All programs

1st Atlanta Workshop on International Economics

DateNovember 30–December 1, 2012

VenueFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and New York University.

Friday, November 30

Real Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy

Chair: Anastasios Karantounias, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Real Exchange Rate Variability in a Two-Country Business Cycle Model

Presenter: Håkon Tretvoll, New York University
Discussant: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Demography & International Capital Flows

Presenter: David Backus, New York University
Discussant: Kim Ruhl, New York University

Trade, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy

Presenter: Matteo Cacciatore, HEC Montréal
Discussant: George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Structural Reforms in a Monetary Union: The Role of the ZLB

Presenter: Andrea Raffo, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Toni Braun, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Sovereign Debt

Chair: Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

International Reserves and Rollover Risk

Presenter: Javier Bianchi, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Discussant: Tim Kehoe, University of Minnesota

Dynamics of Sovereign Investment, Debt, and Default

Presenter: Pablo Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Discussant: Yan Bai, University of Rochester

Financial Globalization, Inequality, and the Rising of Public Debt

Presenter: Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Discussant: Pablo D’Erasmo, University of Maryland

Saturday, December 1

The Firm and the Open Economy

Chair: Kim Ruhl, New York University

The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies

Presenter: Ferdinando Monte, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Marc Muendler, University of California, San Diego

Technology Capital Transfer

Presenter: Ellen R. McGrattan, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Discussant: Natalia Ramondo, Arizona State University

Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations

Presenter: Vivian Yue, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles