Learn to make connections between equations and tables in proportional relationships.
Rafe Meager explains why econometrics is not only about proving internal validity, but also about making credible, defensib...
The conversation about evidence-based policy usually asks why good evidence isn't shaping decisions. But we should also be asking, is the evidence base itself actually worthy of shaping policy?
In...
Flash presentations by young economists
Mind the Gap: Disagreement and Credible Monetary Policy
Francesco Amodeo, University of California San Diego
The Fed Explicitly Speaks: Numerical Inflation...
Case studies can reveal mechanisms and institutional dynamics that are difficult to capture through quantitative research alone.
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Warwick McKibbin on building economic projections for better policy
... of different tariff levels. McKibbin joins host Anjali V. Bhatt to explain how econometric modeling works and why it is relevant for policymakers today. He also discusses new re...
Peter Reinhard Hansen* (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
with Neville Francis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Chen Tong (Xiamen University)
Discussant: Oriol González...
Fabio Stohler* (University of Bonn)
with Hanno Kase (European Central Bank) and Matthias Rottner (Bank for International Settlements)
Discussant: Michael Reiter (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vi...
FOMC In Silico: A Multi-Agent System for Monetary Policy Decision Modeling
Sophia Kazinnik* (Stanford University)
with Tara Sinclair (George Washington University)
Discussant: Fédéric Holm-Hadul...
Aniket Panjwani takes us through how development economists can get set up to use agents for research, focusing on the cheapest options currently available, and general lessons for working with age...
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How do economists study history?
Check out the full episode, Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?, in our new podcast Ideas in Development:
https://voxdev.org/topic/industrial-re...
Many predictions about AI rely on hidden assumptions about skills, incentives, and institutions. When those assumptions don’t hold, outcomes can look very different.
Check out the full episode, Ec...
Today on Ideas in Development, we think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
Listen to learn about the mismatch between the public discourse on the econom...
VSME 6 - New Keynesian Economics with Household and Firm Heterogeneity
Presenter: Adrien Auclert (Standard University and CEPR)
Chair: Michael Bauer (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and CEPR)
In the first episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, host Jim Tebrake sits down with Bert Kroese, IMF Chief Statistician and Data Officer and Director of the IMF Statistics Department, t...
VSME 5 - Inflation Forecast Targeting Revisited
Presenter: Gernot Müller (University of Tübingen and CEPR)
Chair: Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent University and CEPR)
https://www.nber.org/conferences/advancing-economic-measurement-fall-2025
Moderator: Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Presented by:
Steven Davis, Stanford University and NBER
Tarek Hassan...
