CARNEGIE-ROCHESTER-NYU CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
“Macroeconomic Consequences of Micro-Development Policies”
The 103rd Meeting of the Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy
May 8-9, 2026
FRIDAY May 8
8:00-8:30 am
Packet Retrieval and Breakfast – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
(Scheduled Presenters are Emboldened)
CONFERENCE SESSION I – SCHLEGEL 207
Chair: George Alessandria, University of Rochester
8:30-9:45 am
Price and Multiplier Effects of Cash Transfers: Slackness vs. Openness
Authors: Minki Kim, University of Manheim, Mitchell VanVuren, Yale University
Discussant: Dennis Egger, University of Oxford
9:45-11:00 am
Evaluating Macroeconomic Effects of Cash Transfers through the Lens of the New Keynesian and Financial Stress Models
Authors: Thuy Lan Nguyen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Wataru Miyamoto, University of Hong Kong, Steven Pennings, World Bank
Discussant: Jeffrey Campbell, Notre Dame
11:00-11:30 am
Break
11:30-12:45 pm
The Macroeconomics of Large-Scale Cash Transfers
Authors: Francisco Buera, Washington University, Yongseok Shin, Washington University, Kuldeep Singh, IIM Bangalore
Discussant: Wyatt Brooks, Arizona State University
12:45-2:15 pm
Lunch – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
CONFERENCE SESSION II – SCHLEGEL 207
Chair: Joseph Kaboski, Notre Dame
2:15-3:45 pm
Scaling Up Agricultural Insurance
Authors: Jeremy Majerovitz, Notre Dame, Heitor S. Pellegrina, Notre Dame
Discussant: Florian Trouvain, University of Oxford
3:45-5:00 pm
The Mystery of Land Rights: Explorations on Informal Institutions in Ghana
Authors: Georgios Manalis, University of Edinburgh, Karol Mazur, Peking University
Discussant: Kristina Manysheva, Columbia University
6:30-9:00 pm
Dinner (by invitation)
SATURDAY, May 9
CONFERENCE SESSION III
Chair: Mike Waugh, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
8:30-9:45 am
Living in a Ghost Town: The Geography of Aging and Depopulation
Authors: Elisa Giannone, CREI, Yuhei Miyauchi, BU, Nuno Paixao, Bank of Canada, Xinle Pang, SUNY- Buffalo, Yuta Suzuki, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Discussant: Jingting Fan, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
9:45-11:00 am
“The Macroeconomic Effects of Lifting Barriers to Migration”
Authors: Travis Baseler, University of Rochester, Stepan Gordeev, Texas Christian University
Discussant: Melanie Morten, Stanford University
11:00-11:30 am
Break – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
11:30-12:45 pm
Unpacking Non-Tariff Measures: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg
Authors: Devaki Ghose, World Bank, Shafaat Yar Khan, Syracuse University, Angella Montfaucon, World Bank
Discussant: James Tybout, Penn State University
12:45 pm
Boxed Lunches