Upcoming CEPR Advanced Forum for Financial Economics (CAFFE) Seminars 2023-2024: Â
Series Theme: Finance, Technology, and Society
October 10
Seminar Topic: AIÂ
Kevin Bryan (University of Toronto) presents A User's Guide to GPT and LLMs for Economics Research
Anton Korinek (University of Virginia) presents Language Models and Cognitive Automation for Economic Research
November 14
Seminar Topic: Climate Finance
Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London and CEPR) presents The CO2 Question: Technical Progress and the Climate Crisis
(Paper Co-authored with Patrick Bolton and Moritz Wiedemann)
Mathijs van Dijk (Rotterdam School of Management) presents Climate Change and Long-Horizon Portfolio Choice: Combining Insights from Theory and Empirics
(Paper Co-authored with Mathijs Cosemans and Xander Hut)Â
December 12 Â
Seminar Topic: Asset Markets
Elise Gourier (ESSEC Business School) presents Private Market Fund Factors
(Paper Co-authored with Will Goetzmann and Ludovic Phalippou)
Gianpaolo Parise (EDHEC Business School and CEPR) presents Green Window Dressing
(Paper Co-authored with Mirco Rubin)
February 13:Â
Seminar Topic: Sustainable Investing
Theresa Spickers (University of Amsterdam); "Passive Ownership and the Environment"Â
Joel Shapiro (University of Oxford and CEPR); Sustainable Investing and Public Goods Provision"
March 12:Â
Seminar Topic: Expectation Formation
Kathrin Schlafmann (Copenhagen Business School and CEPR); "Expectations and Wealth Heterogeneity in the Macroeconomy"
Peter Andre (Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and Goethe University Frankfurt); "Mental Models of the Stock Market"
April 9:Â
Seminar Topic: Hedging and Mortgage Choices
Giovanna Nicodano (University of Torino and CEPR); "Hedging Permanent Income Shocks"
Jamie Coen (Imperial College Business School), "Price Discrimination and Mortgage Choice"
May 14
Seminar Topic: Politics and Biased Information
Julia Cage (Sciences Po and CEPR), "Hosting Media Bias: Evidence from the Universe of French Broadcasts, 2002-2020"
Pooya Molavi (Northwestern University) "Informational Autocrats, Diverse Societies"Â
11 June
Seminar Topic: Monetary Policy and Finance
Cynthia Balloch (London School of Economics and Political Science), "Making Sense of Negative Nominal Interest Rates"Â
Marco Grotteria (London Business School and CEPR), "Monetary Policy Wedges and the Long-Term Liabilities of Households and Firms"Â
09 July
Seminar Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Sergio Correia (Federal Reserve Board), "Unlocking Economic Data with LLMs" (Including discussion of embeddings)Â
Svetlana Bryzgalova (London Business School and CEPR), "(Almost) 200 Years of News-Based Economic Sentiment"Â
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