International Seminar on Macroeconomics

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

June 20-21, 2022

Hosted by Bank of Greece

Conference Code of Conduct

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
Grace Weishi Gu, University of California, Santa Cruz
Galina Hale, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER

Climate Risks and FDI (slides)
Discussion Slides
Discussants: Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics
Signe Krogstrup, Bank of Denmark
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Luís Fonseca, European Central Bank
Katerina Nikalexi, London Business School
Elias Papaioannou, London Business School

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
Linda S. Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER
Signe Krogstrup, Bank of Denmark

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
Olivier Jeanne, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Damiano Sandri, Bank for International Settlements

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
George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Shafaat Y. Khan, Syracuse University
Armen Khederlarian, Hunter College CUNY
Carter B. Mix, Federal Reserve Board
Kim J. Ruhl, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

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
Alberto Cavallo, Harvard University and NBER
Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada

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
Zhen Huo, Yale University
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Utilization-Adjusted TFP Across Countries: Measurement and Implications for International Comovement
Discussion Slides
Discussants: Jordi Galí, CREI and NBER
Galina Hale, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
11:45 am
Marta A. Santamaría, University of Warwick
Jaume Ventura, CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and NBER
Uğur Yeşilbayraktar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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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