UBC Macro Reading Group
11 am - 12 pm, Mondays @ Iona 167.
Submit your paper before 1 pm on the previous Wednesday.
Sign up for the reading group mailing list called MACRO-READING-GROUP by
- Emailing listserv@lists.ubc.ca from the address you want to subscribe with the text
subscribe MACRO-READING-GROUP - You should get a confirmation email that you have been added. Or, use an alternative web-based approach
- You can email peifan.wu@ubc.ca if you are having issues.
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Reading Group Rules
- The reading group is aimed for UBC PhD students in years 2 and above. We won’t accept first-year students.
- You must submit a paper to attend the reading group each week.
- Regular attendence is expected.
- We will be discussing papers mostly on macro topics, but there is in general no restrictions on topics.
- Every week each student submits a paper of their choice the week before the reading group.
- From the submitted papers, the organizer chooses at most two to be given as 20-minute presentations by those who submitted them with slides. Some guidelines from Henry
- Students whose submissions are not chosen for 20-minute presentations are exposed to being called upon for a 5-minute presentation without slides. Bring notes along with the paper you read each week so you can keep track of your quick discussion.
Choosing Papers
In general, you should choose papers related to your own areas of interest.
However, to get students started on a few themes, here are a few topics to consider for Spring 2020.
But to repeat: feel no pressure to stay within these themes, or even within those papers on the topics.