SI 2024 International Finance & Macroeconomics

Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé and Pablo Ottonello, Organizers

July 9-12, 2024

Charles AB/Ballroom A

Format: 30 minutes for presentations, 15 minutes for discussants, 15 minutes for general discussion and questions from the audience

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 9
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

The Price of War
Discussant: Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am

Quantitative Tightening Around the Globe: What Have We Learned?
Discussant: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Exchange Rate Disconnect and the Trade Balance
Discussant: Federica Romei, University of Oxford
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn
Wednesday, July 10
Joint meeting with MEFM in Ballroom A in the morning
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Ballroom A

EXIM’s Exit: The Real Effects of Trade Financing by Export Credit Agencies
Discussant: Kilian Huber, University of Chicago and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am
Ballroom A

A Macroeconomic Model of Central Bank Digital Currency
Discussant: Todd Keister, Rutgers University
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Ballroom A

The Economic Impact of Payment System Stress: Evidence from Russia
Discussant: Thomas M. Eisenbach, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn
International Finance and Macroeconomics Data Session follows in the afternoon in the Parkview Room
Thursday, July 11
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

A Currency Premium Puzzle
Discussant: Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am

Expectations and the UIP Puzzles when Foresight is Limited
Discussant: Rosen Valchev, Boston College and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

The Puzzling Behavior of Spreads during Covid
Discussant: Laura Castillo-Martinez, Duke University
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn
Friday, July 12
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation
Discussant: Ricardo Reis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am

Heterogeneous Impact of the Global Financial Cycle
Discussant: Matias Moretti, University of Rochester
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Demographics and Real Interest Rates Across Countries and Over Time
Discussant: Moritz Lenel, Princeton University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn