Seminar Presentations

University of Cologne, Conference on Women in Macroeconomics, "Financial Frictions and International Risk Sharing", November 2017.

SAIS, John Hopkins University, "World Economic Outlook: Global Prospects and Policy", November 30th, 2016

George Washington University, "World Economic Outlook: Global Prospects and Policy", October 27th, 2016

Bank of International Settlements, August 18-19th, 2016, Conference on “The Commodity Cycle: Macroeconomic and Financial Stability Implications,” Discussion of Bejarano, Hamann, Mendoza and Rodriguez, “Learning if you are rich or poor: Commodity Price Cycles and Financial Frictions in a Naturally Rich Economy”
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Goethe University, June 29, 2016 "Default Premium"
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Central Bank of Iceland, April 28-29th, 2016 Conference on Capital Flows, Systemic Risk and Policy Responses, Discussant
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Bank of Canada, April 25th, 2016 Conference on commodity prices, Paper: World Food Prices and Monetary Policy
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International Monetary Fund, Press Briefing on the Analytical Chapters of the World Economic Outlook, March 2016
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University of Osnabrück, November 24th, 2015, Paper: Default Premium

University of Oxford, All Souls College, November 19th, 2015, Paper: Default Premium

Central Bank of Latvia, High-level conference on "Quo Vadis Europe?", October 28th, 2015, Panel Discussant. Topic: Debt and Growth
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Peterson Institute of International Economics, Conference on Currency Wars, April 2nd, 2013
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Swiss National Bank, Presentations on the IMF's External Assessment Methodology and on External Liabilities and Crisis Risk , July 24th-25th, 2012. Download Presentation Slides

European Central Bank, Presentation on the IMF's External Assessment Methodology, June 25th, 2012. Download Presentation Slides

Central Bank of Turkey, Conference on Commodity Price Movements and Monetary Policy, Istanbul, April 6-7th, 2012. Download Presentation Slides

Central Bank of Bolivia Annual Conference, World Food Prices and Monetary Policy, La Paz, July 2011

NBER Summer Camp 2011, paper on “Sudden Stops and Sovereign Defaults” , Cambridge, Mass, July 2011.

Society of Economic Dynamics Conference, “Sudden Stops and Sovereign Defaults” (co-authored with Ana Fostel and Romain Ranciere), June 2011.

Bank of Italy, seminar on Global Commodity Inflation, October 2010

​Brazilian Planning Ministry Research Institute (IPEA), seminar on Formal Credit and Formal Employment in Brazil, September 2010

Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), seminar on World Food Prices and Monetary Policy, September 2010

World Econometric Society Conference, Shanguai, paper on World Food Prices and Monetary Policy, August 2010

International Monetary Fund, seminar on World Food Prices and Monetary Policy, August 2010

Central Bank of Chile, Conference on Monetary Policy Under Financial Turbulence, paper on monetary transmission in Brazil and Chile, 23-24th, Nov. 2009

European Econometric Society Conference, paper on Food and Monetary Policy, August 22-24th, 2009

University of Manchester, Business Cycle Conference, paper on Common Factors in Latin America’s Business Cycles, June 29-30th, 2009

CEPAL, Conference Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Discussant of paper on Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Chile, April 10-11th, 2008

Federal Reserve Board of New York, Conference on Exchange Rates and Prices, New York, December 6-7th, 2007IMF, Western Hemisphere Department Seminar, paper on Monetary Transmission in Brazil, November 28th, 2007

Central Bank of Brazil, Annual Inflation Target Conference, paper on Monetary Transmission in Brazil, August 24th, 2007

University of Warwick, World Economy and Global Finance Workshop, paper on Persistent Gaps and Default Traps, July 13th, 2007

George Washington University, Lecture on International Capital Flows (April 23, 2007)

IMF, Financial Globalization Conference, paper on Persistent Gaps and Default Traps, April 24-26, 2007 Washington, DC.

NBER International Finance Meeting, paper on Persistent Gaps and Default Traps, (Boston, March, 2007)

Inter-American Development Bank, seminar presentation on Sovereign Defaults (Washington, January 2007)

LACEA annual conference (Mexico, October 2006), paper on persistent gaps and default traps

European Econometric Society Conference (Vienna, August 2006), paper on persistent gaps and default traps

PUC-Rio de Janeiro, macro seminar, paper on Latin America’s Business Cycles (July, 2006)

World Bank, macro seminar, paper on Latin America’s Business Cycles (March, 2006)

Harvard University Workshop, paper on Export-led growth in Brazil and Mexico (February, 2006)

American Economic Association conference, paper on (Boston, January 2006)

Inter-American Development Bank, paper on Latin America’s Business Cycles (November, 2005)

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Policy: Present and Past conference (Viena, September, 2005)