International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

Mark A. Aguiar and Linda Tesar, Organizers

October 29, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, October 29
11:00 am
Luca Fornaro, CREI
Martin Wolf, University of St. Gallen
Gianluca Benigno, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

The Global Financial Resource Curse
Discussant: Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California and NBER
11:45 am
Break
11:50 am
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER
Paolo Varraso, New York University

Are Collateral-Constraint Models Ready for Macroprudential Policy Design?
Discussant: Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:35 pm
Break
12:40 pm
Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University and NBER
Romain Wacziarg, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Barriers to Global Capital Allocation
Discussant: John V. Leahy, University of Michigan and NBER
1:25 pm
Break
1:30 pm
George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
Soo Kyung Woo, Sejong University

Rising Current Account Dispersion: Financial or Trade Integration?
Discussant: Ricardo M. Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Board
2:20 pm
Break
2:25 pm
Ozge Akinci, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
Albert Queralto, Federal Reserve Board

Uncertainty Shocks, Capital Flows and International Risk Spillovers
Discussant: Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
3:10 pm
Adjourn