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International Seminar on Macroeconomics

Oslo, June 15-16, 2012

 

Francesco Giavazzi and Kenneth West, Organizers

 

University of Oslo

Department of Economics

Blindern Campus

Eilert Sundts Hus

Moltke Moes vei 31

0851 Oslo

Norway

 

PROGRAM

 

 

Friday, June 15:


Buffet breakfast available at Hotel Bristol

8:00 am           Meet in hotel lobby for directions to the University of Oslo

8:30 am           Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:00 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

9:15 am               Olivier Jeanne, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Capital Account Policies and the Real Exchange Rate

Discussants:  Javier Bianchi, University of Wisconsin and NBER
Lars Svensson, Sveriges Riksbank and NBER

10:30 am         Coffee Break

10:45 am         M. Ayhan Kose, IMF
Hideaki Hirata, Hosei University
Christopher Otrok, University of Missouri

                        Marco Terrones, IMF

Global House Price Fluctuations

Discussants:  Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank
Leonardo Melosi, London Business School

12:00 pm         Lunch

 

1:30 pm           David Papell, University of Houston
Tanya Molodtsova, Emory University
Taylor Rule Exchange Rate Forecasting During the Financial Crisis

Discussants:  Michael McCracken, Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
Barbara Rossi, Duke University

2:45 pm           Nicolas Berman, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Jose de Sousa, Paris-Sud 11 University
Philippe Martin, Sciences Po, Paris
Thierry Mayer,
Sciences Po, Paris
Time to Ship during Financial Crises

Discussants:  Helene Rey, London Business School and NBER
Cedric Tille,
Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies

 

4:00 pm           Coffee Break

 

4:15 pm           Christophe Chamley, Paris School of Economics
Brian Pinto, World Bank
Official Bailouts of Sovereigns: Seniority, Catalytic Effects and Insolvency


Discussants:  Herakles Polemarchakis, University of Warwick
Gisle Natvik, Norges Bank

5:30 pm           Adjourn

 

6:45 pm           Bus departs from Hotel Bristol to Frognerseteren Restaurant
http://www.frognerseteren.no/index_e.aspx



Saturday, June 16
:

Buffet breakfast available at Hotel Bristol

9:00 am           Antonella Trigari, IGIER, Bocconi University
Luca Sala, IGIER, Bocconi University
Ulf Söderstrom, Sveriges Riksbank
Structural and Cyclical Forces in the Great Recession: Cross Country Evidence

Discussants:  Fabrizio Perri, IGIER, Bocconi University and NBER
Alejandro Justiniano, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

10:15 am         Coffee Break

 

10:30 am         Luca Guerrieri, Federal Reserve Board
Matteo Iacoviello, Federal Reserve Board
Raoul Minetti, Michigan State University
Banks, Sovereign Debt and the International Transmission of Business Cycles

Discussants:  Knut Anton Mork, Handelsbanken
Marius Jurgilas, Norges Bank

 

11:45 am         Alessandra Fogli, University of Minnesota
Enoch Hill, University of Minnesota
Fabrizio Perri, IGIER, Bocconi University and NBER
The Geography of the Great Recession


Discussants:  Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, University of Oslo
Jonas Fisher, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

1:00 pm           Lunch and Adjourn

 

2:00 pm           Bus departs from University of Oslo for three-hour guided sightseeing program, focusing on the Vigeland Sculpture Park, Holmenkollen Ski Jump, and the Viking Ship Museum



Hotel Bristol
Kristian IV's Gate 7
0164 Oslo, Norway
tel +47 22 82 60 00

http://www.thonhotels.com/hotels/countrys/norway/oslo/thon-hotel-bristol1/?tab=605#tabmenuanchor