Thursday, September 26th, 2024 | Universidad Andrés Bello (Casona de Las Condes, Fernández Concha 700)

9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks: Miguel Vargas (Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universidad Andrés Bello) and Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

Chair: Francisca Sara Zaror (Federal Reserve Board)

9:15-10:15  “The Micro and Macro Productivity of Nations” | Stephen Ayerst (International Monetary Fund), Diego Restuccia, and Duc Nguyen  
Discussant: Francisco Buera (Washington University in St. Louis) 

10:15-11.15  “Global Innovation Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from 100 Years of World Patent Data” | Kristina Manysheva (Columbia Business School), Enrico Berkes and Martí Mestieri 
Discussant: Gabriela Cugat (International Monetary Fund)

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break 

11:30-12:30 “Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies” | Jose Maria Barrero (ITAM), Edgar Avalos, Elwyn Davies, Leo Iacovone and Jesica Torres  
Discussant: Alejandro Vicondoa (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)

12:30-2:00 Lunch (by invitation only)

Chair: Benjamin Villena Roldan (Universidad Andrés Bello)

2:00-3:00  “Superstars or Supervillains? Large Firms in the South Korean Growth Miracle”  | Younghun Shim (International Monetary Fund), Jaedo Choi, Andrei Levchenko and Dimitrije Ruzic
Discussant: João Ayres (Inter-American Development Bank) 

3:00-4:00 "“On the Investment Network and Development” | Julieta Caunedo (Cornell University) and Lucía Casal 
Discussant: David Kohn (Banco Central de Chile) 

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break

4:30-5:30 Keynote lecture: “Big Push in Distorted Economies”  | Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA), Francisco J. Buera, Yongseok Shin and Nicholas Trachter 


Friday, September 27th, 2024 | Banco Central de Chile (Auditorio, Morandé N° 115, piso 2)


9:30-9:45 Coffee

Chair: Álvaro Aguirre (Banco Central de Chile)

9:45-10:45  Keynote Lecture: "Golosov and Lucas: 20 Years Later" | Fernando E. Alvarez (University of Chicago)

10:45-11.45  “Monetary Policy Operations: Theory, Evidence, and Tools for Quantitative Analysis” | Gastón Navarro (Federal Reserve Board) and Ricardo Lagos  
Discussant: Russell Wong (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

11:45-12:00 Coffee Break 

Chair: Manuel Macera (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

12:00-1:00 “Central Bank Swap Lines as Bilateral Sovereign Debt”  | Francisco Roldan (International Monetary Fund) and César Sosa-Padilla 
Discussant: Vivian Yue (Emory University)

1:00-2:30 Lunch 

Chair: Sofia Bauducco (Banco Central de Chile)

2:30-3:30 “Central Banks as Dollar Lenders of Last Resort: Implications for Reserves Holdings and Regulation” | Mitali Das (International Monetary Fund), Gita Gopinath, Helene Hall, Taehoon Kim and Jeremy Stein  
Discussant: Claudio Raddatz (Universidad de Chile)

3:30-4:00 Coffee Break 

4:00-5:30 Policy Round Table: Fiscal Policy and Global Financial Stability 
Chair: Luis Felipe Céspedes (Banco Central de Chile)

V.V. Chari (University of Minnesota)
Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis & Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
Mitali Das (International Monetary Fund)

5:30-5:45 Closing Remarks: Rosanna Costa (President, Banco Central de Chile)