Thursday, April 27
Opening Plenary Session: Dealing with Debt: Reflections on the Inter-American Development Bank’s Flagship Report
Apr 27, 1:00 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- MODERATOR: Lee C. Buchheit, University of Edinburgh and Queen Mary University, London
- Monica de Bolle, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Deborah Brautigam, China-Africa Research Initiative and Johns Hopkins SAIS
- Jill Dauchy, Potomac Group
- Andrew Powell, Inter-American Development BankAffiliation
- Anahí Wiedenbrüg, Suramericana
2:45 PM-4:15 PM Parallel Sessions
For all parallel sessions, the presenting author is listed first. Presenters should speak for no more than 12 minutes; papers will be available on line. The chair/discussion opener will offer brief comments (aiming for no more than 8 minutes in total) to open the Q&A period.
Session 1A: Pricing Sovereign Risk
Apr 27, 2:45 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute)
- Jane Brauer (Bank of America) and Lucas Martin (Bank of America)Affiliation
- Matthew DiGuiseppe (Leiden University), Kathleen Brown (Leiden University) and Patrick Shea (University of Glasgow)AffiliationPresentation
- Jonah Rexer (Princeton University), Ethan Kapstein (Princeton University), Andrés Felipe Rivera-Triviño (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Cali)AffiliationPresentation
- Aart Kraay (World Bank Group), Clemens Graf Von Luckner (Sciences Po & World Bank Group), Sebastian Horn (World Bank), and Rita Ramalho (World Bank Group)AffiliationPresentationAn Empirical Model of Debt Distress in Low-Income Countries
Session 1B: Debt Management, Economic Policy, and the Law
Apr 27, 2:45 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 301
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Mark Aguiar (Princeton University)
- Anna Rogantini Picco ( Sveriges Riksbank), Francecso Bianchi (Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, CEPR and NBER) and Leonardo Melosi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and CEPR)AffiliationPresentation
- Sebastian Saiegh (UCSD) and Glen Biglaiser (University of North Texas)Affiliation
- Monica Widmann (UCLA)Affiliation
- Steve Pak Yeung Wu (UCSD) and Michael B. Devereux (University of British Columbia, NBER and CEPR)AffiliationPresentation
Session 1C: Sovereign Debt Roots and Branches
Apr 27, 2:45 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 397
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Juan Flores Zendejas (University of Geneva)
- Julien Acalin (Johns Hopkins University) and Laurence Ball (Johns Hopkins University)AffiliationPresentation
- Marc Flandreau (University of Pennsylvania)Affiliation
- Anna Gelpern (Georgetown Law and Peterson Institute for International Economics) and Stephen Lubben (Seton Hall University School of Law)Affiliation
- Francois Velde (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)Affiliation
Plenary Session: Sovereign Debt Architecture: Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here?
Apr 27, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall, Sir Arthur Lewis Auditorium
Speakers
- Welcoming remarks from Amaney Jamal
- Moderator: Layna Mosley, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Reza Baqir, Global Practice Leader of Alvarez & Marsal’s Sovereign Advisory Services. Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, and Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
- Martín Guzmán, Former Minister of Economy, Argentina; Columbia Business School
- Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Nicole Kearse, Acting Head of Capacity Building Unit, Head of Sovereign Finance, African Legal Support Facility
- Nishan de Mel, Executive Director, Verite Research Ltd., Sri LankaAffiliation
Friday, April 28
Plenary Session: Debt Data and Transparency: What Do We Know and What Should We Know?
Apr 28, 9:00 am
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- MODERATOR: Anna Gelpern (Georgetown Law and Peterson Institute for International Economics)
- Elena Duggar (Moody’s Investor Services)
- Matthias Goldmann (EBS University, Wiesbaden & Max Planck Institute for International Law)Presentation
- Alessandro Gullo (International Monetary Fund)Affiliation
- David Mihalyi (World Bank Group), co-authored with Sebastian Horn (World Bank Group), Philipp Nickol (Kiel Institute), and Cesar Sosa-Padilla (University of Notre Dame)AffiliationPresentation
- Diego Rivetti (World Bank Group)Affiliation
- Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute), co-authored with David Mihalyi (World Bank Group)Affiliation
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PARALLEL SESSIONS
For all parallel sessions, the presenting author is listed first. Presenters should speak for no more than 12 minutes; papers will be available on line. The chair/discussion opener will offer brief comments (aiming for no more than 8 minutes in total) to open the Q&A period.
Session 2A: New Approaches to Debt Sustainability and Debt Sustainability Analysis
Apr 28, 2023, 10:45 am
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Julia Gray, University of Pennsylvania
- Danny Bradlow (University of Pretoria), Stephen Park (University of Connecticut), and Rosa Lastra (Queen Mary University)PresentationLaw, Debt, and Sustainability: Rethinking the DSA Process
- Ekaterina Gratcheva (International Monetary Fund )
- Brian Gurhy (World Bank); Co-Authors: Dieter Wang (World Bank), Ekaterina Gratcheva (IMF), Anne-Marie Brook (HRMI), Susan Randolph (HRMI and the Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment Project, Univ. of Connecticut), and and K. Chad Clay (HRMI and GLOBISAffiliation
- Michael Waibel (University of Vienna)
Session 2B: Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Default and the Financial Sector
Apr 28, 2023, 10:45 am
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 301
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Mark Walker (Guggenheim Securities)
- Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano-Bicocca) and Lucas Argentieri Mariani (Economic Research Southern Africa and University of Milano-Bicocca)Affiliation
- Mattia Picarelli (European Stability Mechanism) and Aitor Erce (INARBE)Affiliation
- Dotse Tsikata (Gimpa Law School, Accra)Presentation
- Juan Flores Zendejas (University of Geneva)Affiliation
Session 2C: Defaults and the Domestic Economy
Apr 28, 2023, 10:45 am
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 397
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Isha Agarwal (University of British Columbia)
- Jonas Bunte (University of Vienna), Burkav Giray (University of Houston) and Patrick Shea (University of Glasgow)Affiliation
- Clemens Graf von Luckner (Sciences Po & World Bank Group), Juan P. Farah-Yacoub (Harvard), Rita Ramalho (World Bank Group), and Carmen Reinhart (Harvard University, NBER & CEPR)AffiliationPresentation
- Kris Mitchener (Santa Clara University and NBER), Jean Lacroix (RITM, Universite Paris-Saclay) and Kim Osterlink (CEBRIG, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management)
- Dania Thomas (Univeresity of Glasgow) and Sayantan Ghosal (University of Glasgow)AffiliationPresentation
1:30 PM-3:00 PM PARALLEL SESSIONS
For all parallel sessions, the presenting author is listed first. Presenters should speak for no more than 12 minutes; papers will be available on line. The chair/discussion opener will offer brief comments (aiming for no more than 8 minutes in total) to open the Q&A period.
Session 3A: Climate and Sovereign Finance
Location
Robertson Hall, Sir Arthur Lewis Auditorium
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Nadia van Huisstede, Netherlands Ministry of Finance
- Daniel Carvalho Cunha (National Treasury of Brazil), Giovanna Craverio (National Treasury of Brazil) and Marina Rossi (University of Brasília)
- Gong Cheng (Bank for International Settlements), Eric Jondreau (University of Lausanne) and Benoit Mojon (Bank for International Settlements)Affiliation
- Stephanie Fontana-Raina (International Monetary Fund) and Sebastian Grund (International Monetary Fund)Affiliation
- Ersi-Iliana Savvopoulou (Ministry of Finance, Council of Economic Advisors, Hellenic Republic)
Session 3B: Market Governance and Government Discipline
Location
Robertson Hall 001
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Adnan Mazarei, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Ben Cormier (University of Strathclyde) and Natali Naqvi (London School of Economics)Affiliation
- Sayantan Ghosal (University of Glasgow), Arthur Blouin (University of Toronto), Sharun W. Mukand (University of Warwick)Affiliation
- Josefin Meyer (DIW Berlin), Gita Gopinath (International Monetary Fund), Carmen Reinhart (Harvard University, NBER & CEPR), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute)Affiliation
- Diana Zigraiova (European Stability Mechanism), Aitor Erce (INARBE) and Xu Jiang (European Stability Mechanism)Affiliation
Session 3C: China’s Role in Sovereign Financing
