Research Groups : Macroeconomic Risk Chair Newsletter

The Macroeconomic Risk Chair has been launched in June 2018. Held by Paris School of Economics, it is financed by the SCOR Foundation for Science.

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Under the scientific leadership of Gilles Saint-Paul (PSE, ENS-PSL) and the executive leadership of Axelle Ferriere (PSE, CNRS), the chair aims to strengthen high level research and the dissemination of knowledge to generate a better understanding of contemporary macroeconomics.

To contribute to this goal, a newsletter is released three times a year, summarizing the research performed and promoted within the chair.

Summary

2022 Macroeconomic Risk Chair Junior Research Prize:

  • Tail Risk in Production Networks, by Ian Dew-Becker (Northwestern University)
  • Interview: Ian Dew-Becker (Northwestern University)

2022 Macroeconomic Risk Chair Annual Workshop:

  • Homeownership Dynamics and Housing Investors: the Crowding-out Channel, by Pedro Gete (IE University), Athena Tsouderou (University of Miami) and Franco Zecchetto (ITAM)
  • Housing Finance, Boom-bust Episodes and Macroeconomic Fragility, by Carlos Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) and Aaron Hedlund (Purdue University)
  • Consumer Bankruptcy, Mortgage Default and Labor Supply, by Wenli Li (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia), Costas Meghir (Yale University) and Florian Oswald (Sciences Po)
  • Unintended Consequences of FHA/VA Government Programs, by Brent Ambrose (The Pennsylvania State University), Jim Conklin (University of Georgia), Sonia Gilbukh (CUNY Baruch College) and Luis Lopez (University of Illinois Chicago)

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The Macroeconomic Risk Chair aims to promote the development and dissemination of research into a number of areas linked to the issue of macroeconomic risk, including: aims to promote the development and dissemination of research into a number of areas linked to the issue of macroeconomic risk, the macroeconomic effects of uncertainty, the financial and macroeconomic contagion effects of crises and the long-term risks.