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
2026
Market Power
- Dates: April 10-11, 2026
- Co-organizers: Yueyuan Ma (UCSB), Thomas Phelan (FRB Cleveland), Brian Albrecht (Int'l Center for Law & Economics)
- Call for Papers: Submit here until January 25.
- Location: The Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA
5th Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Outcomes
- Dates: April 17-18, 2026
- Co-organizers: Adam Blandin (Vanderbilt), Kathleen McKiernan (Vanderbilt), Cesar Urquizo Ubillus (Vanderbilt)
- Call for Papers: Submit here until January 31.
- Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Artificial Intelligence and the Macroeconomy
- Dates: April 24-25, 2026
- Co-organizers: Ben Griffy (Albany)
- Call for Papers: Submit here until January 31.
- Location: University at Albany, Albany, NY
Demographics in the 21st Century
- Dates: April 30 - May 1, 2026
- Co-organizers: Karen Kopecky (FRB Cleveland), John Bailey Jones (FRB Richmond), Ben Griffy (Albany)
- Call for Papers: Submit here until January 31.
- Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
XXIX Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics
- Dates: June 23 - 26, 2026
- Co-organizers: Arpad Abraham (Bristol), Franck Portier (UCL), Jaime Alonso Carrera (Vigo), Juan Carlos Conesa (Stony Brook), Antonia Diaz (Complutense de Madrid), Sergio Feijoo Moreira (Bristol), Timothy Kehoe (Minnesota), Finn Kydland (UCSB), Omar Licandro (Leicester), Jose Victor Rios Rull (Penn)
- Call for Papers: Submit here until April 5.
- Location: Vigo, Spain
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
LAEF-HKU Joint Conference on Growth and Inequality
14th Advances in Macro-Finance, Tepper-LAEF Conference
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