International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting
Organized by Cristina Arellano and Oleg Itskhoki
March 19, 2021
on Zoom.us
Friday, March 19
11:00 am

Asymmetric Information and Sovereign Debt: Theory Meets Mexican Data

Harold L. Cole, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Daniel Neuhann, University of Texas at Austin
Guillermo Ordoñez, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
11:45 am
Break
11:50 am

Manufacturing Risk-free Government Debt

Zhengyang Jiang, Northwestern University and NBER
Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER
Mindy Z. Xiaolan, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant:
Alp Simsek, Yale University and NBER
12:35 pm
Break- Wonder Room
1:05 pm

Dominant Currency Dynamics: Evidence on Dollar-invoicing from UK Exporters

Meredith Crowley, University of Cambridge
Lu Han, Bank of Canada
Minkyu Son, University of Cambridge

Discussant:
Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
1:50 pm
Break
1:55 pm

Scrambling for Dollars: International Liquidity, Banks and Exchange Rates

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Saki Bigio, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Motohiro Yogo, Princeton University and NBER
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm

Real Exchange Rates and Primary Commodity Prices: Mussa meets Backus-Smith

Joao Ayres, Inter-American Development Bank
Constantino Hevia, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Juan Pablo Nicolini, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
3:40 pm
Break
3:45 pm

Monetary Policy and Redistribution in Open Economies

Xing Guo, Bank of Canada
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Diego Perez, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Ludwig Straub, Harvard University and NBER
4:40 pm
Adjourn- Wonder Room