CONFERENCES

April 23-24, 2026
Legacy Events Center, CBA 3.202

The Spring Macro Conference, co-hosted with the McCombs School of Business, will take place on April 23–24, 2026. This annual event will feature 10 invited speakers and will attract leading scholars from across the world, expanding UT Austin’s academic reach, creating opportunities for faculty and student engagement, and solidifying The University of Texas at Austin’s reputation as a hub for cutting-edge macroeconomic research.
Conference Program & Map

JAVIER BIANCHI
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
“Bank Runs, Fragility, and Regulation”
Personal Website

JOEL FLYNN
Yale University
“Pricing and Production Without The Invisible Hand”
Personal Website

POOYA MOLAVI
Northwestern Kellogg
“Learning and the Emergence of Nonlinearity in Financial Markets”
Personal Website

FELIPE ALVES
Bank of Canada
“Inflation vs Inclusion: Stabilization Policy in the Wake of the Pandemic”
Personal Website

DIEGO PEREZ
New York University
“A Macroeconomic Model of the Cross-Section of Currencies”
Personal Website

JESSE SCHREGER
Columbia Business School
“Geoeconomic Pressure”
Personal Website

REGIS BARNICHON
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
“Humble VARs”
Personal Website

STEPHEN TERRY
University of Michigan
“The Empirical Distribution of Firm Dynamics and Its Macro Implications”
Personal Website

CHOONGRYUL YANG
University of Michigan
“Exchange Rate Transmission through Multinational Spillbacks: Japanese Evidence and a General Equilibrium Model”
Personal Website

SANJAY RAJ SINGH
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
University of California, Davis
“Nominal Anchors and Real Consequences: Inflation Targeting, Debt, and Investment”
Personal Website