Training Schools

Difference-in-Differences and Event Study Estimators with Panel Data

27/05/2024 to 29/05/2024
Online via Zoom

We are pleased to announce the latest EABCN Training School; a three-day course entitled “Difference-in-Differences and Event Study Estimators with Panel Data” taught by Professor Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State University).

Empirical Methods for Business-Cycle Analysis

10/06/2024 to 12/06/2024
Mannheim University

Christian Wolf (MIT) will give an EABCN Training School on “Empirical Methods for Business-Cycle Analysis” on June 10-12, 2024. This will be an on-site event in Mannheim. 

Analysis of macroeconomics data using local projections

20/09/2023 to 22/09/2023
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 Òscar Jordà (SF-FED) will teach an in person three-day course entitled “Analysis of macroeconomics data using local projections”. 

The Macroeconomics of Complementarities

04/09/2023 to 06/09/2023
National Bank of Belgium

Professors Franck Portier (University College London and CEPR) will teach an in person three-day course entitled “The macroeconomics of complementarities”. 

Housing and the Macroeconomy

08/05/2023 to 10/05/2023
Banco de Portugal

Professor David Berger (Duke University) will teach a three-day course titled  “Housing and the Macroeconomy”. The training school will take place in person at the Banco de Portugal on May 8-10, 2023. 

 

Finance for Macroeconomists: High Frequency Analysis, News, Surprises and Shocks

07/11/2022 to 09/11/2022
Online via Zoom

Professor Refet Gűrkaynak (Bilkent University and CEPR) will teach a three day online class on "Finance for Macroeconomists: High Frequency Analysis, News, Surprises and Shocks".

 

What's New in Mixed Frequency Data (MIDAS), with Applications to Machine Learning and Big Data

26/09/2022 to 28/09/2022
Online via Zoom

Professors Eric Ghysels, Massimiliano Marcellino and Jonas Straukas will a three-day course entitled “What's New in Mixed Frequency Data (MIDAS), with Applications to Machine Learning and Big Data”. 

The focus of the course is the use of mixed frequency data in economics and finance. A variety of single and multiple equation models will be considered, for both small and large datasets, combined with alternative estimation and inference techniques. Theory and practical implementations will be covered.

 

Climate Change and its Effects on Macro/Monetary Policy

12/09/2022 to 14/09/2022
Online via Zoom

Professor John Hassler (IIES Stockholm University) and Professor Per Krusell (IIES Stockholm University) will teach a three day online class on "Climate Change and its Effects on Macro/Monetary Policy".

 

Subjective Inflation Expectations: Measurement, Effects, and Policy Implications

20/06/2022 to 22/06/2022
Online via Zoom

Professors Francesco D’Acunto and Michael Weber will teach a three-day course entitled “Subjective Inflation Expectations: Measurement, Effects, and Policy Implications”.

Heterogeneous-Agent Macro in the Sequence Space

15/06/2022 to 17/06/2022
University of Mannheim

Professor Ludwig Straub (Harvard University) will teach the EABCN Training School "Heterogeneous-Agent Macro in the Sequence Space" in Manheim. The goal of this course is to get participants up to speed on solution methods for general equilibrium models with heterogeneity, including computation of steady states, transition dynamics, estimation, and optimal policy. We will focus on the “sequence space” approach to solving these problems

Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy

04/04/2022 to 07/04/2022
Online

Professors Itamar Drechsler, Alexi Savov and Philipp Schabl will teach a four-day course entitled “Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy”.  This class will explore the role of financial intermediaries in the transmission of monetary policy. The central topics are how monetary policy affects bank lending, the supply of liquidity, risk premia, and inflation through its interaction with the financial system. The training school will cover both theory and empirics, emphasizing the most recent contributions to the literature as well as our own work. Above all, this is a very active area of research, and we hope our discussions will stimulate the next wave of new ideas.

Formulating and Estimating DSGE Models

27/09/2021 to 01/10/2021
Online

Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern) and Mathias Trabandt (Goethe University Frankfurt) will teach the EABCN online class on "Formulating and Estimating DSGE Models" on Sept 27 - Oct 1, 2021.