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Third Washington Area International Finance Symposium
September 24/25, 2020 (Virtual)
Program
Format: 30 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussant followed by 10 minutes of break out groups where smaller groups discuss the presentation and discussion, then all come back as a full group for 10-15 minutes of general discussion with the author(s).
September 24
1:00 - 1:10 PM - Introduction
1:10 - 2:20 PM - “Scarcity of Safe Assets and Global Neutral Interest Rates”
Presenter: Thiago Ferreira (Federal Reserve Board)
Co‐author: Samer Shousha (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Giovanni Dell’Ariccia (International Monetary Fund)
2:25 - 3:35 PM - “Benchmarks, Firm Financing, and Real Effects: Evidence from a Global Natural Experiment”
Presenter: Tomas Williams (George Washington University)
Co‐authors: Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, and Barcelona GSE), Juan Jose Cortina Lorente (World Bank), Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
Discussant: John Ammer (Federal Reserve Board)
3:40 - 4:50 PM - “What Are Reference Rates For?”
Presenter: Divya Kirti (International Monetary Fund)
Discussant: Anton Korinek (University of Virginia)
September 25
1:00 - 2:10 PM - “From Carry Trades to Trade Credit: Financial Intermediation by Non‐Financial Corporations”
Presenter: Felipe Saffie (University of Virginia - Darden)
Co‐author: Bryan Hardy (Bank for International Settlements)
Discussant: Valentina Bruno (American University)
2:15 - 3:25 PM - “Shocks and Exchange Rates in Small Open Economies”
Presenter: Pierre De Leo (University of Maryland)
Co‐author: Vito Cormun (Boston College)
Discussant: Martin Evans (Georgetown University)
3:30 - 4:40 PM - “Demographics and the Real Exchange Rate”
Presenter: Marta Giagheddu (Johns Hopkins University)
Co‐author: Andrea Papetti (Bank of Italy)
Discussant: Etienne Gagnon (Federal Reserve Board)
2020 Organizers: Kinda Hachem and Frank Warnock, University of Virginia - Darden
WAIFS Chairs: Nathan Converse and Tim Schmidt‐Eisenlohr, Federal Reserve Board
