| Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 6G Different Perspectives on Relative Price Changes: Remittances and Economic Conditions |
Organizers: |
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas |
Session Chairs: |
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University |
Papers: |
"Remittances and Relative Prices" "Price Differences Across Colombian Cities: Gravity or the Guerillas?" "Remittances and Segmented Markets" |
Discussants: |
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University |
| Saturday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 6H Monetary Policy: Central Bank Preferences Regarding Inflation and Exchange Rates |
Organizers: |
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas |
Session Chairs: |
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas |
Papers: |
"Exchange Market Pressure: Empirical Evidence from Latin America Countries" "Better Inflation Performance in the Emerging Market Countries: Improved Monetary Policy, Structural Change or Plain Good Luck?" "Inflation Targeting or Fear of Floating in Disguise: A DSGE Approach" |
Discussants: |
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University |
| Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 6L Transmission Mechanisms: Monetary Policy and Rates of Information Arrivals |
Organizers: |
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas |
Session Chairs: |
Yelena Takhtamanova, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
Papers: |
"Household Credit and Monetary Policy Transmission" "Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy Using FAVAR: The Cases of Brazil and Mexico" "Revising the Sticky-Information Phillips Curve" |
Discussants: |
Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University |