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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

Charles Engel and Linda Tesar, Organizers

November 9, 2012

NBER
3^rd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

Thursday, November 8, 2012
6:30 pm	Dinner Royal Sonesta Hotel Room-Skyline A 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard Cambridge, MA
Friday, November 9, 2012
7:45 am	Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Anton Korinek, University of Maryland and NBER Capital Controls and Currency Wars Discussants: Jing Zhang, University of Michigan and NBER
9:30 am	Break
10:00 am	Gazi I. Kara, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Systemic Risk, International Regulation, and the Limits of Coordination Discussants: Kathryn Dominguez, University of Michigan and NBER
11:00 am	Logan Lewis, Federal Reserve Board Menu Costs, Trade Flows, and Exchange Rate Volatility Discussants: Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University and NBER Jozef Konings, Katholieke Universiteit Importers, Exporters, and Exchange Rate Disconnect Discussant: George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
2:00 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Christopher J. Erceg and Jesper Linde, Federal Reserve Board Fiscal Consolidation in a Currency Union: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Hikes Discussants: Jay Shambaugh, George Washington University and NBER
3:30 pm	Matteo Cacciatore, HEC Montreal Giuseppe Fiori, North Carolina State University Fabio Ghironi, Boton College and NBER Market Deregulation and Optimal Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union Discussants: Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn
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