3ʳᵈ INTERNATIONAL MACRO/FINANCE AND SOVEREIGN DEBT WORKSHOP
At Johns Hopkins University
Sogang University (Korea)
University of Surrey (UK)
3ʳᵈ INTERNATIONAL MACRO/FINANCE AND SOVEREIGN DEBT WORKSHOP
At Johns Hopkins University
Sogang University (Korea)
University of Surrey (UK)
International Finance/Macro/Trade Conference is a virtual conference for a group of scholars to discuss cutting-edge research on the topics of international finance, macroeconomics, and trade.
The third conference, hosted by Johns Hopkins University, Sogang University (Korea), and University of Surrey (UK), will be on February 14-15 (US time), 2024.
If you would like to attend, please register here.
Schedule
First Day
February 14th (US time), February 15th (China/Korea/Japan/Singapore time)
Session 1
1st Paper
7:00am - 8:00am China/Singapore
8:00am - 9:00am Korea/Japan
6:00pm - 7:00pm US EST
5:00pm - 6:00pm US CST
3:00pm - 4:00pm US PST
Exchange Rate
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Chair Ryan Kim (JHU SAIS)
Presenter
Tarek Hassan (Boston University) and Jingye Wang (Renmin University)
Coauthor: Thomas Mertens
"A Currency Premium Puzzle"
Discussant
Pierre De Leo (University of Maryland)
2nd Paper
8:00am - 9:00am China/Singapore
9:00am - 10:00am Korea/Japan
7:00pm - 8:00pm US EST
6:00pm - 7:00pm US CST
4:00pm - 5:00pm US PST
Presenter
Adrien Auclert (Stanford University)
Coauthors: Matthew Rognlie, Martin Souchier and Ludwig Straub
"Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Sizing up the Real Income Channel"
Discussant
Seungki Hong (Purdue University)
3rd Paper
9:30am - 10:30am China/Singapore
10:30am - 11:30am Korea/Japan
8:30pm - 9:30pm US EST
7:30pm - 8:30pm US CST
5:30pm - 6:30pm US PST
Presenter
Alberto Cavallo (Harvard Business School)
Coauthors: Agostina Brinatti, Javier Cravino, and Andres Drenik
"The International Price of Remote Work"
Discussant
Annie Lee (JHU SAIS)
Session 2
10:30am - 11:30am China/Singapore
11:30am - 12:30pm Korea/Japan
9:30pm - 10:30pm US EST
8:30pm - 9:30pm US CST
6:30pm - 7:30pm US PST
Plenary Session
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Chair Tamon Asonuma (International Monetary Fund)
Oleg Itskhoki (UCLA)
"Optimal Exchange Rate Policy"
Second Day
February 15th (US time), February 16th (China/Korea/Japan/Singapore time)
Session 1
1st Paper
7:00am - 8:00am China/Singapore
8:00am - 9:00am Korea/Japan
6:00pm - 7:00pm US EST
5:00pm - 6:00pm US CST
3:00pm - 4:00pm US PST
Sovereign Debt
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Chair Hyungseok Joo (University of Surrey)
Presenter
Eugenia Andreasen (University of Chile)
Coauthors: David Kohn and Guido Sandleris
"Sovereign Default and Trade"
Discussant
Gaston Chaumont (University of Rochester)
2nd paper
8:00am - 9:00am China/Singapore
9:00am - 10:00am Korea/Japan
7:00pm - 8:00pm US EST
6:00pm - 7:00pm US CST
4:00pm - 5:00pm US PST
Presenter
Grey Gordon (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Coauthor: Pablo Guerron-Quintana
"A Quantitative Theory of Hard and Soft Sovereign Defaults"
Discussant
Joao Ayres (Inter-American Development Bank)
Session 2
1st Paper
9:30am - 10:30am China/Singapore
10:30am - 11:30am Korea/Japan
8:30pm - 9:30pm US EST
7:30pm - 8:30pm US CST
5:30pm - 6:30pm US PST
International Trade
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Chair Yun Jung Kim (Sogang University)
Presenter
George Alessandria (University of Rochester)
Coauthors: Yan Bai and Soo Kyung Woo
"Rising Current Account Dispersion: Financial or Trade Integration"
Discussant
Masao Fukui (Boston University)
2nd Paper
10:30am - 11:30am China/Singapore
11:30am - 12:30pm Korea/Japan
9:30pm - 10:30pm US EST
8:30pm - 9:30pm US CST
6:30pm - 7:30pm US PST
Presenter
Ryan Kim (JHU SAIS)
Coauthors: Ritam Chaurey and Pravin Krishna
"Monetary Policy and Firm Exports: Micro-level Evidence from India's Demonetization"
Discussant
Jun Hee Kwak (Sogang University)
Format
Time allocation – 60 minutes will be allocated to each paper: (i) 30 minutes for paper presentation, (ii) 15 minutes for discussants’ discussion, (iii) 15 minutes for Q&A (including responses to discussants). It is totally fine with us if you prefer streamlining presentation (less than 30 minutes) to allocate more time on Q&A.
Chat box – To facilitate smooth presentation, we will set up a chat box to allow all panel participants and audience to raise questions (rather than interrupting presenters’ presentation). Presenters can choose any of three options to handle questions (please indicate your preference to chairs before your presentation); (i) have co-authors take care of questions at Chat box, (ii) ask chairs to interrupt and read questions during presentation, (iii) answer questions at the Q&A session or small group meetings.
Co-authors’ participation – Given that presenters have 30 minutes for presentation, we would be grateful if presenters can kindly ask co-authors to participate the conference. We are more than welcome to have your co-authors to participate the workshop. If this is the case, please let us know. We will send an invitation from our side. If co-authors can handle questions raised at the Chat box, this would facilitate the presentation and discussion on the paper.
Small group meetings – During the coffee break and after the second sessions of the day, we will set up zoom meetings for two papers. Presenters, discussants and participants can discuss on the paper after the session. Presenters can also answer questions to discussants in small group meeting . The meetings are aimed to have more bilateral discussion and engagement.
Workshop participants – We can have two sets of participants:
Panelists – Chairs, presenters, discussants and co-authors – who have an access to speak orally, to upload presentation slides on the screen and to raise questions at the chat box.
Audience participants – who have an access to raise questions at the chat box.
Organizers
Tamon Asonuma (IMF)
Hyungseok Joo (University of Surrey)
Ryan Kim (JHU SAIS)
Yun Jung Kim (Sogang University)