September 16-17, 2005
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
8:00 AM
BUS DEPARTS HOLIDAY INN
8:30 AM
COFFEE AND PASTRIES
9:00 AM
FERNANDO ALVAREZ, ANDREW ATKESON AND PATRICK KEHOE*
University of Chicago, UCLA and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis ,
Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates in General Equilibrium
Discussion leader: MARTIN BERKA, Massey University
10:00 AM
TIMOTHY J. KEHOE* AND KIM J. RUHL
University of Minnesota and University of Texas at Austin,
Sudden Stops, Sectoral Reallocations, and Total Factor Productivity (abstract, for now)
Discussion leader: DAVID BACKUS, New York University
11:00 AM
BREAK
11:30 AM
CHARLES ENGEL* and MICHAEL DEVEREUX*
University of Wisconsin, Madison and University of British Columbia
Expectations and Exchange Rate Policy
Discussion leader: MASAO OGAKI, Ohio State University
12:30 PM
LUNCH
2:00 PM
LINDA TESAR* AND YURIY GORODNICHENKO
University of Michigan and Univeristy of Michigan
A Re-examination of the Border Effect
Discussion leader: JOHN ROGERS, Federal Reserve Board
3:00 PM
JEFFREY FRANKEL, DAVID C. PARSLEY* AND SHANG-JIN WEI
Vanderbilt University and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Slow Passthrough Around the World: A New Import for Developing Countries?
Discussion leader: PAUL BERGIN, University of California, Davis
4:00 PM
BREAK
4:30 PM
PINELOPI GOLDBERG* and REBECCA HELLERSTEIN
Yale University and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
A Framework for Identifying the Sources of Local-Currency Price Stability
Discussion leader: BEVERLY LAPHAM, Queen's University
5:30 PM ADJOURN
6:00PM BUS RETURNS TO HOLIDAY INN
7:00 PM CONFERENCE DINNER AT "LUCCA" on CRAIG STREET
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
8:00 AM
BUS DEPARTS HOLIDAY INN
8:30 AM
COFFEE AND PASTRIES
9:00 AM
CHRISTIAN AHLIN* AND MOTOTSUGU SHINTANI
Vanderbilt University
Menu Costs and Markov Inflation: A Theoretical Revision with New Evidence
Discussion leader: JEFFREY CAMPBELL, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:00 AM
VIRGILIU MIDRIGAN
The Ohio State University
International Price Dispersion in State-Dependent Pricing Models
Discussion leader: BENJAMIN EDEN, Vanderbilt University
11:00
AM
BREAK
11:30 AM
GEORGE ALESSANDRIA* and JOSEPH KABOSKI,
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and The Ohio State University
Violating Purchasing Power Parity
Discussion leader: MARVIN GOODFRIEND, Carnegie Mellon University
12:30 PM
GIANCARLO CORSETTI, LUCA DEDOLA and SYLVAIN LEDUC*
European University Institute, European Central Bank and Federal Reserve Board ,
DSGE Models of High Exchange-Rate Volatility and Low Pass-Through
Discussion leader: MARIOS ZACHARIADIS, University of Cyprus
1:30 PM
ADJOURN
9:00 PM PARTY AT TELMER's HOUSE