These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
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Jaewoo Lee (International Monetary Fund)

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM
Session: New Models of International Business Cycles (AEA)
Presiding: Paolo Presenti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

A New Open-Macro Interpretation of International Fluctuations
Soyoung Kim (Korea University)
Jaewoo Lee (International Monetary Fund)

Information Immobility and the Home Bias Puzzle
Laura Veldkamp (New York University)
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (New York University)
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The Long Run Determinants of the US External Imbalances
Andrea Ferrero (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
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Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM
Session: International Reserves (AEA)
Presiding: Ricardo Caballero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Financial versus Monetary Mercantilism -- Long-run View of Large International Reserves Hoarding
Joshua Aizenman (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Jaewoo Lee (International Monetary Fund)
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International Reserves in Emerging Market Countries: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Olivier Jeanne (International Monetary Fund)

The Cost of Reserves
Eduardo Levy Yeyati (Universidad Di Tella)
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Allocation of International Reserves Across Asset Classes
Richard Portes (London Business School)
Elias Papaioannou (European Central Bank)
Grigorios Siourounis (London Business School)


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