Center for Pacific Basin Studies

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Past Events

Research Conferences

  • Asia and the Global Financial Crisis
    Organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
    Santa Barbara, California October 19-20, 2009
    Agenda and papers
  • Conference: "Japan's Bubble, Deflation and Long-Term Stagnation"
    Sponsored jointly with ESRI, Japanese Cabinet Office; University of Chicago; Columbia University
    December 11-12, 2008
    Agenda
  • Annual Pacific Basin Conference
    September 19-20, 2008
    Program and papers
  • Conference: "Global Liquidity and East Asia Economies"
    Organized jointly with HKIMR and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong, China
    June 26-27, 2008
    Agenda
  • Senior Policymaker Seminar: "Managing Capital Flows"
    Organized jointly with the World Bank, Bank of England, Bank of France
    April 29-May 2, 2008
  • Annual Pacific Basin Conference
    June 8-9, 2007
    Agenda
  • Annual Pacific Basin Conference
    June 16-17, 2006
    Agenda Summary
  • Annual Conference: "External Imbalances and Adjustment in the Pacific Basin"
    September 22-23, 2005
    Agenda Summary
  • Symposium: "Revived Bretton Woods System: A New Paradigm for Asian Development?"
    Sponsored jointly with the Clausen Center for International Business & Policy, U.C. Berkeley
    February 4, 2005
    Agenda Summary
  • Conference: "Emerging Markets and Macroeconomic Volatility: Lessons from a Decade of Financial Debacles"
    Sponsored jointly with the Center for International Economics, University of Maryland
    June 4-5, 2004
    Agenda Summary
  • Senior Policymaker Seminar: "Capital Flows, Monetary Policy and Current Issues in International Finance"
    Organized Jointly with the World Bank
    February 23-26, 2004
    Agenda
  • Conference: "Financial Issues in the Pacific Basin Region"
    Sponsored jointly with the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
    September 26-27, 2002
    Agenda Summary
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Recent Research

global financial integration
Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: International Linkages and American Exposure

FRBSF Working Paper 09-18 :: Rose and Spiegel

This paper models the causes of the 2008 financial crisis together with its manifestations, using a multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) model. Despite the fact that we use a wide number of possible causes in a flexible statistical framework, we are unable to find strong evidence that international linkages can be clearly associated with the incidence of the crisis. In particular, countries heavily exposed to either American assets or trade seem to behave little differently than other countries; if anything, countries seem to have benefited slightly from American exposure. More »

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