September 23, 2023 // Vancouver, Canada
The 9th West Coast Workshop in International Finance will be hosted by the Simon Fraser University (Economics) and the Vancouver School of Economics (UBC) on Saturday, September 23rd 2023. The conference will take place in-person at the Vancouver School of Economics (6000 Iona Drive, Room 533). [Map]
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Important Dates
Paper submission deadline — April 30, 2023
Acceptance notification — May 2023
We encourage submissions in all areas of open-economy macroeconomics and international finance. If you would like to submit a paper, please send your submission in PDF format to wcwif2023@gmail.com before April 30, 2023. Submissions of full papers are preferred, however submissions of extended abstracts may also be considered. Each accepted paper will be assigned a discussant.
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Agenda [pdf]
8:15-9:00 AM Coffee and breakfast
Session 1: Effects of Trade and Capital Restrictions
9:00-10:00 AM “International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Sanctions”, Fabio Ghironi (University of Washington, CEPR, EABCN, and NBER), Daisoon Kim (North Carolina State University), Galip Kemal Ozhan (Bank of Canada)
Discussant: Yinxi Xie (Bank of Canada)
10:00 – 11:00 AM “Capital Controls and Trade Policy”, Simon P. Lloyd (Bank of England and Centre for Macroeconomic), Emile A. Marin (UC Davis)
Discussant: Chenyue Hu (UC Santa Cruz)
11:00-11:15 AM Coffee break
Session 2: Exchange Rates
11:15-12:15 PM “Learning from Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Interventions”, Giacomo Candian (HEC Montréal), Pierre De Leo (University of Maryland), Luca Gemmi (HEC Lausanne)
Discussant: Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University)
12:15-1:30 PM Lunch
Session 3: Inequality and Crisis
1:30-2:30 PM “Inequality and Asset Prices during Sudden Stops”, Sergio Villalvazo (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Carlos Esquivel (Rutgers University)
2:30-3:30 PM “Food, Fuel, and Facts: Distributional Effects of External Shocks”, Saroj Bhattarai (Univ. of Texas-Austin and CAMA), Arpita Chatterjee (IIM-B/UNSW and CAMA), Gautham Udupa (CAFRAL)
Discussant: Xing Guo (Bank of Canada)
3:30-3:45 PM Coffee break
Session 4: Trade and Finance
3:45-4:45 PM “Trade Credit and Exchange Rate Risk Pass Through”, Bryan Hardy (Bank for International Settlements), Felipe E. Saffie (University of Virginia), Ina Simonovska (UC Davis, NBER, CEPR)
Discussant: Steve Wu (UC San Diego)
4:45-5:45 PM “Who Benefits from Financial Development? The Interaction of Finance and Trade”, Mehran Ebrahimian (Stockholm School of Economics), Hamid Firooz (University of Rochester)
Discussant: Michal Szkup (VSE, University of British Columbia)
7:00 PM Dinner (Venue – Nuba (Kitsilano) @ 3116 W Broadway, Vancouver [Map])
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The WCWIF 2023 organizing committee includes:
Minjie Deng, Simon Fraser University
Michael Devereux, University of British Columbia
Viktoria Hnatkovska, University of British Columbia
Kenneth Kasa, Simon Fraser University
Amartya Lahiri, University of British Columbia