Annual Conference

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International Macroeconomics, Money & Banking

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May 2024

Foreign Discount in International Corporate Bonds

Zhe GENG
In the dollar-denominated corporate bond market, 42% of bonds with an amount outstanding of USD 5.9 Trillion are issued by non-US firms. Despite the increasing importance of cross-border financing, foreign issuers are paying an extra premium of 22 bps, compared with their US counterparts. A similar ...
Keywords: international corporate bonds, foreign discount, foreign squeeze, economic political uncertainty, home bias
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Webinar Series

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Pandemic

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Jun 2020

Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Prithwiraj (Raj) CHOUDHURY, Tarun KHANNA, Wesley W. KOO, Xina LI, Nishant KISHORE, Satchit BALSARI
During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of migrants around the world face food insecurity. This could force migrants to travel during the pandemic, exposing them to health risks and accelerating the spread of the virus. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates the importance of enforcing food security policies ...
Keywords: COVID-19, Migrants, Food Security, Mobility, Health Pandemics, Food, Distribution, policy, Global Range
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Annual Conference

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Trade, Growth and Development

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May 2025

Food Loss in Agricultural Value Chains

Daniel EHRLICH
Food loss is endemic in agricultural supply chains in developing countries. Reductions in food loss can be attained through two methods: decreasing the perishability of crops through investments in storage technologies or decreasing the length of time it takes farmers to find buyers for their harves...
Keywords: Trade, development, coordination frictions, agriculture, supply chains
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Annual Conference

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Real Estate and Urban Economics

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May 2025

Fiscal Stimulus Payments, Housing Demand, and House Price Inflation

Leming LIN
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. housing market experienced an unprecedented boom, with house prices climbing at record rates despite widespread economic disruptions. This paper studies whether the fiscal stimulus transfers— specifically the Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) and expanded Child...
Keywords: Stimulus payments, fiscal policies, housing demand, house prices, homeownership, inflation
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AMPF Papers

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Policy Note

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May 2023

Fiscal Events and Anchored Inflation Expectations

Ethan ILZETZKI
With inflation surging worldwide, some commentators have speculated whether inflation expectations have become unanchored. This policy note presents a framework to evaluate whether an inflationary spike is due to temporary shifts in policy or the real economy on one hand, or due to an unanchoring of...
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