Financial Markets and the Real Economy Venice, May 4th -­‐5th 2013 Department of Economics, University of Warwick Warwick at Venice Structure: Presentation 30 minutes, Discussion 12 minutes, Questions 8 minutes.
Saturday May 4th
Session 1
9.00am -9.50am
• Joaquin Blaum (Brown University). “Wealth Inequality and the Losses from
Financial Frictions”.
Discussant: Luigi Iovino (Bocconi)
9.50am-10.40am
• Roberto Fattal-Jaef (IMF). “Anatomy of a Credit Crunch: from Capital to Labor
Markets”, with Francisco Buera andYongseok Shin.
Discussant: Federico M. Signoretti (Bank of Italy)
10.40am-11.10am: Coffee Break
Session 2
11.10am -12.00pm
• Enrique Mendoza (U. Pennsylvania). “Saving Europe? Some Unpleasant SupplySide Arithmetic of Fiscal Austerity”, with Linda Tesar and Jing Zhang.
Discussant: Keyu Jin (London School of Economics)
12.00pm -12.50pm
• Julien Bengui (Universite de Montreal). “Macro-Prudential Policy Coordination and
Global Regulatory Spillovers”.
Discussant: Julien Matheron (Banque de France)
1.00pm-3.30pm: Lunch
Session 3
3.30pm -4.20pm
• Hernan D. Seoane (U. Carlos III de Madrid). “Sovereign Debt Crisis and Private
Credit”, with Roberto Pancrazi and Marija Vukotic.
Discussant: Franck Portier (Toulouse School of Economics)
4.20pm -5.10pm
• Nicola Gennaioli (Bocconi). “ Banks, Government Bonds, and Default: What do the
data Say?”, with Alberto Martin and Stefano Rossi.
Discussant: Marcella Lucchetta (Universita’ Ca’Foscari di Venezia)
5.10pm -6.00pm
• Vincenzo Cuciniello (Bank of Italy). “ Large Banks and Monetary Policy”, with
Federico M. Signoretti.
Discussant: Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent University)
7.30pm: Conference Dinner
Sunday May 5th
Session 4
9.00am -9.50am
• Robert Ulbricht (University of Munich). “Credit Crunches, Information Failures, and
the Persistence of Pessimism”, with Ludwig Straub
Discussant: Roberto Pancrazi (University of Warwick)
9.50am-10.40am
• Christian Hellwig (Toulouse School of Economics). “Hayek Vs Keynes: Incomplete
Information and Market Prices”, with Venky Venkateswaran.
Discussant: Patrick Pintus (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)
10.40am-11.10am: Coffee Break
Session 5
11.10am -12.00pm
• Juan Carlos Hatchondo (Indiana U. and Richmond Fed). “International Reserves and
Rollover Risk”, with Javier Bianchi and Leonardo Martinez.
Discussant: Marija Vukotic (University of Warwick)
12.00pm -12.50pm
• Philippe Bacchetta (University of Lausanne). “The Great Recession: A Self-Fulfilling
Global Panic”, with Eric van Wincoop.
Discussant: Nicola Borri (Luiss University)
12.50pm Closing