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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