Conference Call for Papers

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Conference Call for Papers “Exchange Rates and External Adjustment” Zurich, June 24–25, 2016

e Swiss National B ank (SNB), the Internationa l Monetary Fund (IMF), and t he IMF Economic Review are inviti ng paper submissions for a

conference on “Excha nge Rates and Externa l Adjustment” to be held at the Swi ss National Bank in Zu rich, June 24-25, 2016.

We are particul arly interested in papers t hat address the follow ing topics:

• What is the impact of por tfolio choice on externa l rebalancing? Has t he recent rise in nanc ial fragmentation a ected the adjustment pro cess?

• Has external adju stment changed in a world of high l iquidity? What wi ll be the impact of the nor malization of moneta ry policy on exter nal

balances? W hat eect does the wides pread global use of key cu rrencies have on the internat ional transmission of p olicy changes?

• What impact do sovereig n risk and the sca l policy stance have on excha nge rates and externa l imbalances?

• Modelling str uctural equi librium exchange rates , current accounts, net foreig n asset, and market s hares. Assessing e xternal imbala nces and

misalignments.

• e macroeconomics of ext ernal adjustment: Wh at types of ows are asso ciated with changes i n current account bala nces? What is the role of

ocial ows for exte rnal adjustment? What is t he role played by scal polic y in the external adju stment process? How does the exch ange rate

regime interac t with the cross-borde r transmission of shock s through the na ncial account?

• e microeconomics of ext ernal adjustment: what i s the role of ERPT, rm entry, and th e J-curve for trade ba lances? What are the mic roeco-

nomic determin ants of expenditure sw itching?

Please send submis sions in Adobe PDF format to: SNBIMF2016@IMF.ORG. Please a lso contact this ema il account if you are wi lling to parti ci-

pate as a discus sant. Selected papers w ill be considered for public ation in a special issu e of the IMF Economic Review. Along with your subm is-

sion, please indic ate whether you also want to cont ribute to this issue (also s ubmissions that are not bein g submitted to the IMF Ec onomic

Review are welcome).

Deadline for pap er submission: Februar y 15, 2016 (authors of accepted p apers will be infor med by March 15). Preference will be g iven to submis-

sions of nished pape rs. e conference will f und economy-class travel a nd local accommodati on for speakers and disc ussants.

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