Delighted to present at VMACS junior today, session on inattention / bounded rationality 1130EST/1630UK, alongside Michael Boutros @Ikantorovitch @hafrouzi. How does the free economy affect time allocation and growth? Teaser below, tune in to find out more: sites.google.com/view/virtualma…

A much needed thread. Those interested in giving Chris Edwards his due (I know well that many aren't) should also consider this Peterson Institute session in which Prof. Ramey herself sums-up her work: youtube.com/watch?v=0RNPzZ…

We have some very strong candidates this year, make sure to take a close look at them! Alessandro T. Villa Vytautas Valaitis among others

CFOs’ confidence intervals are far too narrow compared to the data implying overconfidence. CFOs learn over time — but miscalibration persists, from Michael Boutros, Itzhak Ben-David, John R. Graham, Campbell Harvey, and John W. Payne nber.org/papers/w28010

Today in the Financial Post, I argue that the $97.6 billion we are spending on wage subsidies needs a rethink. I even quote Milton Friedman. Not required for the Post, but it never hurts! financialpost.com/opinion/opinio…

Nice overview paper on "Heterogeneity & Monetary Policy" by Bank of Canada economists Alves, Christian Bustamante Guo, Kartashova, Lee, Pugh, See, Terajima & Ueberfeldt Particularly interesting: the Canadian micro data work assessing different transmission mechanisms bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/upl…

LIVE: Stanislav Sokolinski (RU Business School) explores what happens when a large US robo-advisor expands access to low-income investors. Discussion by Michael Boutros (Bank of Canada).

Do you know an undergraduate student interested in presenting their research paper? Encourage them to submit their work to the Undergraduate Research Poster Sessions. 📢 Deadline has been extended to Thursday April 20th. #cdnecon economics.ca/cpages/undergr…

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HEC Montreal (HEC Montréal-Économie appliquée/Applied Economics HEC Montréal) will be hosting the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Macro Study Group (CMSG) on Nov. 15-16, 2024 in Montreal! The conference will be held in HEC Montreal's brand new downtown building. CMSG is the BEST macroeconomics workshop held in

Great conference! Thank you FinTech Lab, Georgia Tech Atlanta Fed for putting together a strong program.

Undergrads who wrote great papers this term should consider entering the Canadian Economics Association / Bank of Canada Canada Student Paper Awards. The deadline is April 18th. economics.ca/cpages/undergr…

Fun project to work on! Fun fact: Nuno Clara and I met in-person for the first time after the paper was accepted, and Francisco Gomes and I haven’t even been in the same country. I kept trying to convince both of them that we needed to meet on the beaches of Portugal…

What an incredible gathering at the 2nd Arne Ryde Workshop "Micro Data meet Macro Models"! Two days filled with inspiring research discussions. Special thanks to our keynote speakers: Luigi Pistaferri and Michaela Pagel 🙌 Organized by Claudio Daminato and Elin Molin