
International Policy Coordination and Competition
April 28-29, 2023
The 100th Meeting
Conference to be held at the University of Rochester
Accepted papers and comments will be published in the January 2024 issue of the Journal of Monetary Economics
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The proceedings will be available on Zoom. Email Sue North for access.
THURSDAY APRIL 27
8-11 p.m.
Welcome Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Rochester/University and Med Center, 30 Celebration Drive, Rochester, NY 14627
FRIDAY APRIL 28
7:30 a.m.
Bus transportation to Campus – refer to bus schedule
8-8:30 a.m.
Packet Retrieval and Breakfast – Eisenberg Rotunda Lobby/Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
CONFERENCE SESSION I – SCHLEGEL 207
Chair: George Alessandria, University of Rochester
8:30-9:45 a.m.
“Fencing off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers”
Authors: Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago, Sina Ates, Federal Reserve Board, Joshua Lerner, Harvard Business School, Richard Townsend, University of California at San Diego, Yulia Zhestkova, University of Chicago
Discussant: Samuel Kortum, Yale
9:45-11 a.m.
“Trade Wars and Industrial Policy Competitions”
Authors: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University, Hong Ma, Tsinghua University, Zi Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Xiaodong Zhu, University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Fernando Parro, Pennsylvania State University
11-11:30 a.m.
Break – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
“On Wars Sanctions and Sovereign Defaults”
Authors: Javier Bianchi, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, and Cesar Sosa Padilla, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Gabriel Mihalache, Ohio State University
12:45-2:15 p.m.
Lunch – Tom Sargent, “Critique and Consequence”
Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
CONFERENCE SESSION II – SCHLEGEL 207
Chair: Yan Bai, University of Rochester
2:15-3:45 p.m.
“Optimal Taxation of Multinational Enterprises”
Authors: Sebastian Dyrda, University of Toronto, Guangbin Hong, University of Toronto, and Joseph Steinberg, University of Toronto
Discussant: Ana Maria Santacreu, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3:45-5 p.m.
“International tax competition with rising intangible capital and financial globalization”
Authors: Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California, and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: Fabrizio Perri, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
EVENING ACTIVITIES
5:15 p.m.
Bus Transportation back to Hilton Garden Inn Rochester, University and Med Center, 30 Celebration Drive
6:30 p.m.
Bus departs hotel for dinner at ARTISANworks. 565 Blossom Road
6:45 p.m.
Cocktails, ARTISANworks
7:30-9 p.m.
Dinner, ARTISANworks
9 p.m.
Transportation back to Hilton Garden Inn
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
8:15 a.m.
Bus transportation to campus – refer to bus schedule
8:30-9 a.m.
Breakfast – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
CONFERENCE SESSION III – SCHLEGEL 207
Chair: Michael Waugh, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
9-10:15 a.m.
“The International Spillovers of Synchronous Monetary Tightening”
Authors: Dario Caldara, Francesco Ferrante, Matteo Iacoviello, Andrea Prestipino, and Albert Queralto (Board of Governors)
Discussant: Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Break – Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
10:45-Noon
“On the Optimal Delegation of Fiscal Authority in a Monetary Union”
Authors: Eugenia Gonzalez-Aguado, Toulouse School of Economics, Patrick Kehoe, Stanford University, and Elena Pastorino, Stanford University
Discussant: Marco Bassetto, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Noon
Box Lunches available in Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall
12:30 p.m.
Bus Transportation to Greater Rochester International Airport