NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND MACROECONOMCIS PROGRAM MEETING

 

Roberto Chang and Menzie Chinn, Organizers

           

MARCH 21, 2008

                       

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue                

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 20:

 

6:30 pm             Dinner

                         Restaurant Dante

                         Royal Sonesta  Hotel

                        40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

                        Cambridge, MA 02142

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 21:

 

7:45 am            Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass Avenue

 

8:00 am            Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass Avenue

 

8:00 am            Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 am            CHARLES ENGEL, University OF Wisconsin and NBER

                        JIAN WANG, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

                        International Trade in Durable Goods:

                        Understanding Volatility, Cyclicality, and Elasticities

 

                        Discussant:        PAUL BERGIN, UC, Davis and NBER

 

9:30 am            Break

                                               

10:00 am           YU-CHIN CHEN, University of Washington

                        KENNETH ROGOFF, Harvard University and NBER

                        BARBARA ROSSI, Duke University

                        Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?

 

                        Discussant:        JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER

 

11:00 am           CRAIG BURNSIDE, Duke University and NBER

                        MARTIN EICHENBAUM, Northwestern University and NBER

                        SERGIO REBELO, Northwestern University and NBER

                        Understanding the Forward Premium Puzzle: A Microstructure Approach

 

                        Discussant:        ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER                     

                                                                                                                                   

12:00 pm          Lunch

 

12:45 pm          FABIO GHIRONI, Boston College and NBER

                        VIKTORS STEBUNOVS, Boston College

                        The Domestic and International Effects of Financial Deregulation

                       

                        Discussant:        CEDRIC TILLE, University of Geneva

 

1:45 pm            Break                                                                                      

 

2:15 pm            MAURICE OBSTEFELD, UC, Berkeley and NBER

                        JAY SHAMBAUGH, Dartmouth College and NBER

                        ALAN TAYLOR, UC, Davis and NBER

                        Financial Stability, the Trilemma, and International Reserves                

 

                        Discussant:        SEBNEM KALEMLI-OZCAN, University of Houston and NBER

 

3:15 pm            LAURA ALFARO, Harvard University and NBER

                        FABIO KANCZUK, University of Sao Paulo

                        Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

 

                        Discussant:        VIVIAN YUE, New York University

 

4:15 pm            Adjourn

 

3/10/08