Seminar Topics in Macroeconomics

The Seminar "Topics in Macroeconomics” discusses recent research projects in the field of macroeconomics on a weekly basis. Ph.D. students and professors from the University of Mannheim present their work.
The seminar takes place in lecture room P043, L7 3-5, every Wednesday from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm during the lecture period. The exact dates, presenters and topics are shown below.

The presentation titles will be updated on a rolling basis.

 

Date   

Name

Topic

 12 February 2025Ursula Berresheim

”Work from Home, Work for Less? Location Flexibility and Mothers’ Careers”

 19 February 2025Marina Hoch”Bailing Out Homeowners: Disaster Aid and Mortgage Default after Natural Disasters
 05 March 2025Yann Müller”Market Potential and the Spatial Allocation of Economic Activity in Emerging Economies
 12 March 2025

Bjarne Horst

”Firms’ Strategic Price-Setting, the Cost-Price Pass-Through, and Aggregate Inflation
 19 March 2025Mohamed Dhia Khalfallah”College Expansion and Graduate Unemployment: Congestion Versus Composition
 26 March 2025Steffen Zetzmann”Energy prices and real estate markets
 02 April 2025Qinkun Yao”Employer switching and job quality
 30 April 2025Mingjie Xu”Equity vs. Efficiency: The Macroeconomics of Gendered Inheritance”
 07 May 2025Giacomo Ranzato„tba“
 21 May 2025Tanay Agarwal”tba”
 28 May 2025Ulrich Roschitsch”tba”