2015-16 IGM Year in Review

20 MATTEO MAGGIORI NOVEMBER 30–DECEMBER 4, 2015 AND MARCH 14–18, 2016 Assistant Professor of Economics Harvard University PHILIP STRAHAN JUNE 6–10, 2016 John L. Collins, S.J. Chair in Finance Boston College STEPHEN REDDING MAY 2–6, 2016 Harold T. Shapiro *64 Professor in Economics Princeton University Matteo Maggiori’s research focuses on international macroeconomics and finance. His research topics have included the global financial system, exchange-rate dynamics, long-run discount rates, and bubbles. He is an assistant professor in the department of economics at Harvard University and obtained his PhD in 2012 from the University of California, Berkeley. During his visit, Maggiori presented his paper, “A Model of the International Monetary System,” at the macroeconomics workshop. He also met with a number of faculty and coauthors at Booth and in the economics department. Stephen Redding is an economist whose research spans international trade, economic geography, and productivity growth. He is the Harold T. Shapiro*64 Professor in Economics in the economics department and Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, and an associate editor of Econometrica . Redding presented his paper, “Commuting, Migration and Local Employment Elasticities,” at the macroeconomics and international economics workshop. He met with many faculty members at Chicago Booth and the department of economics during his visit. Philip Strahan does research in empirical banking and regulation. He is the John L. Collins, S.J. Chair in Finance at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Previously, Professor Strahan spent seven years in the research and market analysis group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993. During the first week of his visit, Strahan presented his paper, “Bank Quality, Judicial Efficiency and Borrower Runs: Loan Repayment Delays in Italy,” at the finance workshop at Booth. He attended the macro workshop and the finance brown bag lunch as well. He also met with several faculty at Booth in both the finance and macro groups. He will visit for a second week in October.