective on Inflation during the Covid-19 Recovery"

Forthcoming in 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Ponzetto, G. and U. Troiano,

"Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth"

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (2), 632-681

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Broner, F., A. Martin, C. Trebesch, J. Meyer and J. Zhou Wu,

"Hegemony and International Alignment"

Forthcoming in American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

A. Abraham, E. Cárceles, R. Marimon and Y. Liu,

"On the Optimal Design of a Financial Stability Fund"

Forthcoming in The Review of Economic Studies, 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

G. Benigno, L. Fornaro and M. Wolf,

"The Global Financial Resource Curse"

American Economic Review, 2024, 115 (1), 220-262

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

L. Althoff and H. Reichardt,

"Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery"

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139 (4), 2279-2330

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Galí, J. and D. Debortoli,

"Idiosyncratic Income Risk and Aggregate Fluctuations"

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2024, 16(4), 279–310

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Nagy, D., C. Ducruet, R. Juhász and C. Steinwender,

"All Aboard: The Effects of Port Development"

Journal of International Economics, 2024, Volume 151, 103963

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Asriyan, V., L. Laeven, A. Martin, A. Van der Ghote and V. Vanasco,

"Falling Interest Rates and Credit Reallocation: Lessons from General Equilibrium"

Forthcoming in The Review of Economic Studies, 2024

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Baley, I., Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent,

"Returns to labour mobility"

The Economic Journal, 2024, 135, 430–454

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

Upcoming Events

12 May

CREI-UPF Macroeconomics Seminar

Olivier Coibion (University of Texas, Austin)
“The Causal Effects of Inflation Uncertainty on Households’ Beliefs and Actions” (with D. Georgarakos, Y. Gorodnichenko, and G. Kenny)
Room: 24.112

19 May

CREI-UPF Macroeconomics Seminar

Chen Lian (UC, Berkeley)
“Why Do Workers Dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and Conflict Costs” (with J. Guerreiro, J. Hazell, and C. Patterson)
Room: 24.112

26 May

CREI-UPF Macroeconomics Seminar

Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi (Kellogg, Northwestern University)
“Expectations and the Term Structure of Interest Rates” (with P. Molavi and A. Vedoli)
Room: 24.112

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Recent Publications

"An International Perspective on Inflation during the Covid-19 Recovery"

Forthcoming in 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth"

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (2), 632-681

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Hegemony and International Alignment"

Forthcoming in American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"On the Optimal Design of a Financial Stability Fund"

Forthcoming in The Review of Economic Studies, 2025

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"The Global Financial Resource Curse"

American Economic Review, 2024, 115 (1), 220-262

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Jim Crow and Black Economic Progress After Slavery"

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139 (4), 2279-2330

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Idiosyncratic Income Risk and Aggregate Fluctuations"

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2024, 16(4), 279–310

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"All Aboard: The Effects of Port Development"

Journal of International Economics, 2024, Volume 151, 103963

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Falling Interest Rates and Credit Reallocation: Lessons from General Equilibrium"

Forthcoming in The Review of Economic Studies, 2024

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

"Returns to labour mobility"

The Economic Journal, 2024, 135, 430–454

Appendix [+] & Matlab codes [+]

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