Stanford Big-Data Initiative In International Macro-Finance
This initiative brings together each year a diverse group of 30 PhD students from schools worldwide for a three-day workshop on big data research in international macro-finance. Large-scale empirical work often presents specific challenges for PhD students entering the field. This initiative seeks to lower these barriers to entry by sharing knowledge, codes, and data as a starter-kit for new researchers. The Initiative is held at Stanford and is generously funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Co-organizers: Brent Neiman (Chicago) and Jesse Schreger (Columbia).
Chicago International Macro Finance Conference
This conference brings together a small group of young faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss early stage research in an informal setting. The conference is sponsored by the International Economics Initiative at the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago and is held in Chicago each year in November/December. Co-organizers: Loukas Karabarbounis (Minnesota), Tarek Hassan (Boston University), and Brent Neiman (Chicago).
Online International Finance and Macro Seminar
A bi-weekly online seminar covering research on international finance and macroeconomics. Seminars are held on Zoom every other Monday at 9:30AM LA/12:30PM NY/5:30PM London. Seminars consist of 50 minutes of presentation follower by 25 minutes of Q&A. Open to anyone, please visit site to register. Co-organizers: Wenxin Du (Chicago), Zhengyang Jiang (Northwestern), Hanno Lustig (Stanford), Dimitry Mukhin (Wisconsin), Robert Richmond (NYU), Chenzi Xu (Stanford).