Programme
12.15-13.15 Buffet lunch
13.15-13.30 Opening
13.30-14.15 Twenty years of macroeconomic modelling at the ECB: A prospective analysis
Frank Smets (European Central Bank)
14.15-15.00 Macroeconomic modeling for fiscal policy: One instrument for two goals
Albert van der Horst (CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.15 Heterogeneity and the business cycle: Advances in macroeconomic modeling
Vincent Sterk (University College London)
16.15-17.00 Big data and machine learning in macroeconomics: Some challenges and prospects
George Kapetanios (King’s College London; DAFM Research Centre)
17.00 Closing and farewell drinks