9:30am breakfast, opening remarks at 10:00am.
25 minutes for presenters, 15 minutes for discussants and 10 minutes for general discussion.
First session
Chair: Jing Zhang (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
10:10-11:00am Ryan Chahrour (Boston College)
International Medium of Exchange: Privilege and Duty
(joint with Rosen Valchev, Boston College)
Discussant: Ozge Akinci (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
11:10am - 12:00pm Gaston Chaumont (Pennsylvania State University)
Sovereign Debt, Default Risk, and the Liquidity of Government Bonds
Discussant: Ignacio Presno (Federal Reserve Board)
12pm - 12:15pm Coffee
12:15-1:05pm Anil Ari (IMF)
Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking
Discussant: Diego Pérez (NYU)
1:05-1:50pm: Lunch
Second session
Chair: Ana Fostel (University of Virginia)
1:50-2:40pm Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
Capital Inflows, Equity Issuance Activity and Corporate Investment
(joint with Charles Calomiris, Columbia Business School and Mauricio Larrain, Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Management)
Discussant: Ilknur Zer (Federal Reserve Board)
2:50-3:40pm Kai Zhao (University of Connecticut)
Household Saving, Financial Constraints and the Current Account in China
(joint with Ayse Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California)
Discussant: Johanna Francis (Fordham University)
3:40-4pm Coffee
Keynote
4pm Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland)
Inference from Firm-level Data in Macro-Finance and International Finance
5pm Thanks and adjourn for reception
We are grateful to our sponsors for their generous support:
Deans of Fordham College at Lincoln Center and Rose Hill
Gabelli School of Business
Office of Research at Fordham University