Research Seminar in International Economics

September 23, Marcel Fratzscher, European Central Bank (Thursday 14:15, Rigot 3). 

Macroprudential policy and central bank communication (paper)

October 5, Isabelle Méjean, Polytechnique.

October 12, Refet Gurkaynak, Bilkent University

October 21, Akito Matsumoto, IMF (Thursday 14:15, Rigot 3).

October 26, Florian Mayneris, Université libre de Bruxelles

November 16, Alan Sutherland, University of St Andrews

November 24, Erwing Bulte, Tilburg University (Wednesday, joint with the environment chair)

December 7, Nicolas Coeurdacier, PSE

January 26, Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Import Competition and Quality Upgrading (paper)

February 22, Roc Armenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Monday 16:15, Rigot 3).

Economies of scale and the size of exporters (paper)

February 23, Jeromin Zettelmeyer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Tuesday 12:15, Rigot 3).

Development through Financial Integration? Lessons from Emerging Europe (presentation, background paper 1, background paper 2)

March 2, Domenico Giannone, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Market freedom and the global recession (paper)

March 23, Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich

Financial constraints and innovation: Why poor countries don't catch up (paper)

March 30, Elisabeth Sadoulet et Alain deJanvry, Berkeley

Fair Trade and Free Entry: Generating Benefits in a Disequilibrium Market

April 9, Atish Ghosh, International Monetary Fund (Friday 14:15, Rigot 2).
Coping with Capital Inflows: the Role of Controls (paper, slides)

April 13, Miklos Koren, Central European University
Machines and machinists: The effect of imported capital on wage inequality (paper)

April 20, Emmanuel Ornelas, London School of Economics (paper)

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Protection and International Sourcing

April 27, Kenza Benhima, Université de Lausanne
A reappraisal of the allocation puzzle through the portfolio approach (paper)

May 4, Sebastian Nieto Parra, OCDE

Who saw sovereign debt crises coming? (paper)

May 18, Paolo Manasse, University of Bologna

Sovereign and banking crises in Europe (background paper A and B).

May 25, Alice Mesnard, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Controlling Illegal Migration: Legalisation or Repression?

September 22, Philippe Bacchetta, University of Lausanne

On the unstable relationship between exchange rates and macroeconomic fundamentals (paper)

October 6, Harald Hau, INSEAD

The exchange rate effect of multi-currency risk arbitrage (paper)

October 8, Rex Ghosh, International Monetary Fund (Thursday 16:15 Rigot 3)
Coping with the crisis: Policy option for emerging market countries (paper, slides)

October 20, Hylke Vandenbussche, University of Louvain
Antidumping hurts Exporters: Firm-level evidence from France (paper, slides)

October 21, Yiu Chen, DePaul University (Wednesday 14:15 Rigot 3)

Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? Labor type slectivity, pre-program wage and rural labor training program outcome (paper)

October 27, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston

Deep financial integration and volatility (paper)

November 5, Rex Ghosh, International Monetary Fund (Thursday 16:15 Rigot 3)

IMF-FSB early warning exercise (slides)

November 17, Guglielmo-Maria Caporale, Brunel University

Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the euro area (paper)

November 24, Jonathan Eaton, New York University

Trade and the global recession (paper)

December 8, Marc Flandreau and Ugo Panizza, Graduate Institute

Conflicts of interest, reputations, and the interwar debt:crisis: banksters or bad luck? (paper)

March 3, Antoine Martin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Bank liquidity, interbank markets and monetary policy (paper)

March 10, Robert Kollman, ECARES University of Brussels

Domestic financial frictions: implication for international risk sharing, real exchange rate volatility and international business cycles (paper)

March 17, Andrea Tambalotti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

CONDI: A cost-of-nominal-distortions index (paper)

March 24, Dirk Niepelt, Study Center Gerzensee

Debt maturity without commitment (paper)

April 7, Rex Ghosh,  International Monetary Fund

Implications of the choice of exchange rate regime (slides)

April 14, Andreas Fischer, Swiss National Bank

Immigrant cities and Swiss prices (paper)

April 24 (Friday, 14:15), Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, International Monetary Fund

Understanding the boom (and bust) in financial balance sheets in advanced economices (slides)

April 28, Samuel Reynard, Swiss National Bank

Modeling monetary policy (paper, slides)

May 12, Fernando Broner, Pompeu Fabra

Rethinking the effects of financial liberalization (paper)

May 13 (Wednesday, 12:15, Rigot R3), Pierre-Richard Agénor, University of Manchester

Cyclical effects of bank capital requirements with imperfect credit markets (paper)

May 14 (Thursday, 14:15), Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard Kennedy School

The building blocks of economic complexity (paper, additional materials)

May 19, Charles Wyplosz, IHEID (paper)

June 2, Mika Widgrén, Turku University