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CPBS 2010 Pacific Basin Research Conference
Center for Pacific Basin Studies
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Janet Yellen Conference Center
October 1, 2010 |
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| 8:15 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:00 AM |
Session 1
“Does Short-Term Debt Increase Vulnerability to Crisis? Evidence from the East Asian Financial Crisis”
Eyal Dvir,* BostonCollege
Efraim Benmelech, HarvardUniversity |
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Discussants: |
Galina Hale, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Sergio Schmukler, World Bank |
| 10:00 AM |
Break |
| 10:30 AM |
Session 2
“Hoarding International Reserves Versus A Pigovian Tax-Cum-Subsidy Scheme: Reflections on the Deleveraging Crisis of 2008-9, and a Cost Benefit Analysis”
Joshua Aizenman, University of California, Santa Cruz |
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Discussants: |
Carolyn Evans, Santa Clara University
Kathryn Dominguez, University of Michigan |
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“Regional Reserve Pooling Arrangements”
Prakash Kannan,* International Monetary Fund
Suman Basu, International Monetary Fund
Ran Bi, International Monetary Fund |
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Discussants: |
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley
Charles Engel, University of Wisconsin |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:30 PM |
Session 3
“Overborrowing, Financial Crises and ‘Macro-Prudential’ Taxes”
Enrique Mendoza,* University of Maryland
Javier Bianchi, University of Maryland |
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Discussants: |
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia
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| 3:30 PM |
Break |
| 4:00 PM |
Session 4
“Trade Elasticities”
Jean Imbs,* HEC Lausanne
Isabelle Mejean, International Monetary Fund |
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Discussants:
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George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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“In Search of the Armington Elasticity”
Robert Feenstra,* University of California, Davis
Maurice Obstfeld, University of California, Berkeley
Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis |
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Discussants: |
Kei Mu Yi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
James Harrigan, University of Virginia
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| 6:00 PM. |
Reception |
| 6:30 PM |
Dinner |
| 7:15 PM |
Keynote Address: Rakesh Mohan, Yale University |
Agenda PDF
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