Sixth Annual Conference: "Productivity, Aggregate Efficiency and Labor: Latest Advances (PAELLA)"

This conference brings together leading scholars in international economics to present frontier research on sovereign debt, international trade, and the macroeconomic effects of government policy. The role that government policy plays in the process of economic development is an increasingly important area of research, especially given ongoing debt crises and the current shift in the global trade paradigm. This conference brings together a combination of established and emerging scholars in these areas to share and give feedback on work in these important areas.

Organizers:  Wyatt Brooks, ASU • Joseph Kaboski, Notre Dame • Pau Pujolas, McMaster • César Sosa-Padilla, Notre Dame

All faculty, graduate students, and other interested parties are welcome to attend – for more information, contact Cesar Sosa Padilla.

Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters.

Schedule

Friday September 30

9:30-10:00 Greetings and breakfast

1st Session – Chair: Pau Pujolas (McMaster)

10:00-10:45
Skill-Biased Technological Change, Human Capital, and the Skill Premium: A Quantitative Analysis 
Thomas Palmer (McMaster)

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45
Job Search, Wages, and Inflation
Jane Ryngaert (Notre Dame)

11:45-12:00 Free time

Lunch

12:00-2:00 Lunch in JNH + walk to the Stadium for coffee/pictures

2nd Session – Chair: Wyatt Brooks (ASU)

2:00-2:45
Optimal Austerity and Rollover Risk
Tim Kehoe (Minnesota)

2:45-3:00 Coffee break

3:00-3:45
Sovereign Debt and Credit Default Swaps
Gaston Chaumont (Rochester)

3:45-4:00 Coffee break

4:00-4:45
The Macroeconomic Implications of US Market Power in Safe Assets
Rishabh Kirpalani (Wisconsin-Madison)

4:45-5:30 Free time + transport to BBQ

Dinner

5:30-  BBQ at Joe Kaboski’s house (14197 Avery Point, Granger, IN 46530)

Saturday October 1

3rd Session (concurrent w/ Breakfast) – Chair: César Sosa-Padilla (Notre Dame)

9:00-9:45
Efficiency, Risk and the Gains from Trade in Interbank Markets
Matthias Hoelzlein (Notre Dame)

9:45-10:00 Coffee break

10:00-10:45
Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective
Sebastian Sotelo (Michigan)

10:45-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45
Community Lending with Outside Capital
Wyatt Brooks (ASU)

Lunch

12:00-  Paella Lunch in the Quad