All programs

2nd Atlanta Workshop on International Economics

DateDecember 6–7, 2013

VenueFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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

Friday, December 6

Trade I

9:00–9:50 · Dynamics of Firms and Trade in General Equilibrium

Presenter: Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University
Discussant: Joel Rodrigue, Vanderbilt University

9:50–10:40 · Policy Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare

Presenter: Kyle Handley, University of Michigan
Discussant: Robert Dekle, University of Southern California

Exchange Rate I

11:00–11:50 · International Trade Price Stickiness and Exchange Rate Pass-through in Micro Data: A Case Study on US-China Trade

Presenter: Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Discussant: Rob Vigfusson, Federal Reserve Board

11:50–12:40 · Eurobonds

Presenter: Leonardo Martinez, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Pablo Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Exchange Rate II

1:50–2:40 · Prudential Policy for Peggers

Presenter: Martin Uribe, Columbia University
Discussant: Chris Otrok, University of Missouri

2:40–3:30 · Credibility and Monetary Unions

Presenter: Alessandro Dovis, Pennsylvania State University and Princeton University
Discussant: Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Banking

3:50–4:40 · Banking Globalization, Transmission, and Monetary Policy Autonomy

Presenter: Linda Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Pablo D’Erasmo, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

4:40–5:30 · Government Debt and Banking Fragility: The Spreading of Strategic Uncertainty

Presenter: Russell Cooper, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant: Stanley E. Zin, New York University

Saturday, December 7

Trade II

9:00–9:50 · Quality, Trade, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through

Presenter: Luciana Juvenal, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Ferdinando Monte, Johns Hopkins University

9:50–10:40 · Unequal Gains, Prolonged Pain: A Model of Protectionist Overshooting

Presenter: Emily Blanchard, Dartmouth College
Discussant: Kim Ruhl, New York University

Capital Flows

11:00–11:50 · The Efficiency of International Capital Markets

Presenter: Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, Ohio State University
Discussant: Michelle Cavallo, Federal Reserve Board

11:50–12:40 · Global Imbalances and Structural Change in the United States

Presenter: Joseph B. Steinberg, University of Toronto
Discussant: Jing Zhang, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago