NBER-TCER-CEPR

20th Anniversary Conference on Financial Globalization

Takeo Hoshi and Takatoshi Ito, Organizers

September 4-5, 2007

Academy Hills

49th Floor Mori Building

Roppongi Hills, 6-10-1 Roppongi

Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6149, Japan

Program

Tuesday, September 4:
	Chair: Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo, TCER, CEPR and NBER
9:00 am	Nicolas Coeurdacier and Philippe Martin, Université Paris I and CEPR
	The Geography of Asset Trade and the Euro: Insiders and Outsiders
	Discussant: Ryuzo Miyao, Kobe University and TCER
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
	Monetary and Financial Integration: Evidence from the EMU
	Discussant: Linda Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER
11:30 am	Barry Eichengreen, UC, Berkeley, CEPR and NBER
	Sudarat Ananchotikul, UC, Berkeley
	Corporate Governance Reform in Emerging Markets: How Much, Why, and with What Effects?
	Discussant: Takeo Hoshi, UC, San Diego and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Chair: Takeo Hoshi, UC, San Diego and NBER
1:30 pm	Philip R. Lane, Trinity College Dublin and CEPR
	Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, IMF and CEPR
	Where Did All the Borrowing Go? A Forensic Analysis of the U.S. External Position
	Discussant: Shinji Takagi, Osaka University and TCER
2:30 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Sebastian Edwards, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	Financial Globalization, Sequencing of Reforms, and Macroeconomic Vulnerability: A Latin American View
	Discussant: Masahiro Kawai, ADBI and TCER
4:00 pm	Koichi Hamada, Yale University
	Yasushi Okada, ESRI
	Two Decades after the Plaza: A Package of Mixed Blessings
	Discussant: Mitsuhiro Fukao, Keio University and TCER
5:00 pm	Adjourn
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All TRIO conference participants are invited to the following Lehman Bros. event:
6:00 pm	Panel Discussion (Auditorium - same floor)
	Wither Financial Globalization
	Panelists: Sebastian Edwards, Barry Eichengreen, Takatoshi Ito and Richard Portes
	Moderator: Kazuo Ueda, University of Tokyo and TCER
7:30 pm	Reception and Buffet Dinner (Sky Studio - same floor)
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Wednesday, September 5:
	Chair: Takeo Hoshi, UC, San Diego and NBER
9:00 am	Toshitaka Sekine, Bank of Japan and TCER
	Another Look at Global Disinflation
	Discussant: Tsutomu Watanabe, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Richard Portes, London Business School, CEPR and NBER
	On the Euro
11:10 am	Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo, TCER, CEPR and NBER
	On the Yen
11:50 am	General Discussion on the Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen: Past, Present and the Future
12:30 pm	Conference Adjourns

Useful Links

Venue: Academy Hills, 49^th floor, Roppongi Hills, Roppongi, Tokyo

6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6149, Japan; TEL: +81-3-6406-6220

http://www.academyhills.com/english/aboutus/mission_and_vision/index.html

http://www.roppongihills.com/en/access_service/index.html

Hotel: InterContinental ANA Hotel:

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ic/1/en/hotel/tyohc?_requestid=326204

History of TRIO conference:

http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tito/trio.htm

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies:

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622903/description#description

8/30/07