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, University of Navarra
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