Minnesota-Wisconsin International/Macro
Student Workshop: Spring 2024
Friday, April 26
Conference location: 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:30-1:30 | Networking lunch in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences |
| 1:30-2:30 | Julio Mereb (UW) Foreign Currency Debt, Financial Frictions, and the Exchange Rate Pass-through |
| 2:45-3:45 | Gabriel Devoto (UMN) Thin Financial Markets and Informality in High Inflation Economies |
| 4:00-5:00 | Philip Coyle (UW) Debt Repayment Schedules and Firm Dynamics |
| 6:00-7:30 | Networking reception |
Saturday, April 27
Conference location: 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:20 | Coffee and pastries |
| 8:20-9:20 | Juliana Gamboa Albelaez (UMN) On the Changing Relationship between Net Public Foreign Assets and Growth |
| 9:40-10:40 | Duong Dang (UW) Demographic Shift, Consumer Capital, and Productivity Dispersion |
| 11:00-12:00 | Mauricio Barbosa Alves (UMN) Tradability and the Price Response to Local Shocks |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Shannon Sledz (UW) Who to Insure — Firms or Workers? |
| 2:20-3:20 | Teerat Wongrattanapiboon (UMN) International Reserves and Self-Fulfilling Crises |
| 3:40-4:40 | Katya Kazakova (UW) The Real Effects of Corporate Debt Maturity and Firm Ownership |
| 5:00-6:00 | Leonardo Barreto (UMN) Debt-financed Fiscal Stimulus and the Consumer Sentiment Puzzle |
| 7:00 | Conference dinner |