The 12th International Macro-Finance Conference, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago will be held December 6-7, 2024. This event provides an opportunity for a small group of faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss their early stage research in an informal setting.

This event is by invitation only. If you would like to attend or have any questions, please email bfi-events@uchicago.edu.

Previous Conference Agendas: 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013

 

Agenda

Friday, December 6, 2024
11:30 am–12:30 pm

Welcome Lunch

650 Lounge

12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Segmented Financial Integration

Liliana Varela, London School of Economics

1:30 pm–1:45 pm

Break

1:45 pm–2:45 pm

Fragmented Monetary Unions

Luca Fornaro, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional

2:45 pm–3:00 pm

Break

3:00 pm–4:00 pm

Dealer Risk Limits and Currency Returns

Omar Barbiero, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

4:00 pm–4:15 pm

Break

4:15 pm–5:15 pm

Dollar Debt and the Inefficient Global Financial Cycle

Paul Fontanier, Yale University

5:15 pm

Conference Adjourns

7:30 pm

Conference Dinner

By invitation only.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
8:00 am–8:30 am

Breakfast

650 Lounge

8:30 am–9:30 am

Exchange Rates and Currency Centrality in Equity Markets

Vania Stavrakeva, London Business School

9:30 am–9:45 am

Break

9:45 am–10:45 am

Capital Flows and the Making of Risky Currencies

Zhiyu Fu, Washington University

10:45 am–11:00 am

Break

11:00 am–12:00 pm

The Causal Effects of Expected Future Depreciations

Juan Herreño, University of California, San Diego

12:00 pm–1:15 pm

Lunch

650 Lounge

12:15 pm–1:15 pm

Lunch Presentation: Global Hegemony and Exorbitant Privilege

Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago

1:15 pm

Conference Concludes