Financial crises: predictability, causes and consequences Date: Tuesday 10th April 2018 Organisers: Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE), Marcela Valenzuela (University of Chile), Ilknur Zer (Federal Reserve Board) Venue: Conference Suite, 9th Floor, Tower 2, Clement’s Inn, LSE, London WC2A 2AZ 09.30 – 10.00
Registration and refreshments
10.00 – 11.00
Björn Richter – University of Bonn When to Lean Against the Wind? (joint work with Moritz Schularick and Paul Wachtel)
11.00 – 12.00
Michael Kiley – Federal Reserve Board What Macroeconomic Conditions Lead Financial Crises?
12.00 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.30
Miguel Segoviano – International Monetary Fund Macroprudential Stress Tests and Policies: Stretching for Robust and Implementable Frameworks
14.30 – 15.30
Cristoph Trebesch – Kiel University Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo (joint work with Josefin Meyer and Carmen Reinhart)
15:30 – 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00
Matthew Baron – Cornell University Identifying Banking Crises (joint work with Wei Xiong and Emil Verner, both of Princeton University)
17.00 – 18.00
Daisuke Ikeda – Bank of England Bank Runs, Prudential Policy and Social Welfare in a Global Game General Equilibrium Model
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