NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND
MACROECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING
Charles Engel and Linda Tesar, Organizers
October 27, 2006
NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room
PROGRAM
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 26:
6:30 PM Dinner
Dante Restaurant
Royal Sonesta Hotel
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 27:
8:15 AM Shuttle Van
Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for
8:30 AM Shuttle Van
Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for
8:30 PM Continental
Breakfast
9:00 AM
ENRIQUE MENDOZA, International Monetary Fund and NBER
VINCENZO, QUADRINI,
VICTOR RIOS-RULL,
Financial
Integration, Financial Deepness and Global Imbalances
Discussant: MANUEL
AMADOR,
10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM BONG-CHAN KHO,
RENE STULZ,
FRANK WARNOCK,
Financial Globalization,
Governance, and the Evolution of the Home Bias
Discussant: JOSHUA COVAL,
11:30 AM
RICARDO CABALLERO and GUIDO LORENZONI, MIT and NBER
Persistent
Appreciations, Overshooting, and Optimal Exchange Rate Interventions
Discussant: ENRIQUE
MENDOZA, International Monetary Fund and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM MICHAEL KLEIN,
JAY SHAMBAUGH,
The Nature of
Exchange Rate Regimes
Discussant: CHRISTIAN
BRODA,
2:30 PM CRAIG BURNSIDE,
MARTIN EICHENBAUM and
SERGIO REBELO, Northwestern University and NBER
ISSAC KLESHCHELSKI,
Northwestern University
The Returns to
Currency Speculation
Discussant: ERIC VAN
WINCOOP,
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM MARIANNE BAXTER,
International Risk
Sharing in the Short Run and the Long Run
Discussant: FABRIZIO
PERRI,
5:00 PM Adjourn
10/16/06