A recent Atlanta Fed conference explored how monetary policy is transmitted in the context of a modern financial system now featuring the substantial presence of nonbanks and asset-backed securitization.

Thursday, June 14

"Expectations, Asset Prices, and Monetary Policy: The Role of Learning" pdf document
Simon Gilchrist, Boston University and Masashi Saito, Bank of Japan

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Bill Dupor, Ohio State University

"Optimal Monetary Policy under Sudden Stops" pdf document
Vasco Curdia, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Guido Lorenzoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"The Bank Capital Channel of Monetary Policy" pdf document
Skander Van den Heuvel, University of Pennsylvania

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Jose Jorge, University of Porto

"Bank Core Deposits and the Mitigation of Monetary Policy"
Lamont Black, Federal Reserve Board, Diana Hancock, Federal Reserve Board, and Wayne Passmore, Federal Reserve Board

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Jerry Dwyer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Mortgage Markets, Collateral Constraints, and Monetary Policy: Do Institutional Factors Matter?pdf document
Alessandro Calza, European Central Bank, Tommaso Monacelli, Bocconi University, and Livio Stracca, European Central Bank

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Andreas Lehnert, Federal Reserve Board
Bank Geographic Diversification and Sensitivity of Lending to Monetary Shockspdf document
Rocco Huang, University of Amsterdam

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Egan Zakrajsek, Federal Reserve Board
 
Friday, June 15

The Financial Accelerator and the Credit Channel Links off-site image
Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

"Asset-Price Driven Business Cycle and Monetary Policy" pdf document
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California

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Karsten Jeske, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Agency Conflicts, Asset Substitution, and Securitization" pdf document
Yingjin Hila Gan, Lehman Brothers, Inc., and Christopher Mayer, Columbia University

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William Lang, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

"The Role of Interbank Markets in Monetary Policy: A Model with Rationing" pdf document
Xavier Freixas, University Pompeu Fabra & CEPR, and Jose Jorge, University of Porto

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David Skeie, Federal Reserve Bank of New York