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Third Workshop LACEA/IADB/UTDT in International Economics and Finance
August 21-24, 2000
Buenos Aires, Argentina


 

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
MONDAY, AUGUST 21

"Output Costs, BOP Crises, and Optimal Interest Policy"
Amartya Lahiri, Carlos Vegh
Discussant: Pedro Teles
"Balance Sheets and Exchange Rate Policy"
Andres Velasco, Roberto Chang, Luis Cespedes
Discussant: Enrique Mendoza
"On the Fundamentals of Self-Fulfilling Speculative Attacks"
Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, Sergio Rebelo
Discussant: Andrés Velasco

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22

"An Estimate of Currency Unions on Trade and Growth"
Andrew Rose, Jeffrey Frankel
Discussant: Tim Kehoe
"Banking Crises and Exchange Rate Regimes"
Ilker Domac, María Soledad Martinez Peria
Discussant: Martin Eichenbaum
"Monetary Policy in an International Financial Crisis"
Lawrence Cristiano, Cristopher Gust, Jorge Roldos
Discussant: Andy Neumeyer

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23

"Dollarization of Liabilities: Underinsurance and Domestic Financial Underdevelopment"
Ricardo Caballero
, Arvind Krishnamurthy
Discussant: Hugo Hopenhayn
"Country Portfolios"
Aart Kraay
, Norman Loayza, Luis Serven, Jaume Ventura
"Heterogeneity and Evolution of Expectations in a Model of Currency Crisis"
Jasmina Arifovic
, Paul Mason
Discussant: Juan Pablo Nicolini