Workshop “Macroeconomic Models for Small and Open Economies”

On May 20 and 21, 2021, the BCRA organized the Workshop “Macroeconomic Models for Small and Open Economies”, in which academics and representatives of central banks and international organizations participated. DSGE models, Consistent Stock-Flow (SFC), Supermultiplier type, dual economy and Kaldorian-inspired, constrained by the balance of payments, were presented.

Program

Thursday, May 20, 2021

10:15 – 10:30 | Opening remarks

Germán Feldman, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic.

10:30 – 11:15 | Relative Quantities and Prices in Small and Open Economies

Arslan Razmi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

11:15 – 12:00 | Evolution and use of structural models in the Central Bank of Chile

Mariana García-Schmidt, Central Bank of Chile.
Comments | Emiliano Libman, CONICET / University of Buenos Aires.

Friday, May 21, 2021

10:30 – 11:15 | Monetary Policy, Real Exchange Rate, and Structural Change in a Kaldorian Balance-of-Payments Constraint Model

José Luis Oreiro, University of Brasilia.
Comments | Gabriel Porcile, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

11:15 – 12:00 | Composition of autonomous demand and fiscal policy in a super-multiplier simulation model

Fabio Freitas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Comments | Florencia Medici, CONICET / National University of Moreno and Lucas Texeira, State University of Campinas.

12:00 – 12:45 | An empirical macroeconomic model of consistent stock flow for Argentina

Gabriel Michelena, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic.
Comments | Sebastián Valdecantos, National University of San Martín.

12:45 – 13:00 | Closing remarks

Germán Feldman, Central Bank of the Argentine Republic.

Videos

Thursday, March 20

Friday, March 21