This is a list of conferences/workshops I am organizing/co-organizing or have organized/co-organized at UCSB's Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance. Conferences for which I simply secured funding in my capacity as Assistant Director of LAEF but for which I played no role in the selection of papers are not included amongst this list. In all of the conferences listed below, I played a role in selecting papers and attendees.
Upcoming Conferences
2025
14th Advances in Macro-Finance, Tepper-LAEF Conference
- Dates: October 17-18
- Organizers: Lars-A. Kuehn (CMU), Finn Kydland (UCSB, CMU), Simon Mayer (CMU), Liyan Shi (CMU), Nick Pretnar (UCSB, CMU), Ariel Zetlin-Jones (CMU), Shengxing Zhang (CMU)
- Program: click here.
- Location: Santa Barbara (Upham Hotel & Mosher Alumni Center)
LAEF-HKU Joint Conference on Growth and Inequality
- Dates: December 5-6
- Organizers: Yueyuan Ma (UCSB), Simon Margolin (UCSB), Laura Murphy (UCSB), Boaz Abramson (Columbia), Ayse Imrohoroglu (USC), Kai Zhao (UConn), Xiaomei Sui (HKU), Lichen Zhang (HKU), Anson Zhou (HKU), Xiadong Zhu (HKU)
- Call for Papers: The program has been finalized as of October 14, 2025.
- Location: Santa Barbara (UCSB Campus)
Market Power
- Dates: April 10-11, 2026
- Organizers: Yueyuan Ma (UCSB), Thomas Phelan (FRB Cleveland), Brian Albrecht (Int'l Center for Law & Economics)
- Call for Papers: The call will open in November of 2025.
- Location: Santa Barbara (Upham Hotel)
5th Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
- Dates: April 17-18, 2026
- Organizers: Adam Blandin (Vanderbilt), Kathleen McKiernan (Vanderbilt)
- Call for Papers: The call will open in December of 2025.
- Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Past Conferences
The conferences/workshops listed below are one's that I directly co-organized or for which I served on the scientific committee, listed in reverse chronological order. The titles are clickable and link to the conference programs.
2025
4th Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVIII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics
Finn's Skål
4th Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Demographic Heterogeneity in Aggregate Economics
2024
UConn Leafy LAEF Conference
3rd Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics in Vigo, Spain
LAEF on the Lakes: UW-Madison/UCSB Macroeconomics Conference
3rd Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
2023
2nd Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
XXVI Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics in Vigo, Spain
2nd Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Racial Inequality in Macroeconomics
2022
1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics
Growth, Development, and Structural Transformation
Conference on Aging and Healthcare in the Macroeconomy
Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes