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Conference on Monetary Economics

10 Jun. 2010

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The 6th Banco de Portugal Conference on Monetary Economics will be held in Lisboa, June 10-11, 2010.

The Conference aims at bringing together economists to discuss research on monetary theory and policy. This year there is a special focus on issues related to the recent financial crisis.

The Scientific Committee for the Conference is composed by Isabel Correia, Sérgio Rebelo and Pedro Teles.

Programme


Wednesday, June 9
16.00	Social Programme
19.00 – 21.30	Dinner


Thursday, June 10
09.00 – 10.20	Is the Financial Sector too Big? Patrick Bolton (Columbia University), Tano Santos (Columbia University) and Jose A. Scheinkman (Princeton University) Discussant: Guido Lorenzoni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10.20 – 11.40	Animal Spirits George-Marios Angeletos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Jennifer La’O (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Discussants: Tarek Hassan (University of Chicago) and Per Krusell (Stockholm University)
11.40 – 12.00	Coffee
12.00 – 13.20	A Macroeconomic Model with a Financial Sector Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University) and Yuliy Sannikov (Princeton University) Discussants: Emmanuel Fahri (Harvard University) and Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University)
13.30 – 15.00	Lunch
15.00 – 16.20	Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis Mark Gertler (New York University) and Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University) Discussants: Harris Dellas (University of Bern) and Ramon Marimon (European University Institute)
16.20 – 16.40	Coffee
16.40 – 18.00	A Model of Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles Roger B. Myerson (University of Chicago) Discussants: Mikhail Golosov (Yale University) and John V. Leahy (New York University)
18.00 – 18.20	Coffee
18.20 – 19.40	Adverse Selection, Reputation and Sudden Collapses in Secondary Loan Markets Varadarajan V. Chari (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota), Ali Shourideh (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota) and Ariel Zetlin-Jones (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota) Discussants: Mark A. Aguiar (University of Rochester) and Pablo Andres Neumeyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
20.00 – 22.00	Dinner


Friday, June 11
10.00 – 11.20	Infectious Booms and Busts in Housing Markets Craig Burnside (Duke University), Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University) and Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University) Discussants: Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago) and Martin Schneider (Stanford University)
11.20 – 11.40	Coffee
11.40 – 13.00	Dynamic Debt Runs Zhiguo He (University of Chicago) and Wei Xiong (Princeton University) Discussants: Patrick J. Kehoe (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota) and Alp Simsek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 15.50	Short and Long Interest Rate Targets Bernardino Adão (Banco de Portugal), Isabel Correia (Banco de Portugal) and Pedro Teles (Banco de Portugal) Discussants: Bennett T. McCallum (Carnegie Mellon University) and Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
15.50 – 16.10	Coffee
16.10 – 17.30	Growth in the Shadow of Expropriation Mark A. Aguiar (University of Rochester) and Manuel Amador (Stanford University) Discussants: Pablo Kurlat (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Fabrizio Perri (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota)
17.30 – 17.50	Coffee
17.50 – 19.10	Involuntary Unemployment and the Business Cycle Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University), Mathias Trabandt (European Central Bank and Sveriges Riksbank) and Karl Walentin (Sveriges Riksbank) Discussants: Jordi Gali (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Robert E. Hall (Stanford University)
19.30 – 22.00	Dinner

Participants

Bernardino Adão (Banco de Portugal)

Mark A. Aguiar (University of Rochester)

Nuno Alves (Banco de Portugal)

Manuel Amador (Stanford University)

George-Marios Angeletos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

António Pinto Barbosa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal)

Paulo Brito (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)

Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton University)

Craig Burnside (Duke University)

Mario Centeno (Banco de Portugal)

Varadarajan V. Chari (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota)

Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University)

Pedro Santa Clara (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Isabel Correia (Banco de Portugal)

Luís da Costa (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)

Harris Dellas (University of Bern)

Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)

Valerio Ercolani (Banco de Portugal)

Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University)

Francesco Franco (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Jordi Gali (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Giorgia Giovannetti (European University Institute)

Mikhail Golosov (Yale University)

Veronica Guerrieri (University of Chicago)

Robert E. Hall (Stanford University)

Tarek Hassan (University of Chicago)

Nikolay Iskrev (Banco de Portugal)

Patrick J. Kehoe (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota)

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University)

Per Krusell (Stockholm University)

Pablo Kurlat (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

John V. Leahy (New York University)

Ana Cristina Leal (Banco de Portugal)

Guido Lorenzoni (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

José Francisco Maria (Banco de Portugal)

Ramon Marimon (European University Institute)

Bennett T. McCallum (Carnegie Mellon University)

Roger B. Myerson (University of Chicago)

Pablo Andres Neumeyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

João Luís César das Neves (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Juan Pablo Nicolini (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

Luca Opromolla (Banco de Portugal)

Manuel Coutinho Pereira (Banco de Portugal)

Fabrizio Perri (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota)

Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University)

Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University)

Nuno Ribeiro (Banco de Portugal)

Jose A. Scheinkman (Princeton University)

Martin Schneider (Stanford University)

Alp Simsek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Frank Smets (European Central Bank)

Maria Clara Soares (Banco de Portugal)

João Sousa (Banco de Portugal)

José A. Tavares (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Pedro Teles (Banco de Portugal)

Leopold von Thadden (European Central Bank)

Karl Walentin (Sveriges Riksbank)

Wei Xiong (Princeton University)