SI 2015 International Finance & Macroeconomics
Organized by Olivier Jeanne, Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, and Jeffrey A. Frankel
July 6-10, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Monday, July 6

8:30 am

If the Fed Sneezes, Who Catches a Cold?

Luca Dedola, European Central Bank

9:45 am

Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?

Gustavo Adler, International Monetary Fund

11:00 AM

Optimal Monetary Policy and Capital Account Restrictions in a Small Open Economy

Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Tuesday, July 7

8:30 am

Real Effects of the Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe: Evidence from Syndicated Loans

Viral V. Acharya, New York University and NBER
Tim Eisert, Nova School of Business and Economics
Christian Eufinger, University of Navarra
Christian Hirsch, Goethe University Frankfurt

9:45 am

Fiscal Rules and the Sovereign Default Premium

Juan C. Hatchondo, University of Western Ontario

11:00 am

Sovereign Risk, Currency Risk, and Corporate Balance Sheets

Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Wednesday, July 8

8:30 AM

Global Collateral: How Financial Innovation Drives Capital Flows and Increases Financial Instability

Gregory Phelan, Williams College
Ana Fostel, University of Virginia and NBER
John Geanakoplos, Yale University

9:45 AM

A Model of the Reserve Asset

Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER
Konstantin Milbradt, Northwestern University and NBER

11:00 AM

The Growth of Emerging Economies and Global Macroeconomic Stability

Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California and NBER

Thursday, July 9

8:30 am

International Shocks and Domestic Prices: How Large Are Strategic Complementarities?

Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
Jozef Konings, Nazarbayev University

9:45 am

Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy

Vania Stavrakeva, London Business School
Jenny Tang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

11:00 am

Role of Foreign Banks in Tarde

Stijn Claessens, Yale School of Management
Neeltje Van Horen, De Nederlandsche Bank
Omar Hassib, Maastricht University

11:00 am

The Role of Foreign Banks in Trade

Stijn Claessens, Yale School of Management
Omar Hassib, Maastricht University
Neeltje Van Horen, De Nederlandsche Bank

Friday, July 10

8:30 am

Fewer but Better: Sudden Stops, Firm Entry, and Financial Selection

Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Felipe Saffie, University of Virginia and NBER

9:45 am

Uncertainty and International Capital Flows

François Gourio, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Michael Siemer, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adrien Verdelhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

11:00 am

International Financial Integration and Crisis Contagion

Michael B. Devereux, University of British Columbia and NBER
Changhua Yu, Peking University