Thursday, September 26th, 2024 | Universidad Andrés Bello 

9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks: Miguel Vargas (Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, UNAB)

Chair: Francisca Sara Zaror (Federal Reserve Board)

9:15-10:15  The Micro and Macro Productivity of Nations”Stephen Ayerst (IMF), Diego Restuccia (University of Toronto), and Duc Nguyen  
Discussant: Francisco Buera (Washington University in St. Louis) )

10:15-11.15  Global Innovation Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from 100 Years of World Patent Data”Kristina Manysheva (Columbia Business School), Enrico Berkes and Martí Mestieri 
Discussant: Gabriela Cugat (IMF)

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break 

11:30-12:30 Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies” | Jose Maria Barrero (ITAM), Edgar Avalos, Elwyn Davies, Leo Iacovone and Jesica Torres  
Discussant: Alejandro Vicondoa (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)

12:30-2:00 Lunch (by invitation only)

Chair: Benjamin Villena Roldan (UNAB)

2:00-3:00
  “Superstars or Supervillains? Large Firms in the South Korean Growth Miracle”  | Younghun Shim (IMF), Jaedo Choi, Andrei Levchenko and Dimitrije Ruzic
Discussant: João Ayres (IADB) 

3:00-4:00 "“On the Investment Network and Development” | Julieta Caunedo (Cornell University) and Lucía Casal 
Discussant: David Kohn (Banco Central de Chile) 

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break

4:30-5:30
 Keynote lecture: “Big Push in Distorted Economies”  | Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA), Francisco J. Buera, Yongseok Shin and Nicholas Trachter 



Friday, September 27th, 2024 | Banco Central de Chile 

Chair: Álvaro Aguirre (Banco Central de Chile)

9:30-10:30  Keynote Lecture: "Golosov and Lucas: 20 Years Later" | Fernando E. Alvarez (University of Chicago)

10:30-11.30  “Monetary Policy Operations: Theory, Evidence, and Tools for Quantitative Analysis” | Gastón Navarro (Federal Reserve Board) and Ricardo Lagos  
Discussant: Russell Wong (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

11:30-11:45 Coffee Break 

Chair: Manuel Macera (UTDT)

11:45-12:45 “Central Bank Swap Lines as Bilateral Sovereign Debt”  | Francisco Roldan (IMF) and César Sosa-Padilla 
Discussant: Vivian Yue (Emory University)

12:45-2:15 Lunch (by invitation only)

Chair: Sofia Bauducco (Banco Central de Chile)

2:15-3:15 “Central Banks as Dollar Lenders of Last Resort: Implications for Reserves Holdings and Regulation”Mitali Das (IMF), Gita Gopinath, Helene Hall, Taehoon Kim and Jeremy Stein  
Discussant: Claudio Raddatz (Universidad de Chile)

Chair: TBC

3:15-4:15 Keynote lecture: "Macroeconomics after Lucas" | Thomas Sargent (New York University) 

4:15-4:45 Coffee Break 

5:45-6:15 Policy Round Table: Fiscal Policy and Global Financial Stability 
Chair: Luis Felipe Céspedes(Banco Central de Chile)

V.V. Chari (University of Minnesota)
Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & UTDT)
Mitali Das (IMF)

6:15-6:30 Closing Remarks: Rosanna Costa (President, Banco Central de Chile)