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PublicMarch 4, 2021    12:30 pm

Jean-Pierre Landau on International Currency Competition: The Digital Dimension

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Olivier Darmouni (Ph.D. ‘16) wins 2021 Distinguished Paper Brattle Prize

Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

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Banking Crises without Panics

Matthew BaronEmil VernerWei Xiong

Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

Markus' Academy February 17

Will the Biden Stimulus lead to Inflation? A Conversation with Paul R. Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers

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    March 3, 2021
    12:20 pm

    Nick Huang

  • Princeton Community
    March 3, 2021
    2:50 pm

    Olivier Wang

    Assistant Professor of Finance NYU: Stern Business
  • Public
    March 4, 2021
    12:30 pm

    Jean-Pierre Landau on International Currency Competition: The Digital Dimension

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
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    March 11, 2021
    12:30 pm

    Ivan Werning on Taming a Minsky Cycle (joint with Emmanuel Farhi)

    With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
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    March 17, 2021
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    March 24, 2021
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    March 25, 2021
    1:30 pm - 2:50 pm

    Mark Egan, Assistant Professor of Finance

    Harvard University Business School
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    2:50 pm

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The Saving Glut of the Rich

Atif MianLudwig StraubAmir Sufi

Low-Frequency Analysis of Economic Time Series

Ulrich K. MüllerMark W. Watson
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Rent-Extraction from the Unemployment Insurance System: The Role of Firms

Bernardus Van DoornikDavid SchoenherrJanis Skrastins
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Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

Finance

Banking Crises without Panics

Matthew BaronEmil VernerWei Xiong

Quarterly Journal of Economics

February 2021

AEJ: Microeconomics

Crisis Management: Analyzing Default Risk and Liquidity Demand during Financial Stress

Jason AllenAli HortacsuJakub Kastl

AEJ: Microeconomics

American Economic Review

September 2020

Finance

Self-Fulfilling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Multiplicity in Debt Models

Mark A. AguiarManuel Amador

American Economic Review

September 2020

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