Menu Close

2026 PI Program

2026 Program

Preparatory Videos

Please see 2025 Summer School

2026 Princeton Initiative

Thursday Sept 10th, 2026
Arrive at Princeton University, accommodations
Friday Sept 11th, 2026
07:45-08:15 amBreakfast – Weickert Atrium
08:20-08:30 amOpening Remarks – JRR A17
08:30-10:00 amMarkus Brunnermeier
Introduction to Macrofinance
Slides
10:00-10:30 amBreak
10:30-12:30 pmYuliy Sannikov
Solving macro models with financial frictions I: methods and exercises
Questionnnaire | Solver | Slides
12:30-02:00 pmLunch Break – Weickert Atrium
02:00-03:00 pmYuliy Sannikov
Solving macro models with financial frictions II: in-class exercises and numerical methods
03:00-03:30 pmBreak
03:30-05:30 pmMarkus Brunnermeier
A Monetary Model with Safe Assets and Money
Slides
05:30pmBBQ – Weickert Atrium
Saturday, Sept 12th, 2026
08:15-08:45 amBreakfast – Weickert Atrium
08:45-9:45 amSebastian Merkel
New Keynesian Model I: Safe Assets and Aggregate Demand
Slides | Video
09:45-10:00 amBreak
10:00-11:15 am Andrey Alexandrov
New Keynesian Model II: (Un)Conventional Monetary Policy
Slides | Video
11:15-11:30amBreak
11:30- 12:45 pmGoutham Gopalakrishna
Countercyclical Bank Regulation: A Quantitative Approach
Slides
12:45-02:15 pmLunch Break – Weickert Atrium
02:15-03:15pmGoutham Gopalakrishna
A Brief Tour to DeepMacrofinance AI Toolbox
03:15-03:30 pmBreak
03:30-04:30 pmNobu Kiyotaki
Nominal Wages and Aggregate Production
Slides | Video
04:30-05:00 pmBreak
Sunday, Sept 13th, 2026
07:30 am-08:30 amBreakfast – Weickert Atrium
08:30 am-09:30 amJonathan Payne
The Fragility of US Treasury Funding Advantage
Slides | Video
09:30 am-10:30 amAleksei Oskolkov
Value-at-Risk Constraints, Robustness, and Aggregation
Slides | Video
10:30 am – 10:45 amBreak
10:45 am-11:45 amMoritz Lenel
Exchange Rates, Natural Rates, and the Price of Risk
Slides | Video
11:45 pm-12:45 pmMagnus Irie
Professional Capitalists and Top Wealth
12:45 pmClosing remarks – Boxed Lunches available in Weickert Atrium

Post-Meeting Class

Option to attend Method class: Macro, Money and International Finance
See lecture notes