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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND MACROECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING

Roberto Chang and Kristin Forbes, Organizers

 

March 12, 2010

 

NBER  Offices,

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

 

PROGRAM 

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 11:

 

6:30 pm             Dinner

                        Bambara Restaurant

                        25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard (Across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)

                        Cambridge, MA

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 12:

 

7:45 am             Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for NBER

 

8:00 am             Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for NBER

 

8:00 am             Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 am             G. ANDREW KAROLYI, Cornell University

                        ROSE LIAO, Rutgers University

                        What is Different about Government-Controlled Acquirers

                        Cross-Border Acquisitions?

 

                        Discussant:       KATHRYN DOMINGUEZ, University of Michigan and NBER

 

9:30 am             COSMIN ILUT, Duke University

                        Ambiguity Aversion: Implications for the Uncovered Interest

                        Rate Parity Puzzle

 

                        Discussant:       ERIC VAN WINCOOP, University of Virginia and NBER

 

10:30 am           Break

 

10:50 am           KALINA MANOVA, Stanford University and NBER

                        SHANG-JIN WEI, Columbia University and NBER

                        ZHIWEI ZHANG, International Monetary Fund

                        Firm Exports and Multinational Activity under Credit Constraints

 

                        SEBNEM KALEMLI-OZCAN, University of Houston and NBER

                        HERMAN KAMIL, International Monetary Fund

                        CAROLINA VILLEGAS-SANCHEZ, University of Houston

                        What Hinders Investment in the Aftermath of Financial Crises:

                        Balance-Sheet Mismatches or Access to Finance?

                         

                        Discussant:       C. FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University and NBER

 

12:05 pm           Lunch

 

                        AFTERNOON ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

1:00 pm             OLIVIER JEANNE, John Hopkins University and NBER

                         The Global Liquidity Trap

 

                        MARTIN BODENSTEIN, CHRISTOPHER ERCEG, LUCA GUERRIERI,                                                                                                                    Federal Reserve Board

                        The Effects of Foreign Shocks when Interest Rates are at Zero

 

                        Discussant:       MICHAEL DEVEREUX, University of British Columbia

                                                                                                                               and NBER

2:15 pm             Break

 

2:35 pm             FABRIZIO PERRI, University of Minnesota and NBER

                        VINCENZO QUADRINI, University of Southern California and NBER

                        International Recessions

 

                        Discussant:       FABIO GHIRONI, Boston College and NBER

 

3:35 pm             STEVEN KAMIN and LAURIE POUNDER , Federal Reserve Board

                        HowDid a Domestic Housing Slump Turn into a Global Financial Crisis?

 

                        Discussant:       ROBERTO RIGOBON, MIT and NBER

 

4:35 pm             Adjourn

 

3/11/10