About the conference
Under the auspices of the Consultative Council for the Americas (CCA), the Americas Office organises Annual Research Conferences, workshops and conferences for the research networks.
Co-hosted with the Bank of Canada, Central Bank of Chile and the IMF, Ottawa, 26-27 October 2023.
Day 1 - 26 October
13:00 - 13:15
Jim MacGee, Managing Director, Economic and Financial Research, Bank of Canada
Mariana García, Head of Economic Research Department, Central Bank of Chile
13:15 - 14:45
Chair: Jim MacGee (Bank of Canada)
| "Productivity, investment and wealth dynamics under financial frictions" | Alvaro Aguirre, Matias Tapia, Lucciano Villacorta (Central Bank of Chile) Discussant: Jordi Jaumandreu (Boston University) |
| "Moore's Law and Economic Growth" | Pablo Azar (NY Fed) Discussant: Laurent Cavenaile (University of Toronto) |
15:15 - 18:00
Chair: Gustavo Adler (IMF)
| "Inflation expectations measurement and its effect on inflation dynamics in Colombia" | Andrés Sánchez-Jabba (Central Bank of Colombia) Discussant: Mariana García (Central Bank of Chile) |
| "Unconventional credit policy in an economy with supply and demand credit frictions" | Jorge Pozo and Youel Rojas (Central Reserve Bank of Peru) Discussant: Albert Queralto (Fed Board) |
| "The impact of ICTs on banks, credit and savings: an examination of Brazil" | Flavia Alves (Central Bank of Brazil) (later published as BIS Working Papers, no 1174) Discussant: Jinyuan Zhang (UCLA Anderson School of Management) |
Day 2 - 27 October
08:30 - 08:45
Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
08:45 - 11:30
Chair: Carola Muller (Bank for International Settlements)
| "Technology Adoption and the Latin American TFP Gap" | Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp (Board Fed), Maya Eden and Ha Nguyen Discussant: Enisse Kharroubi (Bank for International Settlements) |
| "Unconditional convergence in the Mexican manufacturing sector" | Alex Rivadeneira (Bank of Mexico) (later published as BIS Working Papers, no 1186) Discussant: Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) |
| "Growth expectations and the dynamics of firm entry" | Enisse Kharroubi (Bank for International Settlements) Discussant: Matteo Cacciatore (HEC Montreal) |
12:00 - 13:15
Chair: Jon Frost (Bank for International Settlements)
Participants: Fernanda Guardado (Central Bank of Brazil), Alejandrina Salcedo (Bank of Mexico), Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) and Gustavo Adler (IMF)
14:30 - 16:00
Chair: Carola Müller (Bank for International Settlements)
| "Allocative efficiency and the productivity slowdown" | Lin Shao and Rongsheng Tang (Bank of Canada) (later published as BIS Working Papers, no 1185) Discussant: Samuel Pienknagura (IMF) |
| "Cross-border impacts of climate policy packages in North America" | Jean-Marc Fournier, Tannous Kass-Hanna, Liam Masterson, Anne-Charlotte Paret and Sneha Thube (IMF) Discussant: Nicholas Rivers (University of Ottawa) |
16:00 - 16:15
Jon Frost, Head of Economics for the Americas, Bank for International Settlements Americas Office
The presenters of the papers are in bold.