SI 2015 International Finance & Macroeconomics

Olivier Jeanne, Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, and Jeffrey A. Frankel, Organizers

July 6-10, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 6
8:30 am
8:30 am
Luca Dedola, European Central Bank

If the Fed Sneezes, Who Catches a Cold?
9:45 am
9:45 am
Gustavo Adler, International Monetary Fund

Can Foreign Exchange Intervention Stem Exchange Rate Pressures from Global Capital Flow Shocks?
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Optimal Monetary Policy and Capital Account Restrictions in a Small Open Economy
Tuesday, July 7
8:30 am
8:30 am
Viral V. Acharya, New York University and NBER
Tim Eisert, Nova School of Business and Economics
Christian Eufinger, IESE Business School
Christian Hirsch, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Real Effects of the Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe: Evidence from Syndicated Loans
9:45 am
9:45 am
Juan C. Hatchondo, University of Western Ontario

Fiscal Rules and the Sovereign Default Premium
11:00 am
11:00 am
Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Sovereign Risk, Currency Risk, and Corporate Balance Sheets
Wednesday, July 8
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
Gregory Phelan, Williams College
Ana Fostel, University of Virginia and NBER
John Geanakoplos, Yale University

Global Collateral: How Financial Innovation Drives Capital Flows and Increases Financial Instability
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University and NBER
Konstantin Milbradt, Northwestern University and NBER

A Model of the Reserve Asset
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California and NBER

The Growth of Emerging Economies and Global Macroeconomic Stability
Thursday, July 9
8:30 am
8:30 am
Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
Jozef Konings, Nazarbayev University

International Shocks and Domestic Prices: How Large Are Strategic Complementarities?
9:45 am
9:45 am
Vania Stavrakeva, London Business School
Jenny Tang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy
11:00 am
11:00 am
Stijn Claessens, Yale School of Management
Neeltje Van Horen, De Nederlandsche Bank
Omar Hassib, Maastricht University

Role of Foreign Banks in Tarde
11:00 am
Stijn Claessens, Yale School of Management
Omar Hassib, Maastricht University
Neeltje Van Horen, De Nederlandsche Bank

The Role of Foreign Banks in Trade
Friday, July 10
8:30 am
8:30 am
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Felipe Saffie, University of Virginia and NBER

Fewer but Better: Sudden Stops, Firm Entry, and Financial Selection
9:45 am
9:45 am
François Gourio, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Michael Siemer, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Adrien Verdelhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Uncertainty and International Capital Flows
11:00 am
11:00 am
Michael B. Devereux, University of British Columbia and NBER
Changhua Yu, Peking University

International Financial Integration and Crisis Contagion