# Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar

##  Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar

Spring 2026

### Seminar Time & Location:

Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 PM
KMC 5-90 (5th floor) unless otherwise noted

To join the mailing list, please contact Amanda Schwab <ams9893@stern.nyu.edu>

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###  February 19th "AI and Scale: A Quantitative Task-Based Theory of Automation"

Danial Lashkari (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

[Link to paper](https://sites.google.com/view/danial-lashkari/llqt?authuser=0)

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###  February 26th "Statistical Discrimination in Frictional Labor Markets: Theory and Application to Immigration Enforcement"

Giovanni Topa (NYU)

[Link to paper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/15m1Vpr_hB59lx1C2OFIm-ZClJ0uUEo4w/view)

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###  March 5th "IneQuality"

Alessandra Peter (NYU)

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###  March 12th "The Spatial Distribution of Markups"

Jonathan Becker (SUNY Stony Brook)

[Link to paper](https://jonbeckerecon.github.io/files/BEMX_paper.pdf)

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###  March 26th "Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Model of Technology Adoption: P2P Digital Payments"

Francesco Lippi (LUISS University)

[Link to paper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G98Lm-yfuITlHCynqLSt2VLdXu17j-3u/view)

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###  April 2nd "Aggregate Shocks and Cross-Section Dynamics: Quantifying Redistribution and Insurance in U.S. Household Data"

Tom Sargent (NYU)

***Please note that this talk will be in KMC 3-110.***

[Link to paper](http://www.tomsargent.com/research/DMD_add_fnal.pdf)

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###  April 9th "A Theory of Land Finance and Investment-Led Growth"

Sean Wu (NYU Stern)

***Please note that this talk will be in T415.***

[Link to paper](https://seanwulx.github.io/lingxuanwu.me/LandFinance.pdf)

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###  April 16th "Deep Learning in the Sequence Space"

Jan Zemlicka (University of Zurich)

***Please note that this talk will be in KMC 3-110.***

[Link to paper](https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp802.pdf)

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###  April 23rd "Capital Reallocation and Firm Dynamics"

Paolo Martellini (NYU Stern)

***Please note that this talk will be in KMC 4-90.***

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###  April 30th "A Macroeconomic Model of the Cross-Section of Currencies"

Diego Perez (NYU)

***Please note that this talk will be in KMC 4-60.***

[Link to paper](https://www.perezdiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/factors_exchange_rates.pdf)

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Please check back for regular updates as speakers and topics will be updated throughout the semester.

### Please contact Amanda Schwab [(ams9893@stern.nyu.edu]((ams9893@stern.nyu.edu)) with any questions.