International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

March 9, 2018

Conference Code of Conduct

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
Anil Ari, International Monetary Fund

Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking
Discussant: Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
9:25 am
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Technology and Non-Technology Shocks: Measurement and Implications for International Comovement
Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:35 am
Dmitriy Sergeyev, Bocconi University
Luigi Iovino, Bocconi University

Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies without Rational Expectations
Discussant: Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:30 am
Ryan Chahrour, Cornell University
Rosen Valchev, Boston College and NBER

International Medium of Exchange: Privilege and Duty
Discussant: Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
12:25 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm
Liliana Varela, London School of Economics
Juliana Salomao, University of Minnesota and NBER

Exchange Rate Exposure and Firm Dynamics
Discussant: Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER
2:05 pm
Break
2:20 pm
Emine Boz, International Monetary Fund
Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund
Mikkel Plagborg-Møller, Princeton University

Global Trade and the Dollar (slides)
Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
3:15 pm
Adjourn