Research Events

Conference on International Economics

October 3 – 4, 2025

Mexico City

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the University of Houston and the Banco de México will host the 10th Annual Conference on International Economics, Oct. 3–4, 2025, in Mexico City.

Agenda

Friday, October 3
8:15 a.m.	Registration and breakfast
8:45 a.m.	Welcome remarks
9:00 a.m.	Hidden Debt Revelations
	Cesar Sosa-Padilla, Notre Dame University; with Sebastian Horn, David Mihalyi and Phillip Nickol Discussant: Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Aggregate and Cross-Sectional Spending Multipliers
	Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago Discussant: Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University
11:15 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Policy session (by invitation)
	Lorie Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Moderator: Aldo Heffner, Banco de México
12:15 p.m.	Lunch break
1:45 p.m.	Green Development
	Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago; with Jose-Luis Cruz and Klaus Desmet Discussant: Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Strategic (Dis)Integration
	John Sturm Becko, Princeton University; with Daniel G. O’Connor Discussant: Chris Clayton, Yale University
4:00 p.m.	Break
4:15 p.m.	The Tariff Tax Cut: Tariffs as Revenue
	George Alessandria, University of Rochester; with Jiaxiaomei Ding, Shafaat Khan and Carter B. Mix Discussant: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan
5:15 p.m.	Special session with former heads of the Banco de México Research Directorate, hosted by Alejandrina Salcedo (in Spanish)
Saturday, October 4
8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs
	Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; with Louphou Coulibaly Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University
9:30 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m.	The Impacts of Legal Temporary Migration
	Melanie Morten, Stanford University Discussant: Ferdinando Monte, Georgetown University
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Aggregate Efficiency with Heterogeneous Agents
	Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles; with David Baqaee Discussant: Michael Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
12:00 p.m.	Closing remarks