International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting
Organized by Cristina Arellano, Brent Neiman, and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
March 8, 2019
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, March 7
6:30 pm
Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
25 Edwin Land Boulevard (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Cambridge, MA
Friday, March 8
7:45 am
Continental Breakfast
8:15 am

Skilled Immigration, Firms, and Policy

Mishita Mehra, University of Richmond

Discussant:
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
9:10 am

Global Banks and Systemic Debt Crises

Juan Morelli, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Diego Perez, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
10:05 am
Break
10:15 am

Real Interest Rates, Inflation, and Default

Illenin Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Sewon Hur, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Discussant:
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER
11:10 am

Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jorge Mondragon, University of Minnesota

Discussant:
Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Productivity, (Mis)allocation and Trade

Kalina Manova, University College London
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Jong Hyun Chung, Stanford University
Charlotte Sandoz, International Monetary Fund

Discussant:
Dan Lu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
1:55 pm
Break
2:10 pm

Hedger of Last Resort: Evidence from Brazilian FX Interventions, Local Credit, and Global Financial Cycles

Rodrigo Barbone Gonzalez, Central Bank of Brazil
Dmitry Khametshin, UPF
Jose-Luis Peydro, Luiss University
Andrea Polo, Pompeu Fabra University

Discussant:
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
3:05 pm

Dominant Currency Debt (slides)

Egemen Eren, Bank for International Settlements
Semyon Malamud, Swiss Finance Institute

Discussant:
Dmitry Mukhin, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 11
10:15 am

Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises (slides)

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jorge Mondragon, University of Minnesota