5th Women in International Economics  Conference

November 14-15, 2024

Program

Day 1: Thursday, November 14 – International Macro and Finance

Location: Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399

• 12:00–1:00: Lunch
  
  

• 1:15–2:15:
  “Foreign Currency Borrowing and Exporter Dynamics in Emerging Markets”
  Presenter: Chang Liu (Stony Brook University)
  Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
  
  

• 2:30–3:30:
  “Speeches, Press Conferences and Minutes: The International Transmission of Federal Reserve Communication”
  Presenter: Xu Zhang (Bank of Canada)
  Discussant: Stephanie Curcuru (Federal Reserve Board)
  
  

• 3:45–4:45:
  “Elephants in Equity and Currency Markets”
  Presenter: Jenny Tang (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
  Discussant: Anusha Chari (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  
  

• 5:00–6:30: Women in International Economics Mentoring Groups
  
  

• 7:00: Dinner (by invitation only)
  Location: Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane, Princeton, NJ 08542
  
  

Day 2: Friday, November 15 – International Trade and Spatial Economics

Location: Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399

• 8:00–9:00: Breakfast
  
  

• 9:00–10:00:
  “Multinational Production and Innovation in Tandem”
  Presenter: Jin Liu (Princeton University)
  Discussant: Natalia Ramondo (Boston University)
  
  

• 10:15–11:15:
  “Third-Country Effects of U.S. Immigration Policy”
  Presenter: Agostina Brinatti (Yale University)
  Discussant: Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (University of Texas at Austin)
  
  

• 11:30–12:30: Keynote Address
  Speaker: Silvana Tenreyro (London School of Economics)
  
  

• 12:45–2:00: Lunch
  
  

• 2:00–3:00:
  “Profits, ‘Superstar’ Firms and Capital Flows”
  Presenter: Lidia Smitkova (University of Oxford)
  Discussant: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (Brown University)
  
  

• 3:15–4:15:
  “Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities”
  Presenter: Olivia Bordeu (Princeton University)
  Discussant: Jessie Handbury (University of Pennsylvania)