Upcoming Conference
Directions
The Collaboration of Research Economists (CORE) model combines frontier research and an innovative delivery method to advance collaboration within the economics profession.
The CORE model consists of 7-8 CORE Weeks per year. During each week, visiting economists from a range of disciplines will join with Richmond Fed economists for seminars, conferences, and formal and informal networking and collaboration — all with an eye toward advancing economic research.
Select CORE Weeks throughout the year feature specialty conferences, lectures, and events focused on gathering top economic scholars to share research on a common topic or theme.
Honoring Marvin Goodfriend
The Goodfriend Memorial Lecture is one of multiple efforts honoring the life, work and legacy of former Research Director Marvin Goodfriend, who worked at the Richmond Fed from 1978 until his retirement in 2005. Other Richmond Fed tributes include the Marvin S. Goodfriend Conference, which took place during CORE Week in May 2022, as well as Essays in Honor of Marvin Goodfriend: Economist and Central Banker, published in the same year.
Visit the Honoring Marvin Goodfriend page to learn more about Goodfriend through his research and policy papers, essays reflecting on his life and work, and personal reflections from his former colleagues.
Presenters and Visiting Economists
Marvin S. Goodfriend Conference
Agenda
Titles listed where decided
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Monday, Aug. 4, 2025
03:30 pm
Visitor Seminar: Mariacristina De Nardi (University of Minnesota) presenting the paper "Why Do Households Save and Work?" written with Margherita Borella, Fang Yang, and Johanna P. Torres Chain
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Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025
10:30 am
Marvin S. Goodfriend Conference, Day 1
Ezra Oberfield (Cornell University) presenting the paper "The Network Origins of Firm Dynamics: Contracting Frictions and Dynamism with Long-Term Relationships" written with Johannes Boehm, Ruairidh South, and Mazhar Waseem
11:35 amKristina Manysheva (Columbia University) presenting the paper "The Origins of Structural Transformation" written with Julieta Caunedo and Mayara Felix
01:45 pmJin Liu (University of Pennsylvania) presenting the paper "Multinational Production and Innovation in Tandem"
03:00 pmJohn Fernald (INSEAD) presenting the paper "Micro and Macro Perspectives on Production-Based Markups" written with Amit Gandhi, James Traina, and Dimitrije Ruzic
04:15 pmPlenary Session — Richard Rogerson (Princeton University) presenting on Cross-Country Sectoral Productivity Differences
05:00 pmReception and Dinner
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Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025
10:30 am
Marvin S. Goodfriend Conference, Day 2
Kyle Herkenhoff (University of Minnesota) presenting the paper "The Impact of Commercial Real Estate Regulations on U.S. Output" written with Fil Babalievsky, Lee E. Ohanian, and Edward C. Prescott
11:30 amMark Watson (Princeton University) presenting the paper "The Past and Future of U.S. Structural Change: Compositional Accounting and Forecasting" written with Andrew Foerster, Andreas Hornstein, and Pierre Sarte
01:15 pmHuiyu Li (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) presenting the paper "Work-from-home, firms, workers and productivity" written with Tom Schmitz and Julien Sauvagnat
02:15 pmBasil Halperin (University of Virginia) presenting the paper "Transformative AI, existential risk, and real interest rates" written with Trevor Chow and J. Zachary Mazlish
03:30 pmEconomist & Visitor Collaboration Afternoon
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Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025
09:00 am
Economist & Visitor Collaboration Morning
11:00 amVisitor Seminar: Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi (Northwestern University) presenting the paper "Expectations and the Term Structure of Interest Rates" written with Pooya Molavi and Andrea Vedolin
03:30 pmVisitor Seminar: Limor Golan (Washington University in St. Louis) presenting the paper "Estimating a Life-Cycle Model of Pay and Task Assignment: Productivity, Discrimination and the Racial Gaps" written with Carl Sanders and Jonathan James
05:30 pmOffsite Collaboration Hour
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Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
09:00 am
Visitor Seminar: Carter Braxton (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presenting the paper "Rising Risk Among the Rich: Implications for Wealth Inequality and Interest Rates" written with Kyle Herkenhoff, Chengdai Huang, Michael Nattinger, Jonathan Rothbaum, and Lawrence Schmidt
11:00 amVisitor Seminar: Scott Baker (Northwestern University) presenting the paper "Effects of Cryptocurrency Wealth on Household Consumption and Investment" written with Darren Aiello, Tetyana Balyuk, Marco Di Maggio, Mark Johnson, and Jason Kotter
12:00 pmClosing Lunch
Previous CORE Weeks
CORE Week
Visit our CORE Week page for more information, including future dates, highlights from past events, and more.
