Globalization Institute Events
Conference on International Economics
Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and University of Houston
Friday, October 20 | |
Houston Branch of the Dallas Fed, San Jacinto Room | |
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Welcome Remarks |
Daron Peschel, Senior VP, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | |
8:45 a.m. | Sovereign Default Risk and Firm Heterogeneity |
Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Yan Bai, University of Rochester; and Luigi
Bocola, Northwestern University Discussant: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Maryland |
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9:50 a.m. | Break |
10:05 a.m. | Dynamic Geography of the Population and Economic Response to Sea Level Rise |
Klaus Desmet, SMU; Robert Kopp, Rutgers University; David Nagy, CREI; Michael Oppenheimer,
Princeton University; and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University Discussant: Francisco Buera, Washington University |
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11:10 a.m. | Break |
11:25 a.m. | International Currencies and Capital Allocation |
Matteo Maggiori, Harvard University; Brent Neiman, University of Chicago; and Jesse Schreger,
Harvard University Discussant: Eric van Wincoop, University of Virginia |
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12:30 p.m. | Lunch: Brazos Room |
Moderated discussion with Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan | |
2:00 p.m. | Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography and Sorting |
Pablo Fajgelbaum, UCLA and Cecile Gaubert, UC-Berkeley
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot, MIT |
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3:05 p.m. | Break |
3:20 p.m. | Consumption-led Growth |
Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University; Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, UC-Berkeley; and Oleg
Itskhoki, Princeton University Discussant: Fabrizio Perri, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
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4:25 p.m. | Break |
4:40 p.m. | Tradability and the Labor-Market Impact of Immigration: Theory and Evidence |
Ariel Burstein, UCLA; Gordon Hanson, UC-San Diego; Lin Tian, Columbia University; and Jonathan
Vogel, UCLA Discussant: David Atkin, MIT |
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5:45 p.m. | Adjourn |
6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Saturday, October 21 | |
UH; Bauer Business School, Melcher 140 | |
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Sector Level Economies of Scale: Estimation Using Trade Data |
Dominick Bartelme, University of Michigan; Arnaud Costinot, MIT; Dave Donaldson, Stanford
University; and Andres Rodriguez-Clare, UC-Berkeley Discussant: Susanto Basu, Boston College |
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9:35 a.m. | Break |
9:50 a.m. | Banking, Trade, and the Making of a Dominant Currency |
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University and Jeremy Stein, Harvard University
Discussant: Andres Drenik, Columbia University |
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10:55 a.m. | Adjourn |
11:30 a.m. | Box Lunch |
Organizers
- Kei-Mu Yi
- Mike Sposi
- Mark Wynne