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Conference on Monetary Economics
11 Jun. 2006
9.00
The 4th Banco de Portugal Conference on Monetary Economics will be held in Évora, June 11-13, 2006. The Conference aims at bringing together academics and central bankers to discuss research on monetary theory and policy.
The Scientific Committee for the Conference is composed by Isabel Correia, Sérgio Rebelo and Pedro Teles.
The Conference will last for three days, Sunday, June 11 to Tuesday, June 13.
The Scientific Committee for the Conference is composed by Isabel Correia, Sérgio Rebelo and Pedro Teles.
The Conference will last for three days, Sunday, June 11 to Tuesday, June 13.
Programme
| Saturday, June 10 | |
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| 12.30 – 15.00 | Lunch at the Hotel |
| 16.00 – 22.00 | Social programme |
| Sunday, June 11 | |
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| 09.45 – 10.00 | Opening address |
| 10.00 – 11.20 | Menu Costs, Multi-Product Firms and Aggregate Fluctuations Virgiliu Midrigan (Ohio State University) Discussants: Oleksiy Kryvtsov (Bank of Canada) Ivan Werning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | Coffee |
| 11.40 – 13.00 | The Returns to Currency Speculation Craig Burnside (Duke University) Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University) Isaac Kleshchelski (Northwestern University) Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University) Discussants: Pablo Andres Neumeyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) Adrien Verdelhan (Boston University) |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 – 15.50 | Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates in General Equilibrium Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago) Andrew Atkeson (UCLA) Patrick Kehoe (University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) Discussants: Ricardo Caballero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Timothy Fuerst (Bowling Green State University) |
| 15.50 – 16.10 | Coffee |
| 16.10 – 17.30 | Inflation and the Price of Real Assets Monika Piazzesi (University of Chicago) Martin Schneider (New York University and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) Discussants: Joao Cocco (London Business School) Ravi Jagannathan (Northwestern University) |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Coffee |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Policy Panel - Asset Prices and Monetary Policy Stephen G. Cecchetti (Brandeis University) Vítor Constâncio (Banco de Portugal) Bennett T. McCallum (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| 19.30 – 22.00 | Dinner |
| Monday, June 12 | |
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| 10.00 – 11.20 | The Labor Market and Macro Volatility: A Nonstationary General-Equilibrium Analysis Robert Hall (Stanford University) Discussants: Per Krusell (Princeton University) Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University) |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | Coffee |
| 11.40 – 13.00 | Indivisible Labor, Human Capital, Lotteries, and Personal Savings: Do Taxes Explain European Employment? Lars Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics) Thomas J. Sargent (New York University) Discussants: Robert Shimer (University of Chicago) Kjetil Storesletten (University of Oslo) |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch |
| 15.00 – 16.20 | The Impact of Uncertainty Shocks: Firm Level Estimation and a 9/11 Simulation Nick Bloom (Stanford University) Discussants: Janice Eberly (Northwestern University) Christopher Sims (Princeton University) |
| 16.20 – 16.40 | Coffee |
| 16.40 – 18.00 | A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level Diego Comin (New York University) Sunil Mulani (Analysis Group) Discussants: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University) Jaume Ventura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) |
| 19:30 – 22.00 | Dinner |
| Tuesday, June 13 | |
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| 09.00 – 10.20 | Competition, Innovation and Growth with Limited Commitment Ramon Marimon (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California) Discussants: Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics) Narayana Kocherlakota (University of Minnesota) |
| 10.20 – 10.40 | Coffee |
| 10.40 – 12.00 | Phoenix Miracles in Emerging Markets: Recovering without Credit from Systemic Financial Crises Guillermo Calvo (University of Maryland) Alejandro Izquierdo (IDB) Ernesto Talvi (CERES) Discussants: Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago) Timothy Kehoe (University of Minnesota) |
| 12.00 – 12.20 | Coffee |
| 12.20 – 13.40 | Financial Innovation and the Transactions Demand for Cash Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago) Francesco Lippi (Banca d’Italia) Discussants: Varadarajan V. Chari (University of Minnesota) Ricardo Reis (Princeton University) |
| 13.40 – 15.40 | Lunch |
| 16.30 – 22.30 | Social programme |
Participants
Bernardino Adão (Banco de Portugal)
Irasema Alonso (University of Rochester)
Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago)
Nuno Alves (Banco de Portugal)
Serge Bertholomé (National Bank of Belgium)
Nick Bloom (London School of Economics)
Craig Burnside (Duke University)
Ricardo Caballero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Guillermo Calvo (University of Maryland)
Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics)
Stephen G. Cecchetti (Brandeis University)
Mário Centeno (Banco de Portugal)
Varadarajan V. Chari (University of Minnesota)
João Cocco (London Business School)
Diego Comin (New York University)
Vítor Constâncio (Banco de Portugal)
Isabel Correia (Banco de Portugal)
Janice Eberly (Northwestern University)
Martin S. Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)
Fiorella De Fiore (European Central Bank)
Timothy Fuerst (Bowling Green State University)
Vítor Gaspar (Banco de Portugal)
Isabel Gameiro (Banco de Portugal)
Christina Gerberding (Deutsche Bundesbank)
Giorgia Giovannetti (University of Firenze)
Robert Hall (Stanford University)
Ravi Jagannathan (Northwestern University)
Patrick Kehoe (University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Timothy Kehoe (University of Minnesota)
Narayana Kocherlakota (University of Minnesota)
Per Krusell (Princeton University)
Oleksiy Kryvtsov (Bank of Canada)
Ana Cristina Leal (Banco de Portugal)
Francesco Lippi (Banca d’Italia)
Lars Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics)
Ramon Marimon (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Carlos Martins (Banco de Portugal)
Bennett T. McCallum (Carnegie Mellon University)
Virgiliu Midrigan (Ohio State University)
Pablo Andres Neumeyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
João César das Neves (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Jesper Pedersen (National Bank of Denmark)
Monika Piazzesi (University of Chicago)
Huw Pill (European Central Bank)
Sérgio Rebelo (Northwestern University)
Ricardo Reis (Princeton University)
Doris Ritzberger-Gruenwald (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University)
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University)
Martin Schneider (New York University and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Robert Shimer (University of Chicago)
André de Castro Silva (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Christopher Sims (Princeton University)
João Sousa (Banco de Portugal)
Kjetil Storesletten (University of Oslo)
Pedro Teles (Banco de Portugal)
Jaume Ventura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Adrien Verdelhan (Boston University)
Ivan Werning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mirko Wiederholt (Humboldt University Berlin)
