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10th Annual West Coast Workshop in International Finance

Two people talking at WCWIF 2017 event.

April 4, 2025
Santa Clara University
St. Clare Room, Learning Commons 3rd Floor


The 10th annual West Coast Workshop in International Finance will be held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara on Friday, April, 4th.

 

 

Agenda              
8:30 - 9:00 

Coffee and Rolls

 International Economic Dominance, Chair: Jianlin Wang (SCU)
9:00 - 9:45

“A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation,” Christopher Clayton, Matteo
Maggiori (Stanford), Jesse Schreger;

Discussant: Vincenzo Quadrini (USC)

9:45 - 10:30 

“The Rise and Fall of a Dominant Global Currency,” Kai Arvai (Bank of France) and
Nuno Coimbra

Discussant: Chris Meissner (UCD)

10:30 - 10:45 

 Break

 Trade and Pricing, Chair: Kris Mitchener (SCU)
10:45-11:30

“Trade Costs and Inflation Dynamics,” Pablo Cuba-Borda, Albert Queralto, Ricardo
Reyes-Heroles (FRB) & Mikael Scaramucci

Discussant: Lan Nguyen (FRBSF)
11:30 - 12:15

“Dominant currency pricing transition,” Marco Garofalo (Bank of England), Giovanni
Rosso & Roger Vicquéry

Discussant: Jay Hyun (U of Alberta)
12:15 - 1:45 

 Lunch

 Central Bank Interventions in the Open Economy, Chair: Joshua Aizenman (USC)
1:45-2:30

"Unconventional Monetary Policy Spillovers and the (In)convenience of Treasuries,” Karlye
Dilts Stedman (FRBKC) & Andrew Hanson

Discussant: Galina Hale (UCSC)
2:30 - 3:15 

“Optimal Foreign Exchange Interventions,” J. Scott Davis, Kevin Huang, Zheng Liu
(FRBSF) & Mark Spiegel

Discussant: Paul Bergin (UCD)

 
3:15 - 3:30 

 Break

 Bond Yields and Exchange Rates, Chair: Vito Cormun (SCU)
3:30-4:15

“Global Investors in Local-Currency Bond Markets: Implications for Bond Yields and
Exchange Rates,” Pierre De Leo (U of Maryland), Lorena Keller, Giuliano Simoncelli,
Mauricio Villamizar Villegas, Tomas Williams

Discussant: Thomas Mertens (FRBSF)
4:15 - 5:00 

“US Risk and Treasury Convenience,” Giancarlo Corsetti, Simon Lloyd. Emile Marin
(UCD), Daniel Ostry

Discussant: Wenhao Li (USC)
5:00 - 7:30 

Reception and  Dinner
 
 
People networking at WCWIF 2017 event.

The WCWIF 2025 organizing committee includes:

The organizing committee includes: Vito Cormun (co-chair), SCU; Helen Popper (co-chair) SCU; Sanjay Singh, FRBSF & UCD (co-chair); Joshua Aizenman, USC; Paul Bergin, UCD; Luigi Bocola, Stanford; Galina Hale, UCSC; Viktoria Hnatkovska, UBC; Mark Spiegel, FRBSF; Chenzi Xu, UCB.

The workshop is sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Department of Economics at Santa Clara University.