The 2nd International Macroeconomics and Finance Conference
The 2nd International Macroeconomics and Finance Conference
(Supported by the Korean Economic Review)
March 24-25, 2017
Korea University
(Supported by the Korean Economic Review)
March 24-25, 2017
Korea University
Day 1: March 24, 2017 (Friday)
Venue: #B109 Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall - Global Conference Hall
8:30 - 8:50am Registration and Coffee
8:50 - 9:00am Opening Remarks (Kwanho Shin, BK21 Director and KER Editor)
Morning Session
Chair: Jong-Wha Lee (Director of Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University)
9:00 - 10:15am Keynote Speech: “Exchange Rate Adjustment in Financial Crises”,
Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia) (Co-Author: Changhua Yu, Peking University)
Discussant: Cheolbeom Park (Korea University) 10:15 -10:45am Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45am “Explaining International Business Cycle Synchronization”
Robert Kollmann (University Libre de Bruxelles and CERP)
11:45 - 12:45pm “Financial Frictions and the Great Productivity Slowdown”
Gee Hee Hong (International Monetary Fund)
12:45 - 2:00pm Lunch (By Invitation)
Afternoon Session
Chair: Jinill Kim (Korea University)
2:00 - 3:00pm “The Interest Rate Effect on Private Saving: Alternative Perspectives”
Hiro Ito (Portland State University)
3:00 - 3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30pm “Belief Shocks, Financial Markets and the Business Cycle”
Mark Weder (University of Adelaide)
4:30 - 5:30pm “Global Financial Crisis and the Exchange Rate-Yield Curve Nexus”
Yu-chin Chen (University of Washington)
5:30 - 9:00pm Dinner (By invitation)
Day 2: March 25, 2017 (Saturday)
Venue: #B109 Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall - Global Conference Hall
Morning Session
Chair: David Cook (HKUST)
9:00 - 10:00am “Does a Big Bazooka Matter? Central Bank Balance-Sheet Policies and Exchange Rates”
Luca Dedola (European Central Bank and CERP) 10:00 -10:30am Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30am “Monetary and Financial Policies in Emerging Markets”
Gianluca Benigno (London School of Economics)
11:30 - 12:30pm “Offshore EME bond Issuance and the Transmission Channels of Global Liquidity”
Soyoung Kim (Seoul National University)
12:30 - 1:45pm Lunch (By Invitation) Afternoon Session
Chair: Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University)
1:45 - 2:45pm “International Credit Supply Shocks”
Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi (Bank of England)
2:45 - 3:45pm “The International Dimensions of Macro-Prudential Policies”
Giovanni Lombardo (BIS)
3:45 – 4:15pm Coffee Break
4:15 - 5:15pm “Policy Conflicts and Inflation Targeting: the Role of Credit Markets”
Woon Gyu Choi (International Monetary Fund)
5:15 - 6:15pm “A Bayesian Method for Foreign Currency Portfolio Optimization of Conditional Value-at-Risk”
Kyu Ho Kang (Korea University)
Co-organizers:
Kwanho Shin, Korea University;
Jinill Kim, Korea University;
Ippei Fujiwara, Keio University;
David Cook, HKUST.