World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile

• The Post-2008 Boom in Foreign Currency Corporate Bonds: Why Emerging Markets Go Large
  Charles Calomiris, Mauricio Larrain, Sergio Schmukler, and Tomas Williams, VoxEU Column, February 28, 2022
• The Boom in Corporate Borrowing after the Global Financial Crisis: Different Tales from East Asia and Latin America
  Facundo Abraham, Juan J. Cortina, and Sergio L. Schmukler, Research and Policy Brief No. 42, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, February 18, 2021
• Hibernation: Keeping Firms Afloat During the COVID-19 Crisis
  Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, Mauricio Larrain, and Sergio Schmukler, VoxEU Column, April 23, 2020
• Financing Firms in Hibernation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, Mauricio Larrain, and Sergio Schmukler, Research and Policy Brief No. 30, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, April 13, 2020
• Using Big Data to Expand Financial Services : Benefits and Risks
  Facundo Abraham, Sergio Schmukler, and José Tessada, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, November 2019
• Financial Innovation and Additionality: The Power of Economic Analysis and Data Analytics
  Facundo Abraham, Sergio Schmukler, and José Tessada, Research and Policy Brief No. 23, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, June 2019
• Robo-Advisors: Investing through Machines
  Facundo Abraham, Sergio Schmukler, and José Tessada, Research and Policy Brief No. 21, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, February 2019
• Corporate Borrowing in Emerging Markets: Fairly Long Term, but Only for a Few
  Juan Cortina, Tatiana Didier, and Sergio Schmukler, Research and Policy Brief No. 18, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, October 2018
• The Fintech Revolution: A Threat to Global Banking?
  Juan Cortina and Sergio Schmukler, Research and Policy Brief No. 14, World Bank Research and Development Center in Chile and East Asia & Pacific Chief Economist Research Center, April 2018

UPCOMING 

• 20 Years of Research, Data, and Analytics on Poverty, Inequality and Human Capital
  February 2, 2023 | 9:00am - 12:00pm EST | Register (Zoom)

PAST

• Services and Structural Transformation Workshop
  February 1, 9:00am - 5:00pm EST
• Macro/Trade/Finance Seminar Series: The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level and Expectations and the Neutrality of Interest Rates | John Cochrane (Stanford University)
  February 1, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00pm EST
• 7th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference
  January 30-31, 2023
• IFC Flagship Conference on Competition and Productivity: Fostering Private Sector Growth
  January 23-24, 2023
• The long and unequal road to recovery after COVID-19: Results of the High-Frequency Phone Surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean Region 2021
  November 14, 10:00 - 11:00am ET
• The Global Findex, Financial Inclusion & Resilience
  November 15, 10:00 - 11:30am ET
• Shocks and Global Imbalances: Conflicts, Migration and Climate Change
  November 2, 2022, 9:00am - 12:00pm ET | Join using Zoom
• The road to equality: New approaches to closing the fiscal gap 
  English | Español
  Watch in English | Ver en español
  October 6, 2022, 12:00pm ET
• LCR Economics Seminar Series: "Does Countercyclical Fiscal Policy Pay? The Relevance of Fiscal Acyclicality"
  October 5, 2022, 10:00am - 12:30pm ET | Join using Webex
• 4th Washington Area International Finance Symposium
  September 23 | Register (In Person) | Connect (Virtual)
• 4th World Bank Tax Conference: Global Tax Equity
  September 22-23 | Virtual Registration
• 7ª Conferencia de Desarrollo y Estabilidad Financiera de la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF) 
  August 26, September 2, and September 9, 2022
• Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2022: Recovery, Reform, and Business Environment
  June 21-24, 2022
• LCR Economics Seminar: The Good, the Bad, and the not-so Ugly of Credit Booms: Capital Allocation and Financial Constraints
  June 27, 2:00 - 3:30 EST
  Speaker: Claudio Raddatz (University of Chile)
  Discussant: Ana Paula Cusolito (World Bank)
  Chair: William Maloney (World Bank)
• LCR Seminar | The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality | Video
  May 10, 2022
  Speaker: Oded Galor (Brown University) | Presentation
  Discussant: Felipe Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia) | Comments
  Discussant: Sergio Schmukler (World Bank) | Comments
  Chair: William Maloney (World Bank)
• MTI Seminar | The Economics of Sovereign Debt and Default: An Analysis of Debt Dilution | Video
  May 5, 2022
  Speaker: Mark Aguiar (Princeton University) | Presentation
  Discussant: Sergio Schmukler (World Bank) | Comments
  Chair: Marcello Estevão (World Bank)
• Call for applications to the Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (due April 4, 2022) 
• ASSA Annual Meetings 2022
  Jan 7-9, 2022, Boston
  Session: Firm Performance during Crises | Watch the Video
  Organizer: Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
  Chair: Jose Tessada (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
  
