ECB Forum 2014 – Programme
Forum on monetary policy in a changing financial landscape
- 18:30
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Opening reception and dinner
Welcome address Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
Dinner hosted by the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Dinner speech Monetary policy in the “new normal” Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Speech
- 9:00
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Introductory speech
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank Speech
- 9:30
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Session 1: Monetary policy in the new regulatory environment
Chair: Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Banking supervision and monetary policy
Martin Hellwig, Director, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Paper Presentation
Discussant: Stephen Cecchetti, Brandeis University Presentation
Monetary analysis: price and financial stability
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University (with Yuliy Sannikov, Princeton University) Paper
Discussant: Lars Svensson, Stockholm School of Economics Paper
- 11:30
- Coffee break
- 12:00
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Panel: Monetary policy in the new regulatory environment
Chair: Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Erdem Basçi, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Presentation
Mathias Dewatripont, Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique Presentation
Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements Presentation
Sir Paul Tucker, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School
- 13:30
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Lunch
- 14:30
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Young economists' poster session
- 15:00
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Armchair discussion
José Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President, Eurogroup
Moderator: Carlo Bastasin, Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
- 19:00
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Young economists’ ePoster session*
- 19:30
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Reception and dinner
- 9:00
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Session 2: Monetary policy and balance sheet adjustment
Chair: Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Inflation targets reconsidered
Paul R. Krugman, Princeton University Paper Presentation
Discussant: Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University Presentation
Central bank balance sheets: expansion and reduction since 1900
Niall Ferguson, Harvard University and Hoover Institution, Stanford (with Andreas Schaab, Harvard University, and Moritz Schularick, University of Bonn and CEPR) Paper Presentation
Discussant: Daniel Cohen, Paris School of Economics, École Normale Supérieure
- 11:00
- Coffee break
- 11:30
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Panel: Monetary policy and balance sheet adjustment
Chair: Peter Praet
Agustín Carstens, Governor, Bank of Mexico Otmar Issing, President, Center for Financial Studies Adam S. Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 14:30
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Armchair discussion
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank Agustín Carstens, Governor, Bank of Mexico
Moderator: David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Brookings Institution
- 16:00
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Award ceremony - young economists' ePosters
Closing remarks
Group photo
- 19:00
- Dinner hosted by the Banco de Portugal
* Posters by ten young economists about their research work will be on display. Participants are invited to talk to the students individually about their research and rate their poster using the electronic facility provided. A prize will be awarded at the end of the Forum for the best poster.