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"CENTRAL BANK COMMUNICATION, DECISION-MAKING AND GOVERNANCE"
The VIESSMANN EUROPEAN RESEARCH CENTRE'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
APRIL 28-29, 2009
NOTE: links to papers and presentations are found below. Please respect authors' wishes concering their willingness about whether their work in progress is to be cited or not. A list of participants and the e-mail addresses of presenters and discussants can also be found below.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
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8:30-9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast SBE Atrium |
Session I |
Chair: Jurek Konieczny (WLU) |
9:10-10:00am |
Presenter: Carin van der Cruijsen (De Nederlandsche Bank) , “Optimal Central Bank Transparency” [with Sylvester Eijffinger & Lex Hoogduin] Discussion: Carlo Rosa, CORE |
10:00-10:50am |
Presenter: Andrew Hughes Hallett ( George Mason University ), “When Can a Central Bank Anchor Expectations? [with Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Nicola Aocella] Discussion: Matthew Doyle, University of Waterloo |
Break |
10:50-11:10 |
Session II |
Chair: Jean-Paul Lam, University of Waterloo |
11:10-12:00pm |
Presenter: David Mayes ( University of Auckland ), “Central Bank Decision-making [with Sheila Dow, Mathias Klaes, Alberto Montagnoli] Discussion: Øistein Røisland, Norges Bank |
12:00am-12:50pm |
Presenter: Jan-Egbert Sturm (KOF-ETH, Zürich), “Does Central Bank Communication Really Add Information? A Horse Race of Indicators of ECB Communication” [with Jakob de Haan] Discussion: Michal Brzoza-Brzezina , National Bank of Poland |
12:50-2:00pm |
LUNCH (SBE Atrium) |
2:00-3:30pm NOTE: This session is in the Paul Martin Centre |
Moderator: Alan Blinder, Princeton (unable to attend) Panel I: Charles Goodhart (former member of Bank of England MPC), Amund Holmsen (Director, Monetary Policy Department, Norges Bank), Daniel Thornton (Vice President and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Gordon Thiessen (former Governor, Bank of Canada), Slides for Holmsen, Thornton [PDF version] |
Break |
3:30-4:00 |
Session III |
Chair: James Brox, University of Waterloo |
4:00-4:50pm |
Presenter: Michael Ehrmann (ECB), “Politics and Monetary Policy” [with Marcel Fratzscher] Discussant: William Robert Clark, University of Michigan |
4:50-5:40pm |
Presenter: Volker Nitsch (KOF-ETH, Zürich), “Too Many Cooks? Committees in Monetary Policy” [with Helge Berger] Discussion: Christopher Crowe, IMF |
Dinner |
6:30-9:00pm Dinner will be held in the Atrium at CIGI (Directions from WLU; from the Comfort Inn) DINNER MENU Keynote Speaker: Jorge Braga de Macedo, Professor of Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Former Finance Minister, Portugal, NBER Reasearch Associate "Portugal's Transition to the Euro: The Treasury and the Bank" |
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
8:30-9:00 am: Continental Breakfast SBE Atrium
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
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Session IV |
Chair: Martin Bohl, Westfälische-Wilhelms Univ. , Münster |
9:00-9:50pm |
Presenter: Ellen Meade ( American University ), “The Phillips Curve and FOMC Monetary Policy: What the FOMC Transcripts Tell Us ” [with Daniel Thornton] Discussion: Bill Scarth , McMaster University |
9:50-10:30pm |
Presenter: Magnus Andersson (European Central Bank), “Gauging the Efectiveness of Central Bank Forward Guidance ” [with Boris Hofmann] Discussion: Petra Gerlach, Swiss National Bank |
Break |
10:30-10:50 |
Session V |
Chair: Eric Helleiner, University of Waterloo |
10:50-11:40am |
Presenter: Bernd Hayo ( Philipps University - Marburg ), “Communicating with Many Tongues: [with Ali Kutan, Matthias Neuenkirch] Discussion: Dennis Jansen, Texas A&M |
11:40-12:30am |
Presenter: Greg Hess (Claremont-McKenna), “A Quantitative Assessment of the Qualitative Aspects of Chairman Greenspan's Communications” Discussion: Alberto Montagnoli (University of Stirling) |
Light lunch (Outside Paul Martin Centre) |
12:30-1:00 |
1:00-2:30pm NOTE this session is in the Paul Martin Centre |
Moderator: William Robson, President & CEO, C.D. Howe Institute Panel II: David Akin (Canwest Global, CANADA ), Mark Schieritz (Die Zeit , GERMANY ), Heather Scoffield (Globe & Mail , CANADA), Yoishi Takita ( Nikkei , New York , JAPAN. Presentation) |
End of Conference |
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List of presenters/discussants/panellists (click on Excel logo) 
NOTE: 30 minutes for each presentation, 10 minutes for each discussant, 10 minutes for general discussion. Each panellist would be given 10 minutes to provide a brief introduction, with 50 minutes for general discussion.
All sessions will take place in SBE 1240 (Schlegel Centre), except the two panel sessions which will be held in the Paul Martin Centre.
POST CONFERENCE EVENT
Professor Charles Goodhart will be giving a lecture “The Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation”, followed by a question and answer session, at CIGI on April 30 th from 10:00-12:00. The session is by invitation only. If you are interested in attending (the location is the same place the conference dinner is being held the night before) please contact Stephanie Woodburn at CIGI (swoodburn@cigionline.org). The presentation is based on his recently released Geneva Reports on the World Economy # 11, downloadable fromhttp://voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/2796.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- All sessions , except for the panel sessions, will be held in room SBE 1240 . The location can be found at http://www.wlu.ca/maps/schlegel.php . The panel sessions will be held at the Paul Martin Centre (PMC), a short walk from the regular meeting room. There will be signs directing you to the PMC but its location can also be found here: http://www.wlu.ca/maps/martin.php .
- The hotel is the Comfort Inn , chosen because of its location. Its an easy walk from there to the campus.( Directions ) There is free Internet access in the rooms. The hotel is found here . Unless special arrangements were made, all participants are required to book rooms by sending an e-mail to cn314agm@whg.com indicating that they are attending the Viessmann/Central Banking conference (the conference rate is $99.00 CAD + Taxes = $110.00 CAD per night).
- If you are driving from Toronto Pearson International Airport - the most convenient airport to Waterloo - you can get to the hotel by following these directions . Alternatively, if you prefer to come by airport shuttle you can book directly online at www.airwaystransit.com. Once you arrive follow the directions to the Airways Transit counter. The precise directions will depend on whether you are arriving at Terminal 1 or 3. These can be found from http://www.airwaystransit.com/pearson_locations.shtml. Again, unless special arrangements were made, participants are required to make their own transfer arrangements.
- For those intending to visit the area, either before or after the conference, the following links to the Waterloo region, the Niagara region (wine route), and Toronto, may be useful. WATERLOO REGION (http://www.explorewaterlooregion.com/), NIAGARA WINE ROUTE (http://www.tourismniagara.com/wine_country.html) , TORONTO (http://www.seetorontonow.com/).
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