Friday, March 23, 2007 – Saturday, March 24, 2007
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Agenda
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Friday, March 23 |
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| 8:10 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:50 A.M. | Welcoming Remarks: Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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Morning Session Chair: John Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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| 9:00 A.M. | The Limits of Transparency (PDF – 261KB) |
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Presenter:
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Alex Cukierman, Tel-Aviv University |
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Discussants:
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Petra Geraats, University of Cambridge Hyun Song Shin, Princeton University |
| 10:30 A.M. | Break |
| 11:00 A.M. | Banking and Interest Rates in Monetary Policy Analysis: A Quantitative Exploration (PDF – 754KB) |
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Presenters:
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Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie-Mellon University Bennett McCallum, Carnegie-Mellon University |
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Discussants:
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Stephen Cecchetti, Brandeis University Huw Pill, European Central Bank |
| 12:30 P.M. | Lunch — Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| Afternoon Session Chair: Richard Dennis, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| 2:00 P.M. | Monetary Policy and its Informative Value (PDF – 250KB) |
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Presenter:
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Romain Baeriswyl, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität & Credit Suisse Camille Cornand, BETA – Strasbourg Louis Pasteur University |
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Discussants:
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George-Marios Angeletos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Christian Hellwig, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 4:00 P.M. | Three Great American Disinflations (PDF – 355KB) |
| Presenter: | Michael Bordo, Rutgers University Christopher Erceg, Andrew Levin, Federal Reserve Board Ryan Michaels, University of Michigan |
| Discussants: | Gauti Eggertsson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York John Taylor, Stanford University |
| 5:30 P.M. | Reception — West Market Street Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 6:30 P.M. | Dinner — Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| Introduction: | Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Speaker: | Frederic Mishkin, Federal Reserve Board |
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Saturday, March 4 |
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| 8:00 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| Morning Session Chair: Glenn Rudebusch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |
| 8:45 A.M. | Central Bank Communication and Expectations Stabilization (PDF – 113KB) |
| Presenters: | Stefano Eusepi, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Bruce Preston, Columbia University |
| Discussants: | Michael Ehrmann, European Central Bank Athanasios Orphanides, Federal Reserve Board |
| 10:15 A.M. | Break |
| 10:30 A.M. | Welfare-Maximizing Monetary Policy under Parameter Uncertainty (PDF – 299KB) |
| Presenter: | Rochelle Edge, Thomas Laubach, Federal Reserve Board John Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Discussants: | Christopher Sims, Princeton University Ulf Söderström, Università Bocconi |
| 12:00 P.M. | Lunch – Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| 1:00 P.M. | Adjourn |