Scientific and Session Committees 2025

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 

Session organized by: Banca d’Italia 

Committee: Federico Cingano, Sergio Santoro, Ilaria Supino and Roberta Zizza (Banca d’Italia) 

Note: The presenting author must be female, though there are no gender restrictions for co-authors. Submissions from early-career women are especially encouraged. 

  

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 and Macro Finance 

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 Climate-Related Vulnerabilities in 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)

Poster Session Committee

The Poster Session for Early-Career Economists is organized by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central bank of the Philippines).