Conference jointly sponsored by the Bank of Canada, the Swiss National Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Agenda
Friday, November 16, 2012
Welcome remarks
David Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Session 1
"Banking, Liquidity, and Bank Runs in an Infinite Horizon Economy" 
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University
Discussant: Steve Williamson, Washington University and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
"Can a Transaction Tax or Capital Gains Tax Smooth House Prices?"
Enzo Rossi, Swiss National Bank and University of Zurich
Discussant: Mehmet Pasaogullari, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
"A Quantitative Model of Banking Industry Dynamics"
Dean Corbae, University of Wisconsin
Discussant: John Rust, Georgetown University
Session 2
"A Macroeconomic Framework for Quantifying Systemic Risk"
Zhiguo He, University of Chicago
Discussant: Josef Schroth, Bank of Canada
"A General Equilibrium Model with Banks and Default on Loans"
Tamon Takamura, Bank of Canada
Discussant: Pablo D'Erasmo, University of Maryland
"The Macroeconomic Effects of Large-Scale Asset Purchase Programs"
Andrea Ferrero, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Marcel Savioz, Swiss National Bank
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Continental breakfast
Session 3
"International Recessions"
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Discussant: Anastasios Karantounias, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"Inflation and Output in New Keynesian Models with a Transient Interest Rate Peg"
Charles Carlstrom, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Discussant: Alex Wolman, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
"Responding to a Shadow Banking Crisis: The Lessons of 1763"
William Roberds, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Discussant: James Chapman, Bank of Canada