Call for Papers – Submission deadline:
Friday, March 12th, 2021
CEPR & 6th International Macroeconomics and Finance Conference
International Financial System in a Time of Turmoil
May 1-2, 2021
Virtual
Keio University will host the 6th International Macroeconomics and Finance conference (IMFC6) on “International Financial System in a Time of Turmoil” on May 1-2, 2021 in collaboration with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Korea University, The University of British Columbia, and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). The conference will be held in a virtual format from 10:00 to 16:00 on May 1st and from 10:00 to 13:00 on May 2ndin Japan Standard Time.
COVID19 has been exerting unprecedented impacts on the global economy. The number of international travellers has plummeted, and international trade has also dropped sharply. On the other hand, international financial transactions--such as FX trading--are very active, which partly reflects an accommodative monetary policy stance in reaction to the sluggish economic activities. All governments have embarked on an expansionary fiscal policy to maintain the standard of living. As a result, the concerns for long-run debt sustainability are growing as well. This conference hopes to bring together empirical and theoretical research on new challenges that the international financial system is currently facing. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- COVID 19 and its impact on the global economy
- Debt crisis and its spillovers
- External imbalances
- Trade and financial linkage
- Policy reactions in a global perspective
- Policy cooperation
- Exchange rate dynamics
- Trends in international financial transactions
- Inequality in open economies
Those interested in participating are invited to submit papers to [email protected]. The submission deadline is March 12th, 2021. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by March 26th, 2021.
The conference organizers are grateful for the financial support from JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Grant Number 18H03638.
Keynote Presenter
Carlos Vegh (Johns Hopkins University and NBER)
Organizing Committee
David Cook (HKUST)
Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia, CEPR and NBER)
Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University, ANU, and CEPR)
Jinill Kim (Korea University)
Kwanho Shin (Korea University)
Conference Secretary
Camilo Granados (PhD student, University of Washington)
