New York Area Monetary Policy Workshop - Federal Reserve Bank of New York


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Workshop agenda

New York Area Monetary Policy Workshop

November 18, 2011


8:30 a.m.	Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m.	Fiscal Volatility Shocks and Economic Activity Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania Pablo Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Keith Kuester, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University Discussant: Stefano Eusepi, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

10:00 a.m.	Coffee break

10:15 a.m.	The Size of the U.S. Finance Industry: A Puzzle? Thomas Philippon, New York University Discussant: Paul Krugman, Princeton University

11:15 a.m.	Coffee break

11:30 a.m.	Pegs and Pains Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe, Columbia University Martin Uribe, Columbia University Discussant: Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

12:30 p.m.	Lunch

1:45 p.m.	Inflation Dynamics and Time-Varying Uncertainty: New Evidence and an Ss Interpretation Joseph Vavra, Yale University Discussant: John Leahy, New York University

2:45 p.m.	Coffee break

3:00 p.m.	Financial Crisis, Bank Risk Exposure and Government Financial Policy Mark Gertler, New York University Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University Albert Queralto, New York University Discussant: Frederic Mishkin, Columbia Business School

4:00 p.m.	Coffee break

4:15 p.m.	Foreign Ownership of U.S. Safe Assets: Good or Bad? Jack Favilukis, London School of Economics Sydney C. Ludvigson, New York University Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, New York University Discussant: Jaromir Nosal, Columbia University

5:15 p.m.	Adjourn

5:30 p.m.	Drinks at Pounds and Pence

Workshop Location
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
10th Floor, Benjamin Strong Room
33 Liberty Street
New York, New York

Workshop Organizers
Gauti Eggertsson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Marc Giannoni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Contact
Please address any questions to:

Gauti Eggertsson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
gauti.eggertsson@ny.frb.org

Marc Giannoni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
marc.giannoni@ny.frb.org


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