International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting
Organized by Mark A. Aguiar and Linda Tesar
October 29, 2021
on Zoom.us
Friday, October 29
11:00 am

The Global Financial Resource Curse

Luca Fornaro, Center for Research in International Economics
Martin Wolf, University of St. Gallen
Gianluca Benigno, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Discussant:
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California and NBER
11:45 am
Break
11:50 am

Are Collateral-Constraint Models Ready for Macroprudential Policy Design?

Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER
Paolo Varraso, New York University

Discussant:
Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:35 pm
Break
12:40 pm

Barriers to Global Capital Allocation

Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University and NBER
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Romain Wacziarg, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
1:25 pm
Break
1:30 pm

Rising Current Account Dispersion: Financial or Trade Integration?

George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
Soo Kyung Woo, Sejong University

Discussant:
Ricardo M. Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2:20 pm
Break
2:25 pm

Uncertainty Shocks, Capital Flows and International Risk Spillovers

Ozge Akinci, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
Albert Queralto, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
3:10 pm
Adjourn