The Distinguished Seminar Series of MacroMontreal hosts leading economist addressing the main open questions in macroeconomics. All seminars are hosted by HEC Montreal. MacroMontreal and the Institut d'économie appliquée also co-sponsor seminars jointly organized with CIREQ, CIRPEE, ESG UQAM and hosted by all the economics departments in Montreal.
Gianluca Violante
Princeton University
Monday, February 22, 2021, 3:30-4:45 pm
Zoom Meeting
Olivier Coibion
The University of Texas at Austin
Monday, September 14, 2020, 3:30-4:45 pm
Zoom Meeting: https://hecmontreal.zoom.us/j/94216383643?pwd=RGppVnFaUGx2YXRLL3NGeU84VmVDQT09
Meeting ID: 942 1638 3643
Passcode: 269226
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Simon Gilchrist
New York University
Monday, November 16, 2020, 3:30-4:45 pm
Zoom Meeting: https://hecmontreal.zoom.us/j/81490948937?pwd=SFJBRHpIQllIaWtEelpoMjRSQ291QT09
Meeting ID: 814 9094 8937
Passcode: 835723
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Vincenzo Quadrini
University of Southern California
Friday, November 30, 2018, 1:30pm
Room: TD Assurance Meloche Monnex
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Veronica Guerrieri
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Friday, February 15, 2019, 3:30pm
Room to be determined
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Emmanuel Farhi
Harvard University
Friday, February 22, 2019, 3:30pm
Room to be determined
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Charles Engel
University of Wisconsin
Friday, November 10, 2017, 3:30pm
Room: Société canadienne des postes
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Giorgio Primiceri
Friday, March 23, 2018, 3:30pm
Room
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Gita Gopinath
Harvard University
Friday, May 11, 2018, 3:30pm
Room
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California, Berkeley
"Consumption Inequality and the Frequency of Purchases"
Friday, March 10 2017, 3:30pm
Room Hélène-Desmarais
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Xavier Gabaix
Stern School of business, NY University
Friday, November 18, 2016, 3:30pm
Room Marie-Husny
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Harold L. Cole
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, November 25, 2016, 3:30pm
Room Marie-Husny
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
2015-2016
Morten Ravn
University College London
"Job Uncertainty and Deep Recessions"
Friday, May 20 2016, 16:00pm
Room Sony
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Lutz Hendricks
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, May 8 2015
Concordia University
Contact: Tatyana Koreshkova
Joint Seminar
Jonathan Heathcote
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
"Optimal Income Taxation: Mirrlees Meets Ramsey"
Mardi, 12 avril 2016, 15:30pm
Room Hélène-Desmarais
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
University of Pennsylvania
"The Pruned State-Space System for Non-Linear DSGE Models: Theory and Empirical Applications"
Friday, October 2, 2015
ESG UQAM
Contact : Dalibor Stevanovic
Joint Seminar
Simon Gilchrist
Boston University
"Inflation Dynamics During the Financial Crisis"
Friday, November 13, 2015, 15:30pm
Room St-Hubert
Contact: MacroMontréal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Henry Siu
University of British Columbia
"What Should I Be When I Grow Up? Occupations and Unemployment over the Life Cycle"
Thursday, November 5, 2015, 12:00pm
Room Transcontinental
HEC Montréal
MacroMontreal Lunch Seminar
Mick Devereux
University of British Columbia
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Université de Montréal
Joint Seminar
Philippe Aghion
Harvard University
Thursday, October 23 2014
ESG UQAM
Contact: Dalibor Stevanovic
Joint Seminar
Loukas Karabarbounis
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Friday, October 31 2014
McGill University
Contact: Rohan Dutta
Joint Seminar
Paul Beaudry
Vancouver School of Economics
" Reconciling Hayek's and Keynes' Views of Recession "
Friday, November 21 2014, 4:00pm
Room: St-Hubert
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Jordi Gali
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
"The Effects of a Money-Financed Fiscal Stimulus"
Friday, April 10 2015
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Sydney Ludvigson
New York University
Friday, September 20 2013, 3:30pm
ESG UQAM
Contact: Dalibor Stevanovic
Joint Seminar
Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University
"Really Uncertain Business Cycles"
Thursday, October 10 2013, 4:00pm
Room: Transat
HEC Montréal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Luca Gambetti
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
"Noisy News in Business Cycles"
Tuesday, October 15 2013, 3.30pm
Room: Xerox Canada
HEC Montréal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Joint Seminar
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California Berkeley
Friday, November 15 2013, 3:30pm
ESG UQAM
Contact: Dalibor Stevanovic
Joint Seminar
Mark Bils
University of Rochester
Friday, March 28 2014, 10:00am
Concordia University - CIREQ
Contact: Tatyana Koreshkova
Joint Seminar
Mark Aguiar
Princeton University
Friday, April 4 2014, 3:00pm
Room C-6149, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx
Universite de Montreal – CIREQ
Contact: Andriana Bellou
Joint Seminar
Gary Gorton
Yale University
"Crises and Productivity in Good Booms and in Bad Booms"
Friday, April 11 2014, 4:00pm
Room Quebecor
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Susanto Basu
Boston College
"Productivity and the Welfare of Nations"
Friday, May 9 2014, 4:00pm
Room Société canadienne des postes
HEC Montréal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
MacroMontreal Lunch Seminar
Michael Ehrmann
Bank of Canada
"The pricing of G7 sovereign bond spreads – the times, they are a‐changin"
Wednesday, May 14 2014, 12:00pm
Room PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ricardo Reis
Columbia University
"The role of automatic stabilizers in the U.S. business cycle"
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 3:30pm
Room Metro, Yellow section, 1st Floor
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Fernando Alvarez
University of Chicago
Friday, November 9 2012, 3:00pm
Room C-6149, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx
Universite de Montreal – CIREQ
Contact: Rui Castro
Joint Seminar
Robert Shimer
University of Chicago
Friday, November 30 2012, 3:30pm
This seminar is postponed to a later date
Room Société canadienne des postes, 1st Floor
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Andreas Mueller
Columbia University
Tuesday, December 4 2012, 3:30pm
HEC Montreal
Contact: Matteo Cacciatore
Joint Seminar
Valerie Ramey
University of California, San Diego
"Are Government Spending Multipliers State Dependent? Evidence from U.S. and Canadian Historical Data"
Friday, March 15 2013, 3:30pm
Room Hélène-Desmarais
HEC Montreal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Distinguished Seminar Series – MacroMontreal
Frank Schorfeide
University of Pennsylvania
Friday, March 22 2013, 3:30pm
ESG UQAM
Contact: Dalibor Stevanovic
Joint Seminar
Pete Klenow
Stanford University
Friday, April 19 2013, 3:00pm
Room C-6149, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx
Université de Montréal - CIREQ
Contact: Rui Castro
Joint Seminar
Richard Rogerson
Princeton University
Friday, May 3 2013, 3:00pm
Room H-1145
Concordia University - CIREQ
Contact: David Fuller
Joint Seminar
Symposium on Laber Market Frictions and the Business Cycle
Thursday, May 30 2013
Room : Serge Saucier
HEC Montréal
Contact: MacroMontreal
Steven J. Davis
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
"New Evidence on Labor Market Flows and the Hiring Process"
Friday, September 23 2011, 3:30pm
Robert E. Hall
Stanford University
"Clashing Theories: Why Did Unemployment Rise So Much after the Financial Crisis?"
Wednesday, October 19 2011, 3:30pm
Martin Eichenbaum
Northwestern University
"Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets"
Friday, March 23 2012, 3:30pm
Luca Dedola
European Central Bank
"Global implications of national unconventional policies"
Friday, April 20 2012, 3:30pm
