Information-Driven Volatility

Hengjie Ai, University of Wisconsin

Leyla Han, Boston University

Lai Xu, Syracuse University

 Presenter: Leyla Han, Boston University

 Discussant: Jun Li, The University of Texas at Dallas

Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve

Wenxin Du, University of Chicago

Benjamin Hebert, Stanford University

Wenhao Li, University of Southern California

 Presenter: Wenhao Li, University of Southern California

 Discussant: Tyler Muir, University of California, Los Angeles

Turbulent Business Cycles

Ding Dong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Pengfei Wang, Peking University

 Presenter: Ding Dong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 Discussant: Erik Loualiche, University of Minnesota

Trade Barriers and Sovereign Default Risk

George Alessandria, University of Rochester

Yan Bai, University of Rochester

Minjie Deng, Simon Fraser University

Chang Liu, University of Rochester

 Presenter: Chang Liu, University of Rochester

 Discussant: Vivian Yue, Emory University