International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

Yan Bai and Anusha Chari, Organizers

March 29, 2024

FORMAT: Each presenter will have 30 minutes. Each discussant will have 15 minutes. There will be another 15 minutes for open discussion.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 29
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome Remarks
8:45 am
Sebastian Horn, The World Bank
David Mihalyi, The World Bank
Philipp Nickol, University of Duisburg-Essen
César Sosa-Padilla, University of Notre Dame and NBER

Hidden Debt Revelations
Discussant: Carmen M. Reinhart, Harvard University and NBER
9:45 am
Matias Moretti, University of Rochester
Lorenzo Pandolfi, CSEF
Sergio L. Schmukler, The World Bank
German Villegas-Bauer, International Monetary Fund
Tomas Williams, The George Washington University

Inelastic Demand Meets Optimal Supply of Risky Sovereign Bonds
Discussant: Robin Greenwood, Harvard University and NBER
Break
11:00 am
Junhyong Kim, Korea Development Institute
Annie Soyean Lee, Johns Hopkins University

Liability Dollarization and Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Domestic Prices
Discussant: Roberto Chang, Rutgers University and NBER
Lunch - University BC
1:00 pm
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
Martín Uribe, Columbia University and NBER

Exchange Controls As A Fiscal Instrument (slides)
Discussant: Alessandro Rebucci, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
2:00 pm
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER
William Witheridge, University of Maryland

The Exchange Rate as an Industrial Policy
Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
Break
3:15 pm
Antonio Coppola, Stanford University
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Liquidity, Debt Denomination, and Currency Dominance
Discussant: Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:15 pm
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

A Framework for Geoeconomics
Discussant: Ana Fostel, University of Virginia and NBER
Adjourn