Conference Programme

Monday, 2 June

09:00 – 09:45    Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:45 – 10:00    Opening Remarks

     Mehmet Yörükoğlu (Deputy Governor, CBRT)

10:00 – 11:00    Keynote Lecture

A Perspective on Unconventional Monetary Policy

      Charles L. Evans (President and CEO, Chicago FED)

11:00 – 11:30    Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30    Session 1

Rethinking Optimal Currency Areas

     Varadarajan V. Chari (University of Minnesota)

12:30 – 14:00    Lunch

14:00 – 15:00    Session 2

Understanding the Great Recession

     Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University)   

15:00 – 15:20    Coffee Break

15:20 – 16:20    Session 3

Managing Credit Bubbles

     Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE) 

16:20 – 16:40    Coffee Break

16:40 – 17:40    Session 4

Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs

Kjetil Storesletten (University of Oslo)

19:00 – 21:30    Dinner

 

Tuesday, 3 June

09:45 – 10:45    Keynote Lecture

Quantifying the Lasting Harm from the Financial Crisis

     Robert E. Hall (Stanford University)

10:45 – 11:00    Coffee Break

11:00 –12:00     Session 5

The Decline of the U.S. Labor Share

     Ayşegül Şahin (New York FED)

12:00 – 13:30    Lunch

13:30 –14:30     Session 6

Take the Short Route: How to repay and restructure sovereign debt with multiple maturities

     Mark Aguiar (Princeton University)

14:30 –14:50     Coffee Break

14:50 – 15:50    Session 7

Fiscal Shocks, Government Bonds, and Credit Market Disruptions

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland)

15:50 – 16:10    Coffee Break

16:10 – 17:10    Session 8

Credit Crunches and Credit Allocation in a Model of Entrepreneurship                

Marco Bassetto (University College London)