| Monday, July 14 | 
 
  | 830 am
 | Coffee and Pastries
 | 
 
  | 9:00 am
 | Guido Lorenzoni, Northwestern University and NBER
 Ivan Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  and NBER
 Slow Moving Debt Crises
 
 Discussant: Juan Pablo Nicolini, Federal Reserve
  Bank of Minneapolis
 | 
 
  | 10:00 am
 | Break
 | 
 
  | 10:15 am
 | Javier Bianchi, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER
 Saki Bigio, Dr., Columbia University
 Banks,
  Liquidity Management and Monetary Policy
 
 Discussant: Christopher Phelan, University of Minnesota and NBER
 | 
 
  | 11:15 am
 | Break
 | 
 
  | 11:30 am
 | Davide Debortoli,
  University of California at San Diego
 Ricardo Nunes, Federal Reserve Board
 Pierre Yared, Columbia University and NBER
 Optimal
  Government Debt Maturity under Limited Commitment
 
 Discussant: Mikhail Golosov, Princeton University
  and NBER
 | 
 
  | 12:30 pm
 | Lunch
 | 
 
  | 1:30 pm
 | Tarek Alexander Hassan, University of Chicago and
  NBER
 Rui Mano, University of
  Chicago
 Forward and Spot Exchange Rates in a Multi-Currency World
 
 Discussant: Hanno Lustig, University of California
  at Los Angeles and NBER
 | 
 
  | 2:30 pm
 | Break
 | 
 
  | 2:45 pm
 | Ufuk Akcigit, University
  of Pennsylvania and NBER
 Harun Alp, University of Pennsylvania
 Michael Peters, London School of Economics
 Lack
  of Selection and Imperfect Managerial Contracts: Firm Dynamics in Developing
  Countries
 
 Discussant: Yongseok Shin, Washington University in
  St. Louis and NBER
 | 
 
  | 3:45 pm
 | Break
 | 
 
  | 4:00 pm
 | Varadarajan V. Chari, University of Minnesota and
  NBER
 Alessandro Dovis, University of Minnesota
 Patrick Kehoe, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
 On
  the Optimality of Financial Repression
 
 Discussant: Alberto Martin, CREI
 | 
 
  | 5:00 pm
 | Adjourn
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