Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Contributors
Symposium Introduction
GEORGE A. KAHN
Vice President and Associate Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Opening Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Economic Performance in the Greenspan Era: The Evolution of Events and Ideas
Authors:
ALAN S. BLINDER
Professor, Princeton University
RICARDO REIS
Professor, Princeton University
Paper: Understanding the Greenspan Standard
Discussants:
ALLAN H. MELTZER
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
JOHN B. TAYLOR
Professor, Stanford University
General Discussion
Business Cycle Dynamics and Monetary Policy
Author:
ROBERT E. HALL
Professor, Stanford University
Paper: Separating the Business Cycle From Other Economic Fluctuations
Discussants:
CHARLES BEAN
Executive Director and Chief Economist, Bank of England
N. GREGORY MANKIW
Professor, Harvard University
General Discussion
Current Account Imbalances: How Will They End?
Author:
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Paper: The End of Large Current Account Deficits
Discussants:
BARRY EICHENGREEN
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
CATHERINE L. MANN
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
General Discussion
Luncheon Address
ROBERT E. RUBIN
Director, Citigroup
General Discussion
Financial Markets, Financial Fragility, and Central Banking
Author:
RAGHURAM G. RAJAN
Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund
Paper: Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?
Discussants:
DONALD L. KOHN
Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
HYUN SONG SHIN
Professor, London School of Economics
General Discussion
Central Bank Transparency and Communications Policy
Author:
MICHAEL WOODFORD
Professor, Columbia University
Paper: Central-Bank Communication and Policy Effectiveness
Discussant:
TIFF MACKLEM
Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada General Discussion
Monetary Policy Strategies: A Central Bank Panel
Panelists:
KAZUMASA IWATA
Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
MERVYN A. KING
Governor, Bank of England
JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET
President, European Central Bank
General Discussion
Closing Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
The Participants |