10:00-10:50 Accounting for Macro Finance Trends and Optimal Government Investment
Francois Gourio (FRB of Chicago)*
Discussant: Christoph Boehm (University of Texas at Austin)
10:50-11:40 Reserve Accumulation, Macroeconomic Stabilization and Sovereign Risk
Javier Bianchi (FRB of Minneapolis) and Cesar Sosa-Padilla (University of Notre Dame)*
Discussant: Francesco Pappadà (Paris School of Economics and Banque de France)
11:40-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:50 Real Exchange Rates and Primary Commodity Prices
Joao Ayres (Inter-American Development Bank), Constantino Hevia (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and Juan Pablo Nicolini (FRB of Minneapolis)*
Discussant: Carlo Galli (University College London)
12:50-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:50 On the Distributional Effects of International Tariffs
Daniel Carroll (FRB of Cleveland) and Sewon Hur (FRB of Cleveland)*
Discussant: Axelle Ferriere (Paris School of Economics and CNRS)
14:50-15:40 Debt Sustainability in a Low Interest Rate World
Neil R. Mehrotra (Brown University) and Dmitry Sergeyev (Bocconi University)*
Discussant: Isaac Baley (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
15:40-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:50 Optimal monetary policy according to HANK
Sushant Acharya (FRB New York), Edouard Challe (Ecole Polytechnique)* and Keshav Dogra (FRB New York)
19:00-20:30 Guided tour of Lecce
20:30 Dinner in Lecce
Friday August 30th
09:00-09:50 A General Equilibrium Theory of Capital Structure
Douglas Gale (New York University) and Piero Gottardi (University of Essex)*
Discussant: Michael Kumhof (Bank of England)
09:50-10:40 Self-fulfilling Debt Crises with Long Stagnations
Joao Ayres (Inter-American Development Bank), Gaston Navarro (FRB Board), Juan Pablo Nicolini (FRB of Minneapolis) and Pedro Teles (Banco de Portugal, Catolica Lisbon SBE)*
Discussant: Chryssi Giannitsarou (University of Cambridge)
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:50 A Theory of Participation in OTC and Centralized Markets
Jerome Dugast (Université Paris-Dauphine), Semih Uslu (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School) and Pierre-Olivier Weill (UCLA)*
Discussant: Liyan Shi (EIEF)
11:50-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:50 Financial Frictions and the Wealth Distribution
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania), Samuel Hurtado (Banco de Espana) and Galo Nuño (Banco de Espana)*
Discussant: Davide Melcangi (FRB of New York)
13:50-14:40 Mismatch Cycles
Isaac Baley (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Ana Figuereido Gomes (Erasmus University Rotterdam)* and Robert Ulbricht (Toulouse School of Economics)
Discussant: Regis Barnichon (FRB of San Francisco)
14:40-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-15:50 Signalling Power and Equilibrium Markups
Gaetano Gaballo (HEC Paris)* and Luigi Paciello (EIEF) // ERC project //
16:00 Beach session at Lido Mar y sol, Rivabella (Ionian Sea)
Organizers:
Axelle Ferriere (Paris School of Economics and CNRS)
Gaetano Gaballo (HEC Paris and CEPR)
Luigi Paciello (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
Francesco Pappadà (Paris School of Economics and Banque de France)
The organizers kindly acknowledge the financial support from the chair Banque de France at Paris School of Economics and from the ERC Starting Grant 676846.
Location
Galatina is located at the heart of Salento, the peninsula at the southern end of the administrative region of Puglia, Italy. The region is well known for its natural landscapes, like the beaches on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea as well as for the rich Baroque architectural monuments. The closest airport is Brindisi, which is about 70km north of Galatina.