Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee of the 2025 CEBRA Annual Meeting comprises:
Laura Alfaro (Harvard Business School)
Raphael Auer (BIS Innovation Hub, CEBRA)
Alberto Cavallo (Harvard Business School)
Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University, CEBRA)
Egon Zakrajšek (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Session Committees
Sessions Titles, Organizers and Committee Members
1. Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Shocks
Session organized by: Banco de España
Committee: Irina Balteanu, Irma Alonso, Rodolfo Campos and Javier Perez (Banco de España)
2. Spillovers of Advanced Economy Fiscal Policy onto Emerging Markets
Session organized by: Banco de México
Committee: Santiago Bazdresch
3. Women in Central Banking
We invite papers on any topics related to central bank policy (submissions from early-career women are particularly welcome).
Session organized by: Banca d’Italia
Committee: Federico Cingano, Sergio Santoro, Ilaria Supino and Roberta Zizza (Banca d’Italia)
4. Macroeconomic Policies, Perceptions and Expectations
Session organized by: Bank for International Settlements
Committee: Fiorella De Fiore and Damiano Sandri (Bank for International Settlements)
5. Fiscal Inflations, Past and Present
Session organized by: Bank of England
Committee: Michael Kumhof, Oliver Bush, Carlos Canon Salazar, Nick Vause and Andreas Joseph (Bank of England)
6. Monetary, Fiscal and Financial Stability Interactions in a Monetary Union
Session organized by: Bank of Finland
Committee: Esa Jokivuolle, Juha Kilponen and Iikka Korhonen, (Bank of Finland), Anton Korinek (University of Virginia)
7. Global Capital Flows and Monetary Policy Effectiveness
Session organized by: Bank of Israel
Committee: Itamar Caspi and Sigal Ribon (Bank of Israel)
8. Heterogeneous Firms and Aggregate Dynamics: Productivity, Growth, and Policy Implications
Session organized by: Bank of Japan
Committee: Satoko Kojima, Koji Takahashi and Daisuke Ikeda (Bank of Japan)
9. Central Bank Communication
Session organized by: Bank of Korea
Committee: Hosung Lim, In Do Hwang and Inhwan So (Bank of Korea)
10. Economic Impact of Aging
Session organised by: Bank of Korea
Committee: Taehyoung Cho, Dongweon Lee and Taekyung Kim (Bank of Korea)
11. Monetary Policy Transmission: Dynamics and Heterogeneity
Session organized by: Latvijas Banka and Eesti Pank
Committee: Karlis Vilerts and Olegs Tkacevs (Latvijas Banka), Alari Paulus and Tairi Rõõm (Eesti Pank)
12. Emerging Risks in International Finance
Session organized by: CEBRA’s International Finance and Macroeconomics (IFM) Program
Committee: Galina Hale (UC Santa Cruz) and Fernanda Nechio (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
13. International Trade and Macroeconomics
Session organized by: CEBRA’s International Trade and Macroeconomics Program
Committee: Yuhei Miyauchi (Boston University) and Viacheslav Sheremirov (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
14. International Macro-Finance and Monetary Policy
Session organized by: Center for Pacific Basin Studies and Center for Monetary Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Committee: Zheng Liu, Michael Bauer, Thuy-Lan Nguyen and Thomas Mertens (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
15. State-dependence in Monetary Policy Transmission
Session organized by: Central Bank of Ireland
Committee: David Byrne, Robert Goodhead, Dilan Aydin Yakut, and Gabriel Arce-Alfaro (Central Bank of Ireland)
16. Green Transition and Central Banking
Session organized by: Danmarks Nationalbank
Committee: Seho Kim, Alexander Dietrich and Dominic Cucic (Danmarks Nationalbank)
17. Monetary Policy Challenges in Times of Fiscal Imbalances and High Public Debt
Session organized by: De Nederlandsche Bank
Committee: Guido Ascari, Leonardo Melosi, Timo Haber and Kostas Mavromatis (De Nederlandsche Bank)
18. Geopolitics of Firms and Banks
Session organized by: Deutsche Bundesbank
Committee: Björn Imbierowicz and Martin Goetz (Deutsche Bundesbank)
19. Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission – Emerging Results from the ESCB ChaMP Network
Session organized by: European Central Bank, Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, Banca d'Italia, Öesterreichische Nationalbank and Banco de Portugal
