Alp Simsek's guest appearances

Alp Simsek

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Tyler Cowen

Ramesh Ponnuru

Fannie Mae

Sebastian Edwards

Alex Nowrasteh

Diego Zuluaga

Steve Horwitz

Felix Salmon

Alan Greenspan

Binyamin Appelbaum

Anat Admati

Noah Smith

Robert Hall

George Selgin

Scott Sumner

OwlTail

Alp Simsek is an associate professor of economics at MIT, and joins Macro Musings to talk about the link between financial markets, uncertainty and the COVID-19 crisis. Specifically, David and Alp discuss the dual absorption problem within financial markets, how supply shocks and demand shocks have inescapably become interwoven phenomenon, and why we should look to using macroprudential policy in the future.   The transcript for the episode can be found  here.   Alp’s Twitter: @alpsimsek_econ Alp’s MIT profile: https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/asimsek   Related Links:   Bonus segment with Alp: https://youtu.be/eoGxYcWmH9E   *A Risk-centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek https://www.nber.org/papers/w23614   *A Model of Asset Price Spirals and Aggregate Demand Amplification of a ‘COVID-19’ Shock* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek https://www.nber.org/papers/w27044   *Prudential Monetary Policy* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek https://www.nber.org/papers/w25977   David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Alp Simsek is an associate professor of economics at MIT, and joins Macro Musings to talk about the link between financial markets, uncertainty and the COVID-19 crisis. Specifically, David and Alp discuss the dual absorption problem within financial markets, how supply shocks and demand shocks have inescapably become interwoven phenomenon, and why we should look to using macroprudential policy in the future. The transcript for the episode can be found <a href="https://www.mercatus.org/macro-musings/alp-simsek-risk-centric-view-demand-recession-and-speculation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here.</a> Alp’s Twitter: @alpsimsek_econ Alp’s MIT profile: <a href="https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/asimsek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/asimsek</a> Related Links: Bonus segment with Alp: <a href="https://youtu.be/eoGxYcWmH9E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/eoGxYcWmH9E</a> *A Risk-centric Model of Demand Recessions and Speculation* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w23614" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nber.org/papers/w23614</a> *A Model of Asset Price Spirals and Aggregate Demand Amplification of a ‘COVID-19’ Shock* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w27044" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nber.org/papers/w27044</a> *Prudential Monetary Policy* by Ricardo Caballero and Alp Simsek <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w25977" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nber.org/papers/w25977</a> David’s blog: <a href="http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">macromarketmusings.blogspot.com</a> David’s Twitter: @<a href="https://soundcloud.com/DavidBeckworth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DavidBeckworth</a>

Alp Simsek on a Risk-Centric View of Demand, Recession, and Speculation