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| Friday, May 15 |
Welcoming remarks
Patrick K. Barron, First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
Opening session
Optimal Monetary Policy in an Operational Medium-Sized DSGE Model 
Lars Svensson, Princeton University, and Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank-Sweden
with Malin Adolfson, Stefan Laséen, and Jesper Lindé
Discussant
Lee E. Ohanian, UCLA [Presentation ]
Moderator
Junior Maih, Norges Bank |
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Development of MEGA-D: A DSGE Model for Policy Analysis
Carlos Montoro, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru
with Paul Castillo, David Florian, and Vicente Tuesta
Discussant
Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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Monetary Policy Forecasting in a DSGE Model with Data that is Uncertain, Unbalanced and about the Future
Andrés González Gómez, Banco de la República de Colombia
with Ivan Mahadeva, Diego Rodríguez G., and Luis Eduardo Rojas
Discussant
Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York [Presentation ]
Moderator
Valerie Bencivenga, University of Texas |
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Sudden Stops, Financial Crises and Leverage: A Fisherian Deflation of Tobin's Q
Enrique Mendoza, University of Maryland
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Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University [Presentation ] |
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Financial Stability in Open Economies
Ippei Fujiwara, Bank of Japan
with Yuki Teranishi
Discussant
Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta [Presentation ]
Moderator
Javier Garcia Cicco, Central Bank of Chile |
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ARGEMmy: An Intermediate DSGE Model Calibrated/Estimated for Argentina [Presentation ]
Guillermo Escudé, Central Bank of Argentina
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Alejandro Justiniano, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago [Presentation ] |
Introducing Financial Frictions and Unemployment into a Small Open Economy Model
Mathias Trabandt, European Central Bank with Larry Christiano, Northwestern University and Karl Walentin, Sveriges Riksbank
Discussant
Tom Sargent, New York University
Moderator
Bob Lucas, University of Saskatchewan |
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Dinner
Introduction
Dave Altig, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Keynote Speaker
Guillermo Calvo, Columbia University |
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| Saturday, May 16 |
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Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination
Chris Sims, Princeton University
Discussant
Timothy Cogley, New York University [Presentation ]
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Communicating Monetary Policy Intentions: The Case of Norges Bank [Presentation  ]
Amund Holmsen, Norges Bank
with Jan Qvigstad, Oistein Roisland, and Kristin Solberg
Discussant
Thomas A. Lubik, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond [Presentation ]
Moderator
Dan Waggoner, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Roundtable Discussion
Chair
Mike Bryan, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Gerardo Licandro, Research Director, Banco Central del Uruguay [Presentation ]
John McDermott, Assistant Governor and Head of Economics, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Lars Svensson, Princeton University, and Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank-Sweden [Presentation ] |
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| Conference organizers are Larry Christiano, Stephen Kay, Federico Mandelman, and Tao Zha |
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