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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

International Finance and Macroeconomics Pricing Program Meeting

 

Charles Engel and Linda Tesar, Organizers

 

October 25, 2013

 

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 

 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, October 24

6:30 pm

Dinner
Dante Restaurant
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Boulevard

Cambridge, MA 02142

Friday, October 25

7:45 am

Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER
 

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast


8:30 am


V.V. Chari, University of Minnesota and NBER
Alessandro Dovis, Pennsylvania State University
Patrick J. Kehoe, Federal Reserve of Minneapolis and NBER
Rethinking Optimal Currency Areas

Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University and NBER

9:30 am

Break


10:00 am


Nicolas Couerdacier, Sciences Po and CEPR
Helene Rey, London School Business and NBER 

Pablo Winant, Paris School of Economics
Financial Integration and Growth in a Risky World

Discussant: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California at Berkeley and NBER


11:00 am


Javier Bianchi, University of Wisconsin and NBER
Efficient Bailouts?

Discussant: Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California and NBER


12:00 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


Philippe Bacchetta, University of Lausanne and CEPR
Eric van Wincoop, University of Virginia and NBER
The Great Recession: A Self-Fulfilling Global Panic

Discussant: Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER

2:00 pm

Break


2:30 pm


Luis A. V. Catao, International Monetary Fund
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, International Monetary Fund and CEPR
External Liabilities and Crises

Discussant: Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER


3:30 pm


Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Marcel Fratzcher, DIW Berlin and CEPR
Roland Straub, European Central Bank
Capital Controls and Macroprudential Measures: What are They Good For?

Discussant: Graciela Kaminsky, George Washington University and NBER


4:45 pm


Adjourn