5th XAmsterdam Macroeconomic Workshop

Call for Papers
This is to announce that a research workshop on Macroeconomics will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 16-17 December 2026. The workshop is jointly organised by the Tinbergen Institute, De Nederlandsche Bank, the Economics Departments of the University van Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Finn Kydland’s Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance (LAEF) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Workshop Aim and Themes
The workshop aims at bringing together leading researchers, junior scholars and experts from the policy community in the field of macroeconomics, and at fostering interactions between economists in the US (or other parts of the world) and economists in the Netherlands or Europe. Accepted papers will be discussed by an expert in the field.

The workshop will consider contributions from all fields of macroeconomics, both theoretical and applied, with particular attention but not exclusive, to the following sub-fields/topics: Money-macro, Firm Dynamics and Productivity, Expectations and the Macroeconomy, Heterogeneity and Monetary Policy, Labor Markets, Public Finance, (Consumption, Income and Wealth) Inequality, Identification in Macroeconomics.

Keynote Speakers
Mariacristina De Nardi (University of Minnesota, United States)
Geert Mesters (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, United States)

Selection process
Both theoretical and applied papers will be considered. A decision on participation will be based on a detailed abstract or preferably on a draft paper. Only papers not yet accepted for publication should be submitted. The submission deadline is October 24, 2026. Interested authors are invited to fill the form and submit the paper (or its detailed abstract) in PDF format. Acceptance will be notified by 31 October.

The organizers will cover the costs of accommodation, and travel costs only within the EU.

Scientific Committee: The program will be organized by Guido Ascari (DNB; University of Pavia), Eric Bartelsman (VU; TI), Léonard Bocquet (UvA, TI), Job Boerma (UW Madison), Maarten De Ridder (LSE), Agnieszka Markiewicz (Utrecht University), Vincent Sterk (University College London), Nicolas Werquin (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)