PDFForeword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

PDFThe Contributors

PDFSymposium Summary
GORDON H. SELLON, JR.
Vice-President & Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,

CHARMAINE R. BUSKAS
Research Associate
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City


PDFOpening Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

PDFChallenges for Monetary Policy: New and Old
MERVYN KING
Deputy Governor
Bank of England

PDFCommentary
JOHN TAYLOR
Professor
Stanford University

PDFGeneral Discussion

PDFMonetary Policy and Asset Price Volatility
BEN BERNANKE
Professor
Princeton University

MARK GERTLER
Professor
New York University

PDFCommentary
RUDIGER DORNBUSCH
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PDFGeneral Discussion

Panel: Practical Experience with Asset Bubbles and Financial Crises

PDFMonetary Policy in a Transition to a Floating Exchange Rate: Remarks on the Recent Brazilian Experience
Panelist: ARMINIO FRAGA
President
Central Bank of Brazil

PDFThe Czech Experience with Asset Bubbles and Financial Crises
Panelist: JOSEF TOSOVSKY
Governor
Czech National Bank

PDFAsset Price and Monetary Policy: Japan's Experience
Panelist: YUTAKA YAMAGUCHI
Deputy Governor
Bank of Japan

PDFGeneral Discussion

Luncheon Address

PDFEconomic and Monetary Union in Europe - The Challenges Ahead
WILLEM DUISENBERG
President
European Central Bank

PDFHow Should Monetary Policy Be Conducted in an Era of Price Stability?
LARS SVENSSON
Professor
Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University

PDFCommentary
ALLAN MELTZER
Professor
Carnegie-Mellon University

PDFCommentary
MICHAEL WOODFORD
Professor
Princeton University

PDFGeneral Discussion

PDFExchange Rates and Financial Fragility
BARRY EICHENGREEN
Professor
University of California - Berkeley

RICARDO HAUSMANN
Chief Economist
Inter-American Development Bank

PDFCommentary
MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President
National Bureau of Economic Research

PDFGeneral Discussion

Overview Panelists

PDFSTANLEY FISCHER
First Deputy Managing Director
International Monetary Fund

PDFJACOB FRENKEL
Governor
Bank of Israel

PDFANDREW CROCKETT
General Manager
Bank for International Settlements

PDFGeneral Discussion

PDFThe Participants