About this conference
Hosted by the BIS Representative Office for the Americas, Mexico City, 9-10 August 2018.
Day 1 - 9 August
Chair: Benoit Mojon (BIS)
| Estimating the effect of exchange rate changes on total exports | Thierry Mayer (Science Po) and Walter Steingress (Bank of Canada) | Presentation, later published as BIS Working Papers, no 786 Discussant: Mike Waugh (NYU Stern School of Business) | Presentation |
| Asymmetries and non-linearities in exchange rate pass-through | Mina Kim (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), Logan T Lewis and Robert J Vigfusson (Federal Reserve Board) | Presentation Discussant: Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University) | Presentation |
| Retailer markup and exchange rate pass-through: evidence from the Mexican CPI micro data | Fernando Pérez-Cervantes (Bank of Mexico) | Presentation Discusssant: David Argente (University of Chicago) | Presentation |
| Industry Heterogeneity and Exchange Rate Pass-Through | Camila Casas (Bank of the Republic, Colombia) | Presentation, later published as BIS Working Papers, no 787 Discussant: Javier Cravino (University of Michigan) | Presentation |
Chair: Enrique Alberola (BIS)
| Effects of a Mandatory Local Currency Pricing Law On the Exchange Rate Pass-Through | Renzo Castellares and Hiroshi Toma (Central Reserve Bank of Peru) | Presentation, later published as BIS Working Papers, No 785 Discussant: Andres Drenik (Columbia University) | Presentation |
"What can online prices teach us about exchange rate pass-through?"
Roberto Rigobón (Massachusetts Intitute of Technology) | Presentation
Day 2 - 10 August
Chair: Fabrizio Zampolli (BIS)
| Exchange rate pass-through and monetary policy: an empirical evaluation | Horacio Aguirre and Gustavo González Padilla (Central Bank of Argentina) Discussant: Martín Tobal (Bank of Mexico) | Presentation |
| Exchange Rates and Prices: Evidence from the 2015 Swiss Franc Appreciation | Raphael Auer (BIS), Ariel Burstein (UCLA) and Sarah M Lein (University of Basel) Discussant: Andrei Levchenko (University of Michigan) | Presentation |
| Import prices and invoice currency: evidence from Chile | Fernando Giuliano (World Bank) and Emiliano Luttini (Central Bank of Chile) | Paper, presentation, later published as BIS Working Papers, No 784 Discussant: Joaquim Blaum (Brown University) | Presentation |