The 86th International Atlantic Economic Conference held in New York, 11-14 October 2018 brought together economists and finance experts from all around the world to discuss the changing economic landscape of the past, present and future. This year’s conference featured a lineup of speakers, including Professor Raquel Fernández who delivered the 2018 William S. Vickrey Distinguished Address, Professor Ann Harrison who delivered the 2018 Presidential Address and the “Source of Financial Stability” Plenary Panel. If you attended the conference or you are curious about what you missed follow the links below to view the web program and photos taken throughout the conference. Special thanks to all who attended!
Highlights Included:
Raquel Fernández, 2018 William S. Vickrey Distinguished Address:
“Cultural Change in the 20th Century”
Raquel Fernández, Professor, Department of Economics, New York University, is also a member of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance at the University of Oslo, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Institute for Labor Economics. She was previously a professor at the London School of Economics and Boston University. She served as Director of the CERP Public Policy Program, Panel Member of the National Science Foundation and Program Committee Member of the Social Science Research Council. She also served as Co-Editor, Journal of International Economics and Associate Editor, Review of Economic Dynamics and Economia. Currently she is on the Executive Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association and an advisor to the World Bank’s World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. She is the recipient of several National Science Foundation grants, a Spencer Fellowship from the National Academy of Education, a National Fellow at the Hoover Institute and a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. Her most recent research is on culture and economics, development and gender issues, inequality, and political economy.
Ann Harrison, 2018 Presidential Address:
“Industrial Policy: Past, Present, and Future”
Ann Harrison is William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2010-2011 she was Director of Development Policy at the World Bank. From 2001-2011, she was a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California-Berkeley. Her most recent books are The Factory-Free Economy, Development Challenges in a Postcrisis World, and Globalization and Poverty. Her research is in the areas of emerging markets, multinational firms, international trade, productivity, and labor markets. She has lectured widely, including at most major U.S. universities and in India, China, Latin America, Europe, the Philippines, and North Africa. Her most recent work evaluates the impact of anti-sweatshop campaigns and corporate social responsibility; the linkages between globalization of firms, worker wages and employment; the effectiveness of industrial policy; and determinants of productivity growth in China and India.
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Plenary Panel: “Source of Financial Stability”
Chair and Organizer: Robert Z. Aliber, University of Chicago—U.S.A.
Gylfi Zoëga, University of Iceland, From a capital account surplus to a current account deficit View Presentation
Gylfi Zoëga is University of Iceland Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck College University of London. His area of specialization is macroeconomics and labor economics. Among his numerous articles, several are co-authored with Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps, in particular a book on structural slumps. He has been an active contributor to economic policy debates in Iceland.
Brendan Brown, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group—United Kingdom, Inflation and the boom-bust cycle in corporate leverage View Presentation
Brendan Brown is Head of Economic Research at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International and an associate scholar at the Mises Institute. He is a monetary economist specializing in the Austrian School, European monetary integration, and the global flow of capital and has written several books on contemporary finance and financial history. Dr. Brown has also developed unique tools for market analysis including insights from behavioral finance.
Robert Z. Aliber, University of Chicago—U.S.A., How much capital should a bank have?
Robert Z. Aliber is Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance at the University of Chicago. He has consulted for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and testified before Congress. He has written extensively about currency pricing shock, exchange rates, financial crises, and international banking relationships. He is probably best known for predicting the Icelandic financial crisis several years before it occurred.
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2018 Best Undergraduate Paper Competition Winner and Finalists:
Winner:
Iuliia Vasileva, Lafayett College—U.S.A., The Effect of Inflation Targeting on Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Developing Countries View Presentation
Finalists:
Paul C. Noller, University of Warwick—United Kingdom, Evaluating the Credibility of the European Bank Bail-in Commitment View Presentation
Donato A. Onorato, University of Pennsylvania—U.S.A., Robotos, Unions, and Aging: Determinants of Robot Adoption Using Evidence from Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Countries View Presentation
Maria Polyakova, University of Warwick—United Kingdom, Child Marriage and Female Educational Attainment: An Investigation Into a Complex Relationship Using Nigerian Data. (not pictured)