• LACEA-LAMES Annual Meetings 2021
  October 20-22, 2021
  Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
  Session: Firm Performance during Crises
  Organizer: Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
  Chair: Andrea Repetto (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)
  
• 3rd World Bank Tax Conference: New Tax Instruments
  September 30-October 1, 2021
  
• Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2021: Global Unrest
  June 21–25, 2021
  
• From Micro to Macro: Using Micro Data to Understand Macroeconomics and Public Policy
  May 7, 2021 | 12-1:30 pm (USA, ET / Chile) | 11 am-12:30 pm, Colombia
• De lo Micro a lo Macro: Usando Datos Micro para Entender la Macroeconomía y la Política Pública
  7 de Mayo 2021 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm (USA, ET / Chile) | 11 am - 12:30 pm, Colombia
• Call for applications to the Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (due April 30, 2021)
• ASSA Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2021, Session on Firm Financing in Global Markets, Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM), organized by Sergio Schmukler (World Bank) and Tomas Williams (George Washington University), eSeminar. Those registered at the conference can watch the sessions here until March 1. A video recording of this session will be available after March 1, 2021. 
• Recovery from the Pandemic across the World: Balancing Short-term and Long-term Concerns (en Español), November 11, 2020, eSeminar in English | Watch the video | Presentations: Loayza | Milesi-Ferretti | Parrado |  Covid eSeminar Series.
• Conference on Financial Development and Stability, July 24, 2020, Santiago, Chile, organized with the SBIF, CMF, the World Bank Research & Development Center in Chile, ASBA, and Universidad Adolfo Ibañez. Postponed.
• The Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America, May 19, 2020, eSeminar, organized with the Universidad Adolfo Ibánez, Video (English) and event materials (Press coverage: ADN Radio, Americas Quarterly, Diario Financiero, The Economist, La Tercera, Project Syndicate).

Excerpts (in English with Spanish subtitles)
How severe will the crisis be? (Twitter|Youtube)
Should countries aim for large stimulus packages? (Twitter|Youtube)
Will payment systems be at risk? (Twitter|Youtube)
Should governments try to save firms? (Twitter|Youtube)
Will there be enough international support? (Twitter|Youtube)
Can the crisis be an opportunity for economic reform? (Twitter|Youtube)

• Financial Sector Policies to Salvage Firms Hit by COVID-19, April 29, 2020, eSeminar.
  Video and event materials | World Bank Research and Policy Brief No. 30, April 13, 2020.
• Financiamiento de Empresas Hibernando durante el Coronavirus, April 22, 2020, eSeminar.
  (Financing Firms in Hibernation during the Coronavirus Pandemic), organized with the Universidad Católica de Chile, Video (Español) and events materials, World Bank Research and Policy Brief No. 30, April 13, 2020.
• ASSA Annual Meeting 2020, January 3-5, 2020, San Diego, US. 
  Session on Financial Intermediation in Emerging Economies, organized with the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM).
• ASSA Annual Meeting 2019, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, US. 

Session on Money, Credit and Corporate Finance in Emerging Markets, organized with the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM).
Session on Financial Development, organized with the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM).

• LACEA-LAMES 18th Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2018, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  Session on Bancarization, organized with the Bank for International Settlements and ESPOL University.
• Presentation of the Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018, July 5, 2018, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Sede Presidente Errázuriz, Sala Naranja, Santiago, Chile.
• Seminar on Capital Flows, Equity Issuance Activity, and Corporate Investment, July 4, 2018, Comisión para el Mercado Financiero, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 1449, Santiago, Chile.
• Finance Conference, June 2018, Universidad Católica de Chile, MBA UC Building, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 440, Santiago, Chile.