2025 Econometrics of Equilibrium Effects Conference
The Econometrics of Equilibrium Effects Conference, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago, highlights new advances in estimating equilibrium and related spillover effects of economic policies using both experimental and observational data. The conference brings together researchers with expertise in economic modeling — including international trade, industrial organization, and other applied fields — as well as econometrics and causal inference under interference.
All presentations are 45 minutes, and breaks are 30 minutes. All times are listed in CST.
PHOTO ALBUM
Agenda
Registration and Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
Opening Remarks
Evan Munro, University of Chicago
Kirill Borusyak, University of California, Berkeley
From Unstructured Data to Demand Counterfactuals: Theory and Practice
Giovanni Compiani, University of Chicago
A New Bayesian Bootstrap for Quantitative Trade and Spatial Models
Bas Sanders, Harvard University
Break
Quantifying Aggregate Impacts in the Presence of Economic Spillovers
Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room
Who Gets What May Not Matter: Understanding School Match Effects
Christopher Walters, University of Chicago
Evaluating Local Policies in Centralized Markets
Dmitry Arkhangelsky, Center for Monetary and Financial Studies
Break
Evaluating Monetary Policy Counterfactuals: (When) Do We Need Structural Models?
Christian Wolf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regression for Spatial Models with Interference
Christopher Adjaho, New York University