Monday, July 25, 2011
Background Papers
- Forecasting the Price of Oil
- Real Time Forecasts of the Real Price of Oil
- Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading
- Historical Oil Shocks
Conference Agenda
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:55 a.m. | Welcome |
| John C. Williams | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Session 1: Recent developments in oil markets |
| Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley Edgard Habib, Chevron Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Session 2: What do recent developments in oil markets mean for the economy? |
| Robert Hall, Stanford University Jim Hamilton, UC San Diego Steven Kopits, Douglas Westwood |
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| 11:45 a.m. | Break |
| 12:00 p.m. | Session 3: Are high (and volatile) oil prices here to stay? |
| Francisco Blanch, BofA Merrill Lynch Craig Pirrong, University of Houston Kenneth Singleton, Stanford University |
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| 1:15 p.m. | Lunch |