NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND MACROECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING
Charles Engel and Linda Tesar, Organizers
October 18, 2002
NBER, Offices
3rd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17:
6:30 PM Dinner
Davio's Restaurant
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18:
8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER
SIMON JOHNSON, MIT
JAMES ROBINSON, UC, Berkeley
YUNYONG THAICHAROEN, Bank of Thailand
Institutional Causes, Macroeconomic Symptoms; Volatility, Crises and Growth
Discussant: ROSS LEVINE, University of Minnesota and NBER
ROMAIN WACZIARG, Stanford University and NBER
9:45 AM ITAY GOLDSTEIN, Duke University
ASSAF RAZIN, Cornell University and NBER
Volatility of FDI and Portfolio Investments: The Role of Information,
Liquidation Shocks and Transparency
Discussant: MICHAEL KLEIN, Tufts University and NBER
ENRIQUE MENDOZA, Duke University and NBER
Over, Please! International Finance and Macroeconomics Program Meeting, Page 2:
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM XAVIER GABAIX, MIT and NBER
Eliminating Self-Fulfilling Liquidity Crises Through Fundamentals-Revealing Securities
Discussant: NOURIEL ROUBINI, New York University and NBER
ROBERTO CHANG, Rutgers University
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM PHILIPPE BACCHETTA, Gerzensee
ERIC VAN WINCOOP, University of Virginia
Can Information Dispersion Explain the Exchange Rate Discount Puzzle?
Discussant: KENNETH FROOT, Harvard University and NBER
MARGARIDA DUARTE, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2:45 PM MAURICE OBSTFELD, UC, Berkeley and NBER
JAY SHAMBAUGH, Dartmouth College
ALAN TAYLOR, UC, Davis and NBER
The Trilemma in History: Tradeoffs among Exchange Rates, Monetary Policies
and Capital Mobility
Discussant: JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER
LARS SVENSSON, Princeton University and NBER
4:00 PM Adjourn
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