CEMAP Annual Conference 2026

Timetable

June 18

12:00 – 12:50  Lunch and networking

12:50 – 13:00  Welcome speech by Michael Naef (Head of the Department of Economics)

Chair:  Sara Eugeni

13:00 – 13:50  Jenny Chan (Bank of England): Sticky Production and Monetary Policy

13:50 – 14:40  Nawid Siassi (TU Wien): Labour Search and the Tax-Transfer System

14:40 – 15:00  Coffee

Chair:  Remzi Kaygusuz

15:00 – 15:50  Kalin Nikolov (European Central Bank): Bubbles and Technological Innovations

15:50 – 16:40  Raffaele Rossi (University of Birmingham): Bad Health in Frictional Labour Market

Chair:  Parantap Basu

16:40 – 17:30  Max Gillman (University of Missouri - St. Louis): Stochastic Discount Factor with Inflation Risk Premium

17:30  Drinks reception

18:30  Dinner

June 19

08:30 – 09:00  Coffee and warming-up

Chair:  Mauro Bambi

09:00 – 09:50  Christoph Thoenissen (University of Sheffield): House Price Shocks and Labour Productivity

09:50 – 10:40  Marco Fongoni (Aix-Marseille Université): Costly Wage Cuts, Relative Wage Comparison and Unemployment Hysteresis

10:40 – 11:00  Coffee

Chair:  Tatiana Damjanovic

11:00 – 11:50  Wei Cui (University College London): On the Optimal Level of Stable Coins (or CBDC)

11:50 – 12:40  Mirela Miescu (Lancaster University): Uncertainty Shocks and Labour Market Dynamics in Emerging Markets

Lunch and the conference ends

A PDF of the event programme can be accessed here: Programme - CEMAP Annual Conference 2026.