Committee: Philipp Hartmann (European Central Bank), Emmanuel Dhyne (Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique), Margherita Bottero (Banca d'Italia), María T. Valderrama (Öesterreichische Nationalbank) and Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal)
20. Recent Advances in Understanding Inflation and Inflation Expectations
Session organized by: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Committee: Egon Zakrajsek and Philippe Andrade (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
21. Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics
Session organized by: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Center for Inflation Research
Committee: Damjan Pfajfar and Robert Rich (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
22. Implications of Aging Populations for Financial Markets and Institutions
Session organized by: Federal Reserve Board
Committee: Stephanie E. Curcuru, Ricardo Correa and Nathan Converse (Federal Reserve Board)
23. Assessing the Impact of Extreme Weather Events on the Financial System
Session organized by: Financial Stability Board
Committee: Michael Januska and Abhishek Srivastav
24. Global Trade Reallocation: Real, Financial and Monetary Implications
Session organized by: Harvard Business School
Committee: Laura Alfaro (Harvard Business School)
25. Micro Prices and Inflation
Session organized by: D3/HBS Pricing Lab
Committee: Alberto Cavallo (Harvard Business School)
26. Tokenization and Financial Markets
Session organized by: International Monetary Fund
Committee: Maria Martinez Peria and Rui C. Mano (International Monetary Fund)
27. Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission - Selected Research Papers from the ESCB ChaMP Network
Session organized by: Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique
Committee: Emmanuel Dhyne (Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique), María T. Valderrama (Österreichische Nationalbank), Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal), Margherita Bottero (Banca d'Italia) and Philipp Hartmann (European Central Bank)
28. Sustainable Finance
Session organized by: Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
Committee: Loriana Pelizzon and Florian Heeb (Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE)
29. Macroprudential Policies
Session organized by: Norges Bank
Committee: Knut Are Aastveit and Ragnar Juelsrud (Norges Bank)
30. The Changing Nature of Corporate Bond Markets: Implications for Productivity, Financial Stability and Capital Flows
Session organized by: OECD
Committee: Etienne Lepers, Carl Magnus Magnusson, Filiz Unsal and Fatih Ozturk (OECD)
31. Soft Landing and Stabilization Trade-Offs
Session organized by: Öesterreichische Nationalbank
Committee: Alex Grimaud and Thomas Zoerner (Öesterreichische Nationalbank)
32. Communicating Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets
Session organized by: South African Reserve Bank
Committee: Konstantin Makrelov, Christopher Loewald, Laurence Harris and Nicola Viegi (South African Reserve Bank)
33. Market Competition, Financial Frictions, and Firm Pricing
Session organized by: Sveriges Riksbank
Committee: Ulf Söderström, Xin Zhang and Valentin Schubert (Sveriges Riksbank)
34. The Role of Cash (Banknotes and Coins) in the Economy and the Determinants of Cash Demand and Usage
Session organized by: Swiss National Bank
Committee: Marc-Antoine Ramelet (Swiss National Bank)
35. New Theories and Evidence on Inflation and Inflation Expectations
Session organized by: CEBRA's "Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics” (IDD) Program
Committee: Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University, CEBRA)
36. Inflation Dynamics
Session organized by: CEBRA's "Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics” (IDD) Program
Committee: Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University, CEBRA)
Poster Session Committee
The Poster Session for Early-Career Economists is organized by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central bank of the Philippines).
Session Committee:
Zeno Ronald Abenoja
Veronica Bayangos
Maria Margarita Gonzales
Dennis Lapid