2012 - 1st edition
THURSDAY 31 May 2012 | |||||
| 11.45 - 12.50 | Registration and lunch | ||||
| 12.50 - 13.00 | Welcome remarks by Gert Peersman, Ghent University | ||||
| FIRST SESSION | Chair: Gert Peersman, Ghent University | ||||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Sovereign Debt Overhang and Monetary Policy Frank Smets, European Central Bank; M. Trabandt Discussant: Robert Kollmann, Free University of Brussels (ULB) | ||||
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Markets’ Beliefs about the Effectiveness of Non-standard Monetary Policy Measures Carlo Altavilla, Parthenope University of Naples; D. Giannone Discussant: István Kónya, Central Bank of Hungary | ||||
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee break | ||||
| SECOND SESSION | Chair: Freddy Heylen, Ghent University | ||||
| 15.30 - 16.30 | From Time-Varying Macro-Dynamics to Time-Varying Estimates of DSGE Parameters Tony Yates, Bank of England; L. Giraitis; G. Kapetanios; K. Theodoridis Discussant: Domenico Giannone, Free University of Brussels (ULB) | ||||
| 16.30 - 17.30 | Fiscal Spillovers in the Euro Area Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Brunel University; A. Girardi Discussant: Roland Straub, European Central Bank | ||||
| 17.30 - 17.45 | Coffee break | ||||
| THIRD SESSION | Chair: Gerdie Everaert, Ghent University | ||||
| 17.45 - 18.45 | Sentiment and the US Business Cycle Fabio Milani, University of California at Irvine Discussant: Raffaella Giacomini, University College London | ||||
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner | ||||
FRIDAY 1 June 2012 | |||||
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Coffee and croissants | ||||
| FOURTH SESSION | Chair: Koen Schoors, Ghent University | ||||
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Fiscal Volatility Shocks and Economic Activity Keith Kuester, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; J. Fernández-Villaverde; P. Guerrón-Quintana; J. Rubio-Ramírez Discussant: Francesco Furlanetto, Norges Bank | ||||
| 10.30 - 11.30 | Bridging DSGE Models and the Raw Data Fabio Canova, Pompeu Fabra University Discussant: Raf Wouters, National Bank of Belgium | ||||
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Coffee break | ||||
| FIFTH SESSION | Chair: Julio Carrillo, Ghent University | ||||
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Trend Inflation, Wage Indexation, and Determinacy in the U.S. Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Padova; G. Ascari; N. Branzoli Discussant: Celine Poilly, University of Lausanne | ||||
| 13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch | ||||
| SIXTH SESSION | Chair: Ine Van Robays, European Central Bank | ||||
| 14.15 - 15.15 | Stylized (Arte)Facts on Sectoral Inflation Ferre De Graeve, Sveriges Riksbank; K. Walentin Discussant: Ivan Petrella, Birkbeck College | ||||
| 15.15 - 16.15 | Money and Inflation in the Euro Area During the Financial Crisis Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin; J. Wolters Discussant: Damjan Pfajfar, Tilburg University | ||||
Organizers: Julio Carrillo, Gert Peersman, Ine Van Robays