International Seminar on Macroeconomics

Jeffrey A. Frankel, Richard H. Clarida, Francesco Giavazzi, and Hélène Rey, Organizers

June 27-28, 2014

Bank of Latvia

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, June 27
1
Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Marcel Fratzscher, DIW Berlin
Roland Straub, European Central Bank

Capital Controls and Macroprudential Measures: What Are They Good For?
2
Cecilia Hornok, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Miklos Koren, Central European University

Lumpy Trade and the Welfare Effects of Administrative Barriers
3
Òscar Jordà, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Moritz Schularick, Kiel Institute for the World Economy & Sciences Po
Alan Taylor, Columbia University and NBER

Betting the House
4
Evi Pappa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Rana Sajedi, Bank of England
Eugenia Vella, European University Institute

Fiscal Consolidation with Tax Evasion and Corruption
5
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
Carlo Favero, Università Bocconi
Francesco Giavazzi, Bocconi University and NBER

The Output Effect of Fiscal Consolidation Plans
6
Matthias Efing, HEC Paris
Harald Hau, University of Geneva
Patrick Kampkötter, University of Tübingen
Johannes Steinbrecher, Ifo Dresden

Incentive Pay and Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from Austrian, German, and Swiss Banks