5th Annual Conference on Economics UTDT BCRA

The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) together with the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) invite you to attend this event where renowned economists will present their developments on a wide variety of topics. The conference will be held between December 19 and 20 at both the BCRA and UTDT facilities, depending on the day in question.

To attend the event, please confirm to investig@bcra.gob.ar

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Program

Monday, December 19, 2016

Dr. Ernesto Bosch Room, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic

09:30 – 10:30	Awards Ceremony \| 10th Annual Economic Research Award “Dr. Raúl Prebisch” Federico Sturzenegger (President, BCRA)
10:30 – 11:30	Turnover Liquidity and the Transmission of Monetary Policy Ricardo Lagos (New York University)
11:30 – 12:30	Monetary Policy, Bounded Rationality and Incomplete Markets Ivan Werning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Fiscal Multipliers and the Home Bias of Public Debt Fernando Broner (Centre for Research in International Economics)
15:00 – 16:00	What Explains the Product Market Component of Corporate Investment? Maria Cecilia Bustamante (University of Maryland, College Park)
16:00 – 16:30	Recess
16:30 – 17:30	The Behavior of Imports in Large Crises Joaquin Blaum (Brown University)
17:30 – 18:30	The Long and the Short of it: Sovereign Debt Crises and Debt Maturity Raquel Fernández (New York University)

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Alcorta Campus, Torcuato Di Tella University

10:30 – 11:30	Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries Michael Peters (Yale University)
11:30 – 12:30	Retail Prices in a City Saul Lach (The Hebrew University)
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Long-Term Finance and Economic Development: The Role of Liquidity in Corporate Debt Markets Julian Kozlowski (New York University)
15:00 – 16:00	Screening and Adverse Selection in Frictional Markets Venky Venkateswaran (New York University)
16:00 – 16:30	Recess
16:30 – 17:30	Signaling to Experts Pablo Kurlat (Stanford University)
17:30 – 18:30	Capital Accumulation and Dynamic Gains from Trade Ana Maria Santacreu (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)