XII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, Río de Janeiro, 2010

The XII Workshop in International Economics and Finance took place in Rio de Janeiro on April 8-10, 2010.

Thursday 8

11:00 – 13:00  Registration

14:00 – 14:30 Opening Remarks

Makhtar Diop

Andrés Neumeyer

Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos Araújo

 

14:30 – 15:40 Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Discussant: Nelson Ferreira Souza Sobrinho

15:40 – 16:50 Patrick Kehoe

Discussant: Pedro Teles

16:50 – 17:20 Coffee Break

17:20 – 19:00 Policy Session – The Challenges of Financial Regulation in the Aftermath of the Global Crisis

Alexandre Tombini

Augusto de la Torre

Andrew Powell

Rubens Sardenberg

19:00 – 21:00 Welcome cocktail hosted by Banco Central do Brasil


Friday 9

10:00 – 11:10 George Alessandria

Discussant: Isabel Correia

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:40 Brent Neiman

Discussant: Timothy Kehoe

12:40 – 13:40 Lunch

13:40 – 14:50 Elías Albagli

Discussant: Carlos da Costa

14:50 – 15:10 Coffee Break

15:10 – 16:20 Tatiana Didier (World Bank)

Co-authors: Roberto Rigobon (MIT and NBER) and Sergio Schmukler (World Bank).

16:20 – 17:30 Javier Bianchi

Discussant: Alessandro Rebucci

20:00 – 23:00 Dinner hosted by World Bank

9:30 – 10:40 Pablo Kurlat

Discussant: Raquel Fernández

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break 

11:00 – 12:10 Emanuel Farhi

Discussant: Pricila Maziero

12:10 – 13:20 V. V. Chari

 

Discussant: Hugo Hopenhayn

13:20 – 14:30 Lunch