Reading Group FS2021
On a weekly basis, the economic theory division meets in a reading group to discuss ongoing research projects. This semester, these meetings take place every Thursday from 16:00-17:30. Additional sessions may take place occasionally (see schedule below). Due to the situation regarding the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) the meetings will be held online this semester (via Zoom).
If you are interested please contact Remo Nyffenegger.
Detailed schedule:
Date | Time | Speaker | ||
04.03.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Florian Madison (Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College) - A Microfounded Approach to Dollarization and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level | ||
11.03.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Lukas Altermatt (University of Essex) - Optimal Monetary Policy under Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity | ||
18.03.2021 | 17:30-18:30 | Francesca Carapella (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Georgetown University) - Interbank trade: why it's good and how to get it | ||
25.03.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Julien Duc (Université Paris Dauphine) - Central-Bank Digital Currency and Risk Sharing in a Monetary Union | ||
31.03.2021 (Wed) | 16:00-17:30 | Remo Nyffenegger (University of Basel) - Central Bank Digital Currencies: Medium of Exchange vs. Saving Vehicle | ||
08.04.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Hugo van Buggenum (Tilburg School of Economics and Management) - Bank runs and Bail-ins | ||
15.04.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Paul Jackson (National University of Singapore) - Inflation, Skill Loss during Unemployment, and TFP in the Long Run | ||
22.04.2021 | 14:00-15:30 | Romina Ruprecht (University of Basel) - Measuring Financial Stress in Australia | ||
29.04.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Jeremias Lenzi (University of Basel) - Price Taking Voting Mechanisms: Efficient and Sybil Attack Resistant | ||
06.05.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Ahmed Stitou (Paris 2 University) - Banking, Inside Money and Optimal Reserve Requirements | ||
| 12.05.2021 (Wed) | 16:00-17:30 | Raja Daouah (University of Basel) - Opportunism and financial decision making: evidence from a survey of firms in Morocco | ||
| 20.05.2021 | - | NO Reading Group | ||
| 27.05.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Lukas Altermatt (University of Essex) - Comparative Statics and Endogenous Dynamics in Economies with Multiple Liquid Assets | ||
| 03.06.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | NO Reading Group | ||
| 10.06.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Ricky Lamberty (University of Basel) - Research within Building Blocks for Digital Sovereignty | ||
| 17.06.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | NO Reading Group | ||
| 24.06.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Flora Lutz (University of Vienna) - Sudden Stops and Reserve Accumulation in the Presence of International Liquidity Risk | ||
| 01.07.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | Binur Imeri - Diminishing partnership smart contract: a proof of concept | ||
| 08.07.2021 | 16:00-17:30 | NO Reading Group | ||
Schedules of previous semesters can be found here: