BPEA Fall 2024 Conference

Presented by The Brookings Institution

Thursday, September 26 - Friday, September 27, 2024

The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day. The Fall 2024 BPEA Conference will be held September 26-27, 2024, hosted by Brookings Economic Studies program. The conference proceedings are open to anyone who wishes to observe the vanguard of economic thought around global economic issues.

Download the conference agenda here»

Submit a proposal to present at a future BPEA conference here»

Agenda

September 26
- DAY ONE: Thursday, September 26
- Symposium on Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Framework Review
  
  1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
  
  Monetary Policy Frameworks and the Challenges of Implementation
  
  Authors: William English (Yale School of Management) and Brian Sack (Balyasny Asset Management)
  
  Considerations for a Post-Pandemic Monetary Policy Framework
  
  Author: Charles Evans (University of Chicago Clark Center)
  
  Did the Federal Reserve’s New Policy Framework Contribute to the Recent Inflation? Evidence and Potential Implications for the Framework Review
  
  Authors: Christina Romer and David Romer (University of California, Berkeley)
- Dynamic Scoring: A Progress Report on Why, When, and How
  
  2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
  
  Authors: Douglas Elmendorf (Harvard University), Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business School), and Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College)
  
  Discussants
  
  G. William Hoagland Senior Vice President - Bipartisan Policy Center
  
  Deborah Lucas Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Who Wins from Deep Decarbonization?
  
  4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
  
  Authors: Costas Arkolakis (Yale University) and Conor Walsh (Columbia Business School)
  
  Discussants
  
  Koichiro Ito Associate Professor - University of Chicago
  
  Neil R. Mehrotra Assistant Vice President and Policy Advisor - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- DAY TWO: Friday, September 27
- Fiscal Rules in Practice
  
  8:30 am - 9:45 am
  
  Authors: Alan Auerbach and Danny Yagan (University of California, Berkeley)
  
  Discussants
  
  William G. Gale The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @WilliamGale2
  
  Valerie A. Ramey Senior Fellow - Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- u* = √uv
  
  10:00 am - 11:15 am
  
  Authors: Pascal Michaillat (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley)
  
  Discussants
  
  Hie Joo Ahn Principal Economist - Federal Reserve Board
  
  Bart Hobijn Senior Economist and Economic Advisor - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- The Economics of Sanctions: How Do They Work in Theory and in Practice?
  
  11:30 am - 12:45 pm
  
  Authors: Oleg Itskhoki (Harvard University) and Elina Ribakova (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
  
  Discussants
  
  Robin Brooks Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development @robin_j_brooks
  
  Rory MacFarquhar Chief Economist - Gemsstock