Spring 2024 Alumni Newsletter

years ago, Professors Gabriel Lee
Twenty
at the University of Regensburg) and
(presently
Gervais (presently at the University of
Martin
and Andolfatto were awarded a grant
Georgia)
the Austrian National Bank to host a
from
conference at the Institute of
macroeconomics
were so impressed with the quality of
People
presentations, the ambience of the city, and
the
camaraderie that arose from the group, that
the
demanded they continue to host it on an
they
basis. They have held the conference
annual
year since then apart from an interruption
every
can check out the conference website here
You
Vienna Macro Conference) where, among
(
things, you will find a record of paper
other
and where the papers were
presentations
published (most found their way into
ultimately
academic journals).
top
of the conference’s regular attendees is
One
Waller, presently serving as a
Christopher
on the Board of Governors of the U.S.
Governor
Reserve System. Participants were so
Federal
in awe of Chris’ penetrating comments and
much
that we established a prize in his name
criticisms
is awarded every year to the conference’s
that
and most constructive critic.
best
2016, Chris suggested organizing a spring
In
of the Vienna conference with the idea of
version
the unique experience to other parts of
exporting
globe. The Vienna Global Macro workshop
the
so far been held in Abu Dhabi, Marrakech,
has
and London. The event this year in Miami
Prague,
thanks to Blanca Ripoll, Jillian Garcia,
Special
Hernandez, Nicholas Cozzi, Jose Sosa,
Eduardo
Valdivia, Shelsie Moncada and Chris
Daniela
for their expert handling of conference
Campos
We’d also like to thank the Department
logistics.
Finance at Miami Herbert for helping to host
of
Conference Organizers: Gabriel Lee, Martin Gervais and David Andolfatto
Advanced Studies in Vienna.
caused by the global pandemic.
was, as expected, a tremendous success.
our conference dinner event.