International Seminar on Macroeconomics

Kristin Forbes, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, and Ricardo Reis, Organizers

June 20-21, 2022

Hosted by Bank of Greece

Monday, June 20

Dress code for the Bank of Greece Head Office and the restaurant is smart casual.

Participants should be prepared to show their photo ID when they arrive at the Bank of Greece.

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome: Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece
Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University and NBER

9:14 am

Session 1
Chair: Kristin Forbes, MIT and NBER/ Helene Rey, London Business School and NBER

9:15 am

Climate Risks and FDI (slides)
Discussion Slides

Discussants:

Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Signe Krogstrup, Bank of Denmark

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

The Globalization of Corporate Control

Discussants:

Ross Levine, Stanford University and NBER
Ester Faia, Goethe University Frankfurt

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:29 pm

Session 2
Chair: Dimitris Malliaropulos, Chief Economist, Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Department of the Bank of Greece

1:30 pm

International Capital Flow Pressures and Global Factors (slides)

Discussants:

Luc Laeven, European Central Bank
Anusha Chari, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Global Financial Cycle and Liquidity Management (slides)

Discussants:

Gianluca Benigno, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER

4:14 pm

Session 3
Chair: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan and NBER

4:15 pm

The Aggregate Effects of Global and Local Supply Chain Bottlenecks: 2020–2022 (slides)

Discussants:

Kalina Manova, University College London
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER

5:30 pm

Adjourn

7:00 pm

Meet in front of Athens Capital Hotel for transportation to dinner at Attikos Restaurant
(website)

10:30 pm

Return by bus to hotel

Tuesday, June 21

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data (slides)
Discussion Slides

Discussants:

Benoit Mojon, Bank for International Settlements
Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER

10:15 am

Break

10:29 am

Session 4
Chair: Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics/ Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF

10:30 am

Utilization-Adjusted TFP Across Countries: Measurement and Implications for International Comovement
Discussion Slides

Discussants:

Jordi Galí, Center for Research in International Economics and NBER
Galina Hale, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER

11:45 am

Exploring European Regional Trade (slides)
Discussion Slides

Discussants:

Jeffrey A. Frankel, Harvard University and NBER
Natalie A. Chen, University of Warwick

1:00 pm

Lunch and Adjourn

Local Contact: Maria Moschona | Head of Service
21 El. Venizelou str. |GR 50|Athens
(+30) 210 320 2048
Email: mmoschona@bankofgreece.gr

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