6th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS)

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Friday, October 11th, 2024
9:00 am – 5:30 pm (ET)
World Bank Headquarters
Room MC 13-121
1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC

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We are pleased to invite you to the 6th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS) from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Friday, October 11th, 2024. The conference will take place in person at the World Bank Headquarters, and is hosted by the World Bank. 

WAIFS is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading finance institutions in the Washington DC area. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. Attendees please register in advance so that you can enter the building through the World Bank visitors’ entrance on 18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
 

Agenda

9:00–9:30: Breakfast and Welcome

9:30–10:15: Keynote Speaker — Anusha Chari (White House Council of Economic Advisers)

10:15–11:00: “Monetary Policy and Fiscal-led Inflation in Emerging Markets” – Stelios Fourakis (Johns Hopkins University)
Discussant: Steven Pennings (World Bank)

11:00-11:15: Coffee Break

11:15–12:30: Joint Session “A New Test of Fiscal Dominance and Central Bank Independence” Jonathan Hoddenbagh (Johns Hopkins University); “Macroeconomic Attention and Expected Returns” Ken Teoh (International Monetary Fund); "Partisan Cities" Ramona Dagostino (University of Virginia)

12:30–1:30: Lunch

1:30–2:15: “The Causal Effect of Expected Depreciations" – Mathieu Pedemonte (Inter-American Development Bank) 
Discussant: Camila Casas (International Monetary Fund)

2:15–3:00: “Crowding Out and Banking Crises” – Pablo Hernando-Kaminsky (International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group)
Discussant: Michele Dathan (Federal Reserve Board)

3:00–3:15: Coffee Break

3:15–4:00: “Inelastic Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange Interventions” – Chang He (University of Virginia)
Discussant: Alessandro Rebucci (Johns Hopkins University)

4:00–4:45: “Intermediary Elasticity and Risk-Bearing Capacity” – Yu An (Johns Hopkins University)
Discussant: Davide Tomio (University of Virginia)

4:45–5:30: “Quantities and Covered-Interest Parity” – Sharon Ross (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Valentina Bruno (American University)