The 6th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS) is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading finance institutions in the Washington DC area. The goal of WAIFS is to bring together researchers working in international finance and macroeconomics. Researchers, practitioners, and students from policy institutions and universities present and discuss new ideas in the field. WAIFS welcomes recently arrived, junior economists so they become integrated into the broader community. The event takes place annually at one of the partner institutions.
The conference will be held at the World Bank Headquarters, located at 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC in room MC 13-121. To participate, please register in advance. Confirmed participants will need to enter the building through the World Bank's main entrance on H St NW, near the intersection of 18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Agenda
9:00 – 9:30am | Breakfast and Welcome |
9:30 – 10:15am | Welcome remarks: Sergio Schmukler (World Bank) Chair: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (Brown University) Keynote Speaker: Anusha Chari (White House Council of Economic Advisers) (presentation | recording) |
10:15 – 11:00am | Chair: Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr (Federal Reserve Board) William Witheridge (University of Maryland, College Park) “Monetary Policy and Fiscal-led Inflation in Emerging Markets” (presentation | recording)
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11:00 – 11:15am | Coffee Break |
11:15am – 12:30pm | Chair: Pablo Ottonello (University of Maryland, College Park) Joint Session (recording)
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12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch Break |
1:30 – 2:15pm | Chair: Andres Fernandez (International Monetary Fund) Mathieu Pedemonte (Inter-American Development Bank) “The Causal Effect of Expected Depreciations” (presentation | recording)
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2:15 – 3:00pm | Chair: Dario Tortarolo (World Bank) Pablo Hernando-Kaminsky (International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group) “Crowding Out and Banking Crises” (presentation | recording)
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3:00 – 3:15pm | Coffee Break |
3:15 – 4:00pm | Chair: Tomas Williams (George Washington University) Chang He (University of Virginia) “Inelastic Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange Interventions” (presentation | recording)
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4:00 – 4:45pm | Yu An (Johns Hopkins University) “Intermediary Elasticity and Risk-Bearing Capacity” (presentation | recording)
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4:45 – 5:30pm | Chair: Leticia Juarez (Inter-American Development Bank) Sharon Ross (Federal Reserve Board) “Quantities and Covered-Interest Parity” (presentation | recording)
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2024 Conference Organizers:
Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
and Tomas Williams (George Washington University)
Partners:
- American University
- Federal Reserve System
- George Washington University Institute for International Economic Policy
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Monetary Fund
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Maryland
- University of Virginia
- World Bank
