System Committee on International Economic Analysis

October 9-10, 2008
Hosted by Federal Reserve Board, International Finance Division
Dining Room E

Program

  • Thursday October 9, 2008

    • 1:00 p.m.
      Welcoming Remarks
      • John Rogers, Deputy Associate Director, International Finance Division
    • 1:05 p.m. 
      The Real Exchange Rate in Sticky Price Models:
      Does Investment Matter?
      • Authors:
        Enrique Martinez-Garcia (FRB-Dallas),
        Jens Sondergaard (Bank of England)
      • Discussant:
        Luca Guerrieri (Federal Reserve Board)
    • 1:45 p.m. 
      Nominal Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations
      • Author:
        Luciana Juvenal (FRB-St. Louis)
      • Discussant:
        Robert J. Vigfusson (Federal Reserve Board)
    • 2:30 p.m.
      Coffee Break
    • 3:00 p.m. 
      Cross Border Portfolio Holdings:  A Literature Conversation
      • Panelists:
        Martin Bodenstein (Federal Reserve Board)
        Charles Thomas (Federal Reserve Board)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Adjourn
    • 5:45 p.m.
      Reception and Dinner -- Mark and Orlando's, 2020 P St., NW.

  • Friday October 10, 2008

    • 8:30 a.m.
      Continental Breakfast
    • 9:00 a.m. 
      Emerging Market Business Cycles Revisited:
      Learning About the Trend
      • Authors:
        Emine Boz (IMF),
        Christian Daude (IDB),
        Bora Durdu (Federal Reserve Board)
      • Discussant: 
        Leonardo Martinez (FRB-Richmond)
    • 9:45 a.m. 
      Why Do Emerging Economies Import Direct Investment and Export Savings? A Story of Financial Underdevelopment
      • Authors:
        Diego Valderrama (FRB-SF),
        Katherine Smith (US Naval Academy)
      • Discussant: 
        Enrique Mendoza (University of Maryland)
    • 10:30 a.m.
      Coffee Break
    • 11:00 a.m.
      Immigration and the Macroeconomy: 
      An International Real Business Cycle Model
      • Authors:
        Federico S. Mandelman (FRB-Atlanta),
        Andrei Zlate (Boston College)
      • Discussant:
        Bora Durdu (Federal Reserve Board)
    • 12:00 p.m.  
      Lunch, DR L
    • 1:30 p.m.
      Cyclical Dumping and U.S. Antidumping Protection: 1980-2001
      • Author:
        Meredith Crowley (FRB-Chicago)
      • Discussant:
        Seth Pruitt (Federal Reserve Board)
    • 2:30 p.m.
      The Role of Exporting and Trade for
      Entry over the Business Cycle
      • Authors:
        George Alessandria (FRB-PH),
        Horag Choi (University of Auckland)
      • Discussant:
        Yoonsoo Lee (FRB-Cleveland)
    • 3:30 p.m. 
      Adjourn