Location
Robertson Hall 016
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Martin Kessler, Finance for Development Lab
- Lauren Ferry (University of Mississippi) and Alexandra Zeitz (Concordia University)AffiliationPresentation
- Bradley Parks (William and Mary), Sebastian Horn (World Bank), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute) and Carmen Reinhart (Harvard University, NBER & CEPR)Presentation
- Amanda Dos Santos (Columbia Business School), Christopher Clayton (Yale School of Management), Matteo Maggiori (Stanford University) and Jesse Schreger (Columbia Business School)Presentation
- Umesh Moramudali (University of Colombo) and Thilina Panduwawala (Frontier Research)Affiliation
Plenary Session: Frameworks, Roundtables and Clubs: Debt Governance and Debt Restructuring
Apr 28, 2023, 3:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall, Sir Arthur Lewis Auditorium
Speakers
- MODERATOR: Penelope HawkinsAffiliationUNCTAD
- Mma Amara Ekeruche, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of the Economies of AfricaPresentation
- Yannis Manuelides, Director, Elmar Advisors; former partner with Allen & Overy LLPAffiliation
- Andrea Presbitero, International Monetary FundAffiliation
- Nadia Spencer-Henry, Debt Manager, Ministry of Finance, Antigua and BarbudaAffiliation
Saturday, April 29
9:30 - 11:00 AM PARALLEL SESSIONS
For all parallel sessions, the presenting author is listed first. Presenters should speak for no more than 12 minutes; papers will be available on line. The chair/discussion opener will offer brief comments (aiming for no more than 8 minutes in total) to open the Q&A period.
Session 4A: The Political Economy of Debt Restructuring
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 301
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Mark Manger (University of Toronto)
- Chang He (UCLA), Tamon Asonuma (International Monetary Fund), and Marcos Chamon (International Monetary Fund)
- Hyungseok Joo (University of Surrey) and Tamon Asonuma (International Monetary Fund)Affiliation
- Andreas Kern (Georgetown University), Bernard Reinsberg and Patrick Shea (University of Glasgow)Affiliation
Session 4B: Intercreditor Equity
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Chris Canavan (Lion’s Head Global Partners)
- Cameron Ballard-Rosa (UNC Chapel Hill), Layna Mosley (Princeton University) and Peter Rosendorff (New York University)Affiliation
- Arturo Galindo (Inter-American Development Bank), Leopoldo Avella (Inter-American Development Bank), Tomas Gomez (Inter-American Development Bank) and Giulia Lotti (Inter-American Development Bank)Affiliation
- Diego Rivetti (World Bank Group)Affiliation
Session 4C: Distributional Considerations, Domestic and International
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 397
Speakers
- CHAIR AND DISCUSSION OPENER: Chanda Marina DeLong, International Monetary Fund
- Dennis Essers (National Bank of Belgium), Co-authored with Danny Cassimon (University of Antwerp) and Andrea Presbitero (International Monetary Fund)Affiliation
- Silvia Marchesi (Università Milano Bicocca), Co-authored with Lucas Argentieri Mariani (Università Milano Bicocca), Andrea Camilli (Prometeia), and Marta Giagheddu (University of Lund)Affiliation
- Daniel Reichert-Facilides (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer/Institute for Law and Finance, Frankfurt am Main)Affiliation
Closing Plenary: Reforms on the Table, and Those That Should Be
Apr 29, 11:15 am
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
Speakers
- MODERATOR: Ugo PanizzaAffiliationThe Graduate Institute, Geneva
- Era Dabla-NorrisAffiliationInternational Monetary Fund
- Iolanda FresnilloAffiliationEurodad
- Brad SetserAffiliationCouncil on Foreign Relations
- Mark SobelAffiliationUS Chair of Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
Lunch and Closing Remarks from the Organizers
Apr 29, 1:00 pm
For those remaining in Princeton on the afternoon of April 26, Princeton Arts Council’s Porchfest offers live music at locations in and around downtown, until 6pm.
