Joint Workshop: The Economics of Digital Currencies
October 7-9, 2020
SaMMF is pleased to host a workshop on the economics of digital currencies, organized jointly with the Bank of Canada, Rutgers University, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
The workshop consists of 9 papers spread over three days. Each paper will have 30 minutes for the speaker to present, 10 minutes for the discussant and 15 minutes of Q&A. The program is below.
Program
Wednesday – October 7
8:55-9:00 am EST – Welcome and Housekeeping Remarks
9:00-9:55 am EST
- Michael Kumhof (Bank of England) presenting “The Macroeconomics of Central-Bank-Issued Digital Currencies” with John Barrdear (Bank of England) [Slides]
- Discussant: James Chapman (Bank of Canada) [Slides]
9:55-10:00 am EST – Coffee Break
10:00-10:55 am EST
- Bryan Routledge (Carnegie Mellon) presenting “Currency Stability Using Blockchain Technology” with Ariel Zetlin-Jones (Carnegie Mellon) [Slides]
- Discussant: Bruno Sultanum (Richmond Fed) [Slides]
10:55 – 11:00 am EST – Coffee Break
11:00-11:55 am EST
- Michael Choi (UC Irvine) presenting “More on Money Mining and Price Dynamics: Competing and Divisible Currencies” with Guillaume Rocheteau (UC Irvine) [Slides]
- Discussant: Luis Araujo (Michigan State University) [Slides]
Thursday – October 8
9:00-9:55 am EST
- Stephen Williamson (Western University) presenting “Central Bank Digital Currency and Flight to Safety“ [Slides]
- Discussant: Francesca Carapella (Board of Governors) [Slides]
9:55-10:00 am EST – Coffee Break
10:00-10:55 am EST
- Seyed Mohammadreza Davoodalhosseini (Bank of Canada) presenting “Central Bank Digital Currency and Monetary Policy” [Slides]
- Discussant: Mariana Rojas Breu (Université Paris Dauphine) [Slides]
10:55 – 11:00 am EST – Coffee Break
11:00-11:55 am EST
- Cyril Monnet (Bank for International Settlements) presenting “Central Bank Digital Currency: Stability and Information“ with Todd Keister (Rutgers University) [Slides]
- Discussant: Rod Garratt (University of California, Santa Barbara) [Slides]
Friday – October 9
9:00-9:55 am EST
- Chien-Chiang Wang (National Taiwan University) presenting “Cryptocurrency, Imperfect Information, and Fraud” with Yiting Li (National Taiwan University) [Slides]
- Discussant: Thorsten Koeppl (Queen’s University) [Slides]
9:55-10:00 am EST – Coffee Break
10:00-10:55 am EST
- Maarten van Oordt (Bank of Canada) presenting “Entrepreneurial Incentives and the Role of Initial Coin Offerings” with Rodney J. Garratt (UC Santa Barbara) [Slides]
- Discussant: Linda Schilling (École Polytechnique CREST) [Slides]
10:55 – 11:00 am EST – Coffee Break
11:00-11:55 am EST
- Tsz-Nga Wong (Richmond Fed) presenting “Payments on Digital Platforms: Resiliency, Interoperability and Welfare” with Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) [Slides]
- Discussant: Charlie Kahn (University of Illinois) [Slides]