2015 - 3rd edition
MONDAY 1 June 2015 | |||||
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Registration | ||||
| 12.00 - 13.20 | Lunch | ||||
| 13.20 - 13.30 | Welcome remarks by Gert Peersman, Ghent University | ||||
| FIRST SESSION | Chair: Freddy Heylen, Ghent University | ||||
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Estimating Nonlinear Effects of Fiscal Policy using Quantile Regression Methods (PDF) Roland Winkler, Technical University of Dortmund; L. Linnemann Discussant: Peter Claeys, Free University of Brussels (VUB) | ||||
| 14.30 - 15.30 | If the Fed Sneezes, Who Gets a Cold? (PDF) Luca Dedola, European Central Bank; G. Rivolta, L. Stracca Discussant: Tatjana Dahlhaus, Bank of Canada | ||||
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee break | ||||
| SECOND SESSION | Chair: Gerdie Everaert, Ghent University | ||||
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Noisy News in Business Cycles (PDF) Luca Gambetti, Autonomous University of Barcelona; M. Forni, M. Lippi, L. Sala Discussant: Ine Van Robays, European Central Bank | ||||
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Identifying Noise Shocks: a VAR with Data Revisions (PDF) Riccardo M. Masolo, Bank of England; A. Paccagnini Discussant: Carlo Altavilla, European Central Bank | ||||
| 18.00 - 18.15 | Coffee break | ||||
| THIRD SESSION | Chair: Gert Peersman, Ghent University | ||||
| 18.15 - 19.15 | Leveraged Bubbles (PDF) Òscar Jordà, University of California at Davis & Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; M. Schularick, A. M. Taylor Discussant: Koen Schoors, Ghent University | ||||
| 20.30 | Conference Dinner (Brasserie HA’, Kouter 29, 9000 Ghent) | ||||
TUESDAY 2 June 2015 | |||||
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Coffee | ||||
| FOURTH SESSION | Chair: Koen Schoors, Ghent University | ||||
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Explaining the Boom-Bust Cycle in the U.S. Housing Market: A Reverse-Engineering Approach (PDF) Gisle J. Natvik, BI Norwegian Business School; P. Gelain, K. J. Lansing Discussant: Enisse Kharroubi, Bank for International Settlements | ||||
| 10.30 - 11.30 | Monetary Policy When Households Have Debt: New Evidence on The Transmission Mechanism Clodomiro Ferreira, London Business School; J. Cloyne, P. Surico Discussant: Grégory Claeys, Bruegel | ||||
| 11.30 - 12.45 | PhD’s poster session | ||||
| 12.45 - 14.15 | Lunch | ||||
| FIFTH SESSION | Chair: Gert Peersman, Ghent University | ||||
| 14.15 - 15.15 | Global Inflation Dynamics in the Post-Crisis Period: What Explains the Twin Puzzle? (PDF) Christian Friedrich, Bank of Canada Discussant: Gerdie Everaert, Ghent University | ||||
| 15.15 - 16.15 | Credit and Housing Booms and Busts: Implications for Output Gaps Marzie Taheri-Sanjani, International Monetary Fund; P. Rabanal Discussant: Vivien Lewis, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) & Deutsche Bundesbank | ||||
Organizers: Marco Bernardini, Selien De Schryder, Gert Peersman