SI 2016 International Finance & Macroeconomics

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

July 11-15, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 11
8:30 am
Kristin Forbes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ida Hjortsoe, Bank of England
Tsvetelina G. Nenova, London Business School

The Shocks Matter: Improving our Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-Through
9:45 am
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
Dmitry Mukhin, London School of Economics

Exchange Rate Disconnect in General Equilibrium
11:00 am
Jonathan Eaton
Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University and NBER
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER

Obstfeld and Rogoff's International Macro Puzzles: A Quantitative Assessment
Tuesday, July 12
8:30 am
Olivier J. Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics and NBER
Jonathan D. Ostry, International Monetary Fund
Marcos Chamon, International Monetary Fund
Atish R. Ghosh, International Monetary Fund

Are Capital Inflows Expansionary or Contractionary? Theory, Policy Implications, and Some Evidence
9:45 am
Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
Gianluca Benigno, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University and NBER

Monetary and Financial Policies in Emerging Markets
11:00 am
Boris Hofmann, Bank for International Settlements
Ilhyock Shim, Bank for International Settlements
Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements

Risk-taking Channel of Currency Appreciation
Wednesday, July 13
8:30 am
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER

A Model of the International Monetary System
9:45 am
Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Alexander Tepper
Adrien Verdelhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Cross-Currency Basis
11:00 am
Falk Bräuning, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Victoria Ivashina, Harvard University and NBER

Monetary Policy and Global Banking
Thursday, July 14
8:30 am
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Diego Perez, New York University and NBER

The Currency Composition of Sovereign Debt
9:45 am
Wenxin Du, Harvard University and NBER
Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER

Sovereign Debt Portfolios, Bond Risks, and the Credibility of Monetary Policy
11:00 am
Galina Hale, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Peter C. Jones, University of California at Berkeley

The Rise in Home Currency Issuance
Friday, July 15
8:30 am
Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Global Imbalances and Currency Wars at the ZLB
9:45 am
Ina Simonovska, University of California, Davis and NBER
Espen Henriksen, Norwegian Business School
Joel David, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Risky Capital of Emerging Markets
11:00 am
Marcos Chamon, International Monetary Fund
Marcio Garcia, PUC-Rio
Laura Candi. Souza, Itaú Unibanco

FX Internventions in Brazil: A Synthetic Control Approach