The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Finance Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers from the fields of macroeconomics, growth, trade, international integration, and finance to present the results of their recent research in a seminar format.
Spring 2023 Seminars
For connection information, please contact Carmen Andira Watson (cwatson@worldbank.org)
| Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
| Wednesday February 1, 2023 (Joint with IMF) | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | Online | John Cochrane (Stanford University) | The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level and Expectations and the Neutrality of Interest Rates |
| Thursday March 2, 2023 (Joint with IMF & hosted by WB) | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | Online | Thomas Philippon (NYU) | Additive Growth |
| Thursday March 9, 2023 | Part 1: Part 2: | MC 3-570 | Anton Korinek (U VA/Brookings) | Part 1: Using Large Language Models and Cognitive Automation for Economic Research Part 2: “The economics of transformative AI” (covering papers on work, development, growth and alignment) Note that attendees are welcome to attend either or both parts of this seminar. |
| Thursday March 16, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Will Peterman (Federal Reserve Board) | Understanding the Inequality and Welfare Impacts of Carbon Tax Policies |
| Thursday March 23, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Diego Perez (NYU) | The Macroeconomic Implications of US Market Power in Safe Assets |
| Thursday March 30, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Dietrich Vollrath (U Houston) | Agrarian Origins of Individualism and Collectivism |
| Thursday April 6, 2023 (Joint with IMF & hosted by WB) | MC 3-570 | Costas Arkolaris (Yale) | ||
| Thursday April 27, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Nancy Qian (Kellogg School of Management) | |
| Wednesday May 3, 2023 (Joint with & hosted by IMF) | 12:30 - 1:45pm ET | Moritz Schularik (Sciences Po Paris and The University of Bonn) | ||
| Thursday May 11, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Sebastian Sotelo | Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | tbd | |
| Thursday May 25, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Esteban Rossi-Hansberg | On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes |
| Thursday June 1, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | tbd | |
| Thursday June 8, 2023 (Joint with IMF & hosted by WB) | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | David Nagy (Princeton) | |
| Thursday June 15, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | tbd | |
| Thursday June 22, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:15pm ET | MC 3-570 | Joseph Shapiro | Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment |
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Last Updated: Mar 20, 2023