Tuesday, June 2021
Rise of the Retail Investor: Implications for Policy and Markets
The confluence of social media and technology has led to a resurgence of retail investor trading activity in financial markets, whether it is speculation on meme stocks like Gamestop or cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin. The goal of this event is to explore the use of big data regarding retail investor order flows to understand the implications of this resurgence for financial markets and regulators. This panel is part of a series of events on the economic and financial applications of alternative…
Find out more »Thursday, December 2021
Corporate Debt and the Macroeconomy
This event has passed. Click here for zoom recording. Click here for slides presented by Matteo Iacoviello
Find out more »Thursday, January 2022
What do Economists REALLY do?
Columbia Economics Discussion Panel Date: Thursday, January 27th 6-7 pm Location: Virtual event - register here Moderator: Lena Edlund Join us for an hour with our expert panelists who will share what got them interested in Economics and the exciting places Economics has taken them, to be followed by Q&A. Our Panelists: Stephanie Aaronson As an undergraduate at Columbia, Aaronson did not think Economics would be interesting -- she changed her mind (Ph.D. 2001). In her research, she has examined, among other…
Find out more »Monday, April 2022
Measuring Geopolitical Risks
Politics and international relations directly impact market conditions and geopolitical risk runs high during major crises like 9/11, the Iraq war or the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Elevated geopolitical risk leads to decline in real activity, lower stock returns and capital flows away from emerging markets and investors often struggle to correctly price in these effects. Can we quantify and systematically score the risk of disputes and hostilities between countries given the complexity of the context and the developments? This…
Find out more »Thursday, September 2022
Fourth Annual Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET)
Venue: The 4th Annual Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET) will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022 - Friday, September 23, 2022. The conference will be held in 890 Kravis Hall (get directions). Faculty Organizers: Laura Doval & Elliot Lipnowski Preliminary Schedule: Thursday, September 22 9:00AM: Breakfast and Registration 9:55AM: Welcome Remarks 10:00 AM: Françoise Forges "Forward neologism-proof equilibrium in cheap talk games" (joint with Stéphan Sémirat) 10:50AM: Coffee Break 11:05AM: Jan Knoepfle "Should the Timing of Inspections be Random?" (joint…
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