ACTIVITIES

MACROECONOMICS LUNCH WORKSHOP

Coordinators: Isaac Baley and Edouard Schaal

Day: Wednesdays 12:45 – 13:45

Room: 24.104

October 1, 2025

-Room: 24.S01-
Alejandro Rábano (UPF and BSE)
“Data, Targeted Advertising and Consumer Welfare”

October 8, 2025

-Room: 24.S01-
Robert Wojciechowski (UPF and BSE)
“A Structural Approach to Growth at Risk”

October 14, 2025

-Room: 20.027-
Céline Poilly (Visiting professor from AMSE)
“The Variety Effect in Times of Uncertainty” with Francesco Saverio Gaudio (Sapienza University of Rome)

October 22, 2025

-Room: 24.S01-
Cagin Keskin (CERGE-EI)
“Firm Scope and Innovation: The Role of Intangibles”

November 5, 2025

-Room: 40.113-
Antonio Villani (UPF-BSE)
“The Effects of Corporate Purchase Programs on the Market Structure”

November 12, 2025

-Room: 40.113-
Tom Pesso (UPF-BSE)
“Scaling Narrative Identification with AI: Tax Policy Shocks in France”

November 19, 2025

-Room: 40.113-
Alberto Pobbe (UPF-BSE)
“Technological Change and Within-Occupation Inequality”

November 26, 2025

-Room: 40.113-
Julia Schmidt (Paris Dauphine)
“Carbon Wedges and Digital Edges - The environmental cost of data”


December 3, 2025

-Room: 24.104-
Antonio Giribaldi (UPF-BSE)
“When Public Spending Adjusts: New Insights on Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy”

December 10, 2025

-Room: 24.104-
Isabel Figueiras (UPF-BSE)
“Capital Market Integration and Innovation-Led Growth”?

February 25, 2026

Felipe Bordini (UPF and BSE)
“Labor Market Power in the Presence of Informality and Self-employment”

March 4, 2026

Nicolás Oviedo (UPF and BSE)

March 10, 2026

-Time change 9:30h-
-Room change to 20.023-
Madalena Gaspar (UPF and BSE)
“The Anatomy of Capital Frictions”

March 17, 2026

-Time change 9:30h-
-Room change to 20.023-
Jiaming Huang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Beyond Validity: SVAR Identification Through The Proxy Zoo”

March 18, 2026

Alessandro Cerusico (UPF and BSE)

March 24, 2026

-Time change 9:30h-
-Room change to 24.104-
Elena Pastorino (Stanford University)

March 25, 2026

Alessandro Pompa (UPF and BSE)

April 15, 2026

Ignio Marchesini (UPF and BSE)

April 22, 2026

Janick Klink (UPF and BSE)

April 29, 2026

Carlo Pavanello (UPF and BSE)
“Which Factors Drive Downside Risk in the U.S. Economy?”

May 6, 2026

May 13, 2026

May 19, 2026

May 27, 2026