NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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INTERNATIONAL
FINANCE AND MACROECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING |
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Roberto Chang and Kristin Forbes,
Organizers |
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NBER |
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PROGRAM |
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner |
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Dante
Restaurant |
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009 |
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7:45 am |
Shuttle Van
Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for |
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8:00 am |
Shuttle
Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for |
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8:00 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
SEBNEM
KALEMLI-OZCAN, University of Houston and NBER |
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BENT
SORENSEN, University of Houston |
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(Joint
with Vadym Volosovych) |
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Discussant: ESWAR PRASAD, |
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9:30 am |
Coffee
Break |
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10:00 am |
CHARLES
ENGEL, University of Wisconsin and NBER |
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Currency Misalignments and Optimal
Monetary Policy: A Reexamination |
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Discussant: MICHAEL DEVEREUX, University of British
Columbia and NBER |
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11:00 am |
MENZIE
CHINN, University of Wisconsin and NBER |
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MICHAEL
MOORE, Queens University |
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Private Information and the Monetary
Model of Exchange Rates: Evidence from a Novel Data Set |
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Discussant: MARTIN EVANS, |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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12:45 pm |
ANDREW
ROSE, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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MARK
SPIEGEL, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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Discussant: ERIC VAN WINCOOP, |
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1:45 pm |
Coffee
Break |
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2:15 pm |
EMINE BOZ,
IMF |
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CHRISTIAN
DAUDE, OECD |
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C. BORA
DURDU, Federal Reserve Board |
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Emerging Market Business Cycles Revisited:
Learning About the Trend |
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Discussant:
GITA GOPINATH, Harvard University and NBER |
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3:15 pm |
YURIY
GORODNICHENKO, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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ENRIQUE
MENDOZA, University of Maryland and NBER |
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LINDA TESAR,
University of Michigan and NBER |
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Discussant: KIM RUHL, |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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1/30/09 |
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