Debt, Deficits, and Global Imbalances — 15th Annual JRCPPF Conference

JRCPPF 15th Annual Conference
Speakers:
Kenneth Rogoff
Michael Pettis
Hyun Song Shin

Series

Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance Event

Date & Time

February 19/20, 2026
3:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Location

Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building

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Julis Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF)
15th Annual Conference | February 19-20, 2026

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Thursday, February 19, 2026 Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
3:15	Welcome & opening remarks: Atif Mian, Princeton University
3:15 – 4:45 PM	SESSION 1: Credit Cycles and Financial Crises Moderator: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University Emil Verner *18, Assistant Professor of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Schreiber Family Professor of Economics, Brown University Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics and Real Estate, National University of Singapore
5:00 – 6:00 PM	Opening Keynote: Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor, Harvard University Moderator: Layna Mosley, Princeton University
6:00 – 7:00 PM	Reception for all conference attendees (Perel Atrium)
Friday, February 20, 2026 Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
9:00 – 9:30 AM	Keynote: Michael Pettis, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Moderator: Wei Xiong, Princeton University
9:30 – 10:45 AM	SESSION 2: Cross-Border Credit: Sectoral Allocation and Its Consequences Moderator: Wei Xiong, Princeton University Michael Pettis, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Luca Fornaro, Professor, Barcelona School of Economics Bruno Pellegrino, Professor of Finance, Columbia University Karsten Müller, Presidential Young Professor and Assistant Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM	SESSION 3: Debt, Inequality, and the Dynamics of Labor Moderator: Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University Ludwig Straub, Professor of Economics, Harvard University Julia Fonseca *19, Associate Professor of Finance, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alexandre Gaillard, Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University
12:30 – 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM	Closing Keynote: Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, BIS Moderator: Harold James, Princeton University
2:30 – 2:45 PM	Closing remarks: Atif Mian