FRB Conference on Key Developments in Monetary Economics
October 8-9, 2009 - Washington, DC
Agenda
| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45am | Introductory Remarks |
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| 9:00am | Session I (Chair: Michael Woodford, Columbia University) The Mechanism Design Approach to Monetary Theory (PDF 159 KB) | HTML Discussant: |
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| 10:00am | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30am | New Monetarist Economics (PDF 415 KB) | HTML Discussant: |
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| 11:30am | Money and Inflation (PDF 690 KB) | HTML Discussant: |
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| 12:30pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30pm | Session II (Chair: Christopher Erceg, Division of International Finance) Interactions Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy Discussant: |
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| 2:30pm | Microeconomic Evidence on Price-Setting (PDF 684 KB) | HTML Discussant: |
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| 3:30pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00pm | Session III (Chair: Andrew Levin, Division of Monetary Affairs) How Has the Monetary Transmission Mechanism Evolved Over Time? Discussant: |
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| 5:00pm | Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis Discussant: |
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| 6:00pm | Reception | |
| 7:00pm | Dinner and Keynote Speech |
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| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45am | Session IV (Chair: Michael Kiley, Division of Research and Statistics) Rational Inattention and Monetary Economics Discussant: |
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| 9:45am | Imperfect Information and Aggregate Supply Discussant: |
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| 10:45am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15am | Wanting Robustness to Misspecification Discussant: |
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| 12:15pm | Lunch and Keynote Speech |
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| 1:30pm | Session V (Chair: Benjamin M. Friedman, Harvard University) Optimal Monetary Stabilization Policy Discussant: |
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| 2:30pm | Simple and Robust Rules for Monetary Policy Discussant: |
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| 3:30pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00pm | Credibility, Reputation and Discretionary Policy Discussant: |
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| 5:00pm | Adjournment | |