International Finance and Macroeconomics.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics met in Cambridge on October 9, 2009. NBER Research Associates Charles Engel of the University of Wisconsin and Linda Tesar of the University of Michigan organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Andrew K. Rose, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, and Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, "Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: Early Warning" and "Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008: International Linkages and American Exposure" (NBER Working Paper No. 15357 and 15358)

* Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER, and Faisal Ahmed, University of Chicago, "The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data"

* Eduardo Borensztein, Inter-American Development Bank; Olivier Jeanne, Johns Hopkins University and NBER; and Damiano Sandri, IMF, "Macro-Hedging for Commodity Exporters"

* Nicolas...