17th IWH-CIREQ-GW Macroeconometric Workshop: Inequality, Micro Data and Macroeconomics

The workshop provided a platform to discuss new developments in the field of empirical and applied macroeconomic modelling and aimed at bringing together academic researchers and practitioners.

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Keynote Speakers: Stefania Albanesi (University of Pittsburgh); Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen)

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IWH conference room

Call for papers

Programm

We invited applied and theoretical papers dealing with time series and business cycles, international macroeconometrics and inequality. Papers that explicitly cover the linkage between micro data and macroeconomics were particularly welcome.

Each conference day was opened by an invited speaker followed by contributed papers and posters.

Keynote lectures were given by:

Stefania Albanesi (University of Pittsburgh)
Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen)

Information on previous macroeconometric workshops can be found here.

Workshop Report (in German)

17th IWH-CIREQ-GW Macroeconometric Workshop: „Inequality, Micro Data and Macroeconomics”

Christoph Schult

in: Wirtschaft im Wandel, Nr. 1, 2017

Abstract

Am 5. und 6. Dezember 2016 fand am Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) zum 17. Mal der IWH-CIREQ Macroeconometric Workshop statt. Die erfolgreiche Kooperation mit dem Centre inter- universitaire de recherche en economie quantitative (CIREQ) wurde in diesem Jahr um die George Washington University (GW) verstärkt. Als neuer Kooperationspartner wurde die seit Februar 2016 am IWH tätige Forschungsprofessorin Tara Sinclair, Ph.D., in diesem Jahr mit in die Auswahlkommission berufen. Der diesjährige Workshop befasste sich mit dem Thema „Inequality, Micro Data and Macroeconomics“.

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