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Organised by the Centre for Finance and Credit Markets, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and we are grateful for co-funding from the Money, Macro and Finance Research Group and the School of Economics, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
Location: Machicado Suite, Willoughby Hall, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, University Park, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, NG7 2RD. Willoughby Hall is situated near the University’s west entrance.
Programme
10.30-11.00: Welcome and coffee
Morning session
11.00-12.30: Chair: Spiros Bougheas (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
“Model Uncertainty, Precautionary Learning and Welfare”
Konstantinos Angelopoulos and James Malley (University of Glasgow)
Discussant: Efrem Castelnuovo (University of Padua)
“Forecasting with DSGE Models” Kai Christoffel, Günter Coenen and Anders Warne (European Central Bank),
Discussant: Richard Anderson (St. Louis Fed)
12.30-14.00: Buffet Lunch
Afternoon sessions
14.00-15.30: Chair: Paul Mizen (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
“Non Causal Inflation Persistence’’ Martin Ellison (Oxford University), Markku Lanne (University of Helsinki), Antti Ripatti (Bank of Finland) and Pentti Saikkonen (Univesity of Helsinki)
Discussant: Hashmat Khan (Carleton University)
“Risk Premiums and Macroeconomic Dynamics in a Heterogeneous Agent Model”
Ferre De Graeve (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), Maarten Dossche (National Bank of Belgium), Marina Emiris (National Bank of Belgium), Henri Sneessens (Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve), Raf Wouters (National Bank of Belgium)
Discussant: Christos Koulovatianos (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-17.30: Chair: Marta Aloi (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
“Investment Shocks and the Comovement Problem”
Hashmat Khan (Carleton University), John Tsoukalas (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
Discussant: Panayiotis Pourpourides (Cardiff Business School)
“Wage Rigidities in an Estimated DSGE model of the UK Labour Market”
Renato Faccini, Stephen Millard and Francesco Zanetti (Bank of England)
Discussant: Yoshi Morozumi (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
Keynote speech
“The Ongoing Forces behind the Financial Crisis of 2008” Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia and Oxford)