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

PDFThe Contributors

PDFSymposium Introduction
GEORGE A. KAHN
Vice President and Associate Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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

Economic Performance in the Greenspan Era: The Evolution of Events and Ideas

PDFUnderstanding the Greenspan Standard

Authors:
ALAN S. BLINDER
Professor
Princeton University

RICARDO REIS
Professor
Princeton University

Discussants:

PDFALLAN H. MELTZER
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

PDFJOHN B. TAYLOR
Professor
Stanford University

PDFGeneral Discussion

Business Cycle Dynamics and Monetary Policy

PDFSeparating the Business Cycle From Other Economic Fluctuations

Author:
ROBERT E. HALL
Professor
Stanford University

Discussants:
PDFCHARLES BEAN
Executive Director and Chief Economist
Bank of England

PDFN. GREGORY MANKIW
Professor
Harvard University

PDFGeneral Discussion

Current Account Imbalances: How Will They End?

PDFThe End of Large Current Account Deficits 

Author:
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles

Discussants:
PDFBARRY EICHENGREEN
Professor
University of California, Berkeley

PDFCATHERINE L. MANN
Senior Fellow
Institute for International Economics

PDFGeneral Discussion

Luncheon Address

PDFROBERT E. RUBIN
Director
Citigroup

PDFGeneral Discussion

Financial Markets, Financial Fragility, and Central Banking

PDFHas Financial Development Made the World Riskier?

Author:
RAGHURAM G. RAJAN
Economic Counsellor and Director of Research
International Monetary Fund

Discussants:

PDFDONALD L. KOHN
Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

PDFHYUN SONG SHIN
Professor
London School of Economics

PDFGeneral Discussion

Central Bank Transparency and Communications Policy

PDFCentral-Bank Communication and Policy Effectiveness

Author:
MICHAEL WOODFORD
Professor
Columbia University

Discussant:
PDFTIFF MACKLEM
Deputy Governor
Bank of Canada

PDFGeneral Discussion

Monetary Policy Strategies: A Central Bank Panel

Panelists:

PDFKAZUMASA IWATA
Deputy Governor
Bank of Japan

PDFMERVYN A. KING
Governor
Bank of England

PDFJEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET
President
European Central Bank

PDFGeneral Discussion


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

PDFThe Participants