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2023 BFI International Macro-Finance Conference

The 11th International Macro-Finance Conference, sponsored by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago was held on November 30-December 1, 2023. This event provided an opportunity for a small group of young faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss their early stage research in an informal setting.

If you have any questions, please email bfi-events@uchicago.edu.

Previous Conference Agendas: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013

Agenda

Thursday, November 30, 2023
11:30:00–12:30:00

Welcome Lunch

220 Lounge
12:30:00–13:30:00

The Exchange Rate as Industrial Policy

Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland
13:30:00–13:40:00

Break

13:40:00–14:40:00

SDF Bounds

Andrea Vedolin, Boston University

14:40:00–14:50:00

Break

14:50:00–15:50:00

The Unintended Consequences of Financial Sanctions

Ritt Keerati, Federal Reserve System

15:50:00–16:00:00

Break

16:00:00–17:00:00

The Puzzling Behavior of Spreads During Covid

Stelios Fourakis, Johns Hopkins University

17:00:00

Conference Adjourns

18:00:00

Conference Dinner

Friday, December 1, 2023
08:00:00–08:30:00

Breakfast

Lounge 220

08:30:00–09:30:00

Bad News Bankers: Underwriter Reputation and Contagion in Pre-1914 Sovereign Debt Markets

Sasha Indarte, University of Pennsylvania

09:30:00–09:45:00

Break

09:45:00–10:45:00

Trade Credit and Exchange Rate Risk Pass Through

Felipe Saffie, University of Virginia

10:45:00–11:00:00

Break

11:00:00–12:00:00

Globalization, Ination Dynamics, and the Slope of the Phillips Curve

Ricardo Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Board

12:00:00–13:15:00

Lunch Presentation

220 Lounge
12:15:00–13:15:00

Unbalanced Financial Globalization

Bruno Pellegrino, Columbia University

13:15:00

Conference Adjourns