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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting

Roberto Chang and Kristin Forbes, Organizers

March 4, 2011

NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts


PROGRAM

Thursday, March 3, 2011

6:30 pm

Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard(Across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Cambridge, MA

Friday, March 4, 2011

7:45 am

Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER

8:00 am

Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Gianluca Benigno, London School of Economics
Huigang Chen, JD Power
Christopher Otrok, University of Virginia
Alessandro Rebucci, Inter-American Development Bank
Eric Young, University of Virginia
Financial Crises and Macro-Prudential Policies

Olivier Jeanne, John Hopkins University and NBER
Anton Korinek, University of Maryland
Managing Credit Booms and Busts: A Pigouvian Taxation Approach

Discussant: Alberto Martin, CREI

9:50 am

Coffee Break

10:10 am

Barry Eichengreen, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Hui Tong, International Monetary Fund
The Impact of Chinese Exchange Rate Policy on the Rest of the World: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Discussant: Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER

11:05 am

Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University and NBER
Veronica Rappoport, Columbia University
Philipp Schnabl, New York University
Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia University and NBER
Dissecting the Effect of Credit Supply on Trade: Evidence from Matched Credit-Export Data

Discussant: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston and NBER

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:50 pm

Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin and NBER
The Real Exchange Rate, Real Interest Rates, and the Risk Premium

Michael Kumhof, International Monetary Fund
International Currency Portfolios

Discussant: David Backus, New York University and NBER

2:10 pm

Coffee Break

2:30 pm

Andrew Rose, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Tomasz Wieladek, Bank of England
Financial Protectionism: the First Tests

Discussant: Jeremy Stein, Harvard University and NBER

3:25 pm

Stephanie Curcuru and Charles Thomas, Federal Reserve Board
Francis Warnock, University of Virginia and NBER
On Returns Differentials

Discussant: Philip Lane, Trinity College Dublin

4:20 pm

Adjourn

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