The aim of the conference is to gather high quality recent research that explores the causes and consequences of sovereign default from three different, complementary perspectives: theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, macro-finance modeling, as well as economic history.

The event will cover both theoretical and empirical analyses of the functioning of the international monetary system. The following topics are likely to be covered: • the interplay between domestic policy frameworks and the international monetary system; • the role of ‘rules of the game’...

The aim of this conference is to take stock of a number of recent studies that aim at assessing the evolution of firms' financing during the crisis and of its consequences for their default risk and survival. Besides two keynote lectures by David Scharfstein (Harvard Business School and NBER)...