International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

Cristina Arellano, Brent Neiman, and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Organizers

March 8, 2019

NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

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
Mishita Mehra, University of Richmond

Skilled Immigration, Firms, and Policy
Discussant: Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
9:10 am
Juan Morelli, Federal Reserve Board
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Diego Perez, New York University and NBER

Global Banks and Systemic Debt Crises
Discussant: Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
10:05 am
Break
10:15 am
Illenin Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Sewon Hur, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Real Interest Rates, Inflation, and Default
Discussant: Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER
11:10 am
Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jorge Mondragon, University of Minnesota

Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises
Discussant: Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Kalina Manova, University College London
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Jong Hyun Chung, Stanford University
Charlotte Sandoz, International Monetary Fund

Productivity, (Mis)allocation and Trade
Discussant: Dan Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
1:55 pm
Break
2:10 pm
Rodrigo Barbone Gonzalez, Central Bank of Brazil
Dmitry Khametshin, UPF
Jose-Luis Peydro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Andrea Polo, Pompeu Fabra University

Hedger of Last Resort: Evidence from Brazilian FX Interventions, Local Credit, and Global Financial Cycles
Discussant: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, University of Maryland and NBER
3:05 pm
Egemen Eren, Bank for International Settlements
Semyon Malamud, Swiss Finance Institute

Dominant Currency Debt (slides)
Discussant: Dmitry Mukhin, London School of Economics
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 11
10:15 am
Parkview room
Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jorge Mondragon, University of Minnesota

Monetary Independence and Rollover Crises (slides)