International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting
Organized by Guido Lorenzoni and Vivian Yue
October 25, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, October 24
6:30 pm
Dinner
Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, October 25
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Are Intermediary Constraints Priced?

Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin M. Hébert, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Wang Huber, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Gordon Y. Liao, Circle
9:20 am

The Macroeconomics of the Greek Depression

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Harvard University and NBER
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER
Rohan Kekre, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am

Optimal Foreign Reserves and Central Bank Policy Under Financial Stress

Luis Cespedes, Universidad de Chile
Roberto Chang, Rutgers University and NBER

Discussant:
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER
11:20 am

Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long-Run Effects of Bank Failures

Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER
12:10 pm
Lunch- Longfellow C
1:10 pm

Answering the Queen: Machine Learning and Financial Crises

Jeremy Fouliard, London Business School
Michael Howell, CrossBorder Capital
Hélène Rey, London Business School and NBER

Discussant:
Francis X. Diebold, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Uncovered Interest Parity, Forward Guidance and the Exchange Rate (slides)

Jordi Galí, Center for Research in International Economics and NBER

Discussant:
Michael B. Devereux, University of British Columbia and NBER
3:10 pm

Reserve Accumulation, Macroeconomic Stabilization and Sovereign Risk

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Cesar Sosa-Padilla, University of Notre Dame and NBER

Discussant:
Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn