Macroeconomic Risk Chair Newsletter #9 - May 2022

The fourth annual lecture of the Macroeconomic Risk Chair was held online on October 20 2021 with Ricardo Reis (London School of Economics and Political Science) as special guest speaker. Furthermore, on March 24 2022 the chair awarded the 2021 Junior Research Prize to Edouard Schaal ( ICREA, UPF, BGSE and CEPR) and Mathieu Taschereau Dumouchel (Cornell University) for their paper entitled “Herding Through Booms and Busts”

This newsletter includes interviews of Ricardo Reis and of the 2021 laureates and a brief description of their presented research papers

Summary

• 2021 Macroeconomic Risk Chair Annual Lecture:
   
  • Is an inflation disaster around the corner? by Ricardo Reis (London School of Economics and Political Science)
  • Interview: Ricardo Reis (London School of Economics and Political Science)

• 2021 Junior Research Prize:
   
  • Herding Through Booms and Busts, by Edouard Schaal (CREI, ICREA, UPF, BGSE and CEPR) and Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel (Cornell University)
  • Interview: Edouard Schaal (CREI, ICREA, UPF, BGSE and CEPR) and Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel (Cornell University)
     

• More about the SCOR-PSE Chair event
   
• More about the SCOR-PSE Chair on SCOR Foundation