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3rd Atlanta Workshop on International Economics

DateDecember 12–13, 2014

VenueFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Friday, December 12

Trends and Cycles in Small Open Economies: Making the Case for a General Equilibrium Approach

Presenter: Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University
Discussant: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Monetary Policy and the Uncovered Interest Parity Puzzle

Presenter: Stanley E. Zin, New York University
Discussant: Wenxin Du, Federal Reserve Board

Microeconomic Uncertainty, International Trade, and Aggregate Fluctuations

Presenter: George Alessandria, University of Rochester
Discussant: David Berger, Northwestern University

Information Globalization, Risk Sharing, and International Trade

Presenter: Michael Waugh, New York University
Discussant: Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The Risky Capital of Emerging Markets

Presenter: Ina Simonovska, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Stanley E. Zin, New York University

Sovereign Default: The Role of Expectations

Presenter: Juan Pablo Nicolini, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Di Tella University
Discussant: Vivian Yue, Emory University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

A Model of the Twin Ds: Optimal Default and Devaluation

Presenter: Martin Uribe, Columbia University
Discussant: Tasos Karantounias, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Multinational Firms and International Business Cycle Transmission

Presenter: Javier Cravino, University of Michigan
Discussant: Andrei Zlate, Federal Reserve Board

Saturday, December 13

Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market

Presenter: Jonathan Eaton, Brown University
Discussant: Kim Ruhl, New York University

Sovereign Risk and Bank Balance Sheets: The Role of Macroprudential Policies

Presenter: Pablo N. D’Erasmo, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Discussant: Luigi Bocola, Northwestern University and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Capital Goods Trade and Economic Development

Presenter: B. Ravikumar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Discussant: Daniel Xu, Duke University

The Growth of Emerging Economies and Global Macroeconomic Stability

Presenter: Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Discussant: Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St. Louis