XVIII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, Antigua, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
09.15-09.30 Opening Remarks
Sovereign Debt
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09.30-10.40 |
Domestic Debt and Sovereign Defaults Enrico Mallucci (London School of Economics) Discussant: Cristina Arellano |
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10.40-11.50 |
Sovereign Debt, Domestic Banks and the Provision of Public Liquidity Diego Perez (Stanford University) Discussant: Alberto Martin |
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Coffee Break |
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12.05-13.15 |
Robust Conditional
Predictions in Dynamic Games: An Application to Sovereign Debt Discussant: Pablo Kurlat |
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13.15-14.45 |
Lunch |
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Social Insurance and Informality |
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14.45-15.55 |
Unemployment Insurance in High Informality Countries Emilio Espino (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) & Juan Sánchez (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) |
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Coffee Break |
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16.10-17.30 |
Remittances, Entrepreneurship and Employment Dynamics over the Business Cycle Federico Mandelman (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) & Alan Finkelstein Shapiro (Universidad de Los Andes) Discusssant: Constantino Hevia
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Friday, March 13, 2015
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Financial Crises |
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09.30-10.40 |
Financial Crises and Endogenous Volatility Gaston Navarro (New York University) Discussant: Tito Cordella |
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Coffee Break |
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10.40-11.50 |
Capital Unemployment, Financial Shocks, and Investment Slumps Pablo Ottonello (Columbia University) Discussant: Julieta Caunedo
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12.05-13.20 |
Lunch |
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13.20-14.30 |
Risk Banks and Macroprudential Policy for Emerging Economies Victoria Nuguer (Banco de México) & Gabriel Cuadra (Banco de México) Discussant: Andrés Fernández Martin
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Entrepreneurship and Regulations |
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14.30-15.40 |
Jessica Torres Coronado (Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Government) Discussant: Paulina Restrepo Echavarria |
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Coffee Break |
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15.55-17.15 |
Policy Session: “Macroeconomic Policy Choices for Small Economies in the face of Global Monetary Policy Shifts and Volatile Flows of Capital and Remittances” Angel Ubide (Peterson Institute for International Economics), Angel Alberola (Bank for International Settlements), Andrew Powell (Inter-American Development Bank) & Augusto de la Torre (The World Bank) Chair: Julio R. Suárez (President, Bank of Guatemala) |
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17.45-18.00 |
Closing Remarks: Humberto López |
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20.30 |
Conference Dinner |
