SI 2019 International Finance & Macroeconomics

Manuel Amador and Ina Simonovska, Organizers

July 10-12, 2019

Charles Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 10
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Today's session will be held in Ballroom A (West Tower, Second Floor)
8:30 am
Ballroom

Exchange Rate Reconnect
Discussant: Hélène Rey, London Business School and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am
Ballroom

Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Disconnect: The Role of Capital Flows and Risk Premia
Discussant: Adrien Verdelhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Ballroom

The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity: Regional Heterogeneity, Asymmetries and Hysteresis
Discussant: Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm
Joint session with the ME and MEFM groups in the Ballroom
Program here
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Today's session will be held in the Charles Room (East Tower, Second Floor)
8:30 am

The Long-Run Effects of Monetary Policy (slides)
Discussant: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am

Dollar Safety and the Global Financial Cycle (slides)
Discussant: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, International Monetary Fund and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

The Ultralong Sovereign Default Risk
Discussant: Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:00 n
Lunch and Adjourn
Friday, July 12
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Today's session will be held in the Charles Room (East Tower, Second Floor)
8:30 am

Misallocation Under Trade Liberalization (slides)
Discussant: Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am

Capital Controls and Risk Misallocation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Discussant: Felipe Saffie, University of Virginia and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Dominant Currencies: How Firms Choose Currency Invoicing and Why it Matters
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch and Adjourn