International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting
March 9, 2018

Thursday, March 8

6:30 pm

Dinner
Dante Restaurant
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Cambridge, MA

Friday, March 9

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking

Anil Ari, International Monetary Fund

Discussant:
Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER

9:25 am

Technology and Non-Technology Shocks: Measurement and Implications for International Comovement

Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Discussant:
Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER

10:20 am

Break

10:35 am

Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies without Rational Expectations

Dmitriy Sergeyev, Bocconi University
Luigi Iovino, Bocconi University

Discussant:
Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

11:30 am

International Medium of Exchange: Privilege and Duty

Ryan Chahrour, Cornell University and NBER
Rosen Valchev, Boston College and NBER

Discussant:
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER

12:25 pm

Lunch

1:10 pm

Exchange Rate Exposure and Firm Dynamics

Liliana Varela, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Juliana Salomao, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER

2:05 pm

Break

2:20 pm

Global Trade and the Dollar (slides)

Emine Boz, International Monetary Fund
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University and NBER
Mikkel Plagborg-Møller, Princeton University

Discussant:
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

3:15 pm

Adjourn