Symposium Proceedings 2006- Fed Res Bank of Kansas City

 

 
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Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City


The Contributors


Symposium Introduction
STACEY L. SCHREFT
Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City



Opening Remarks
BEN S. BERNANKE
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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SHIFTS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND THEIR CAUSES

Author:

ANTHONY J. VENABLES
Professor, London School of Economics

Paper: Shifts in Economic Geography and Their Causes

Discussant:

DOUGLAS A. IRWIN
Professor, Dartmouth College


General Discussion
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CONSEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION AND PRICES, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES

Authors:

GENE M. GROSSMAN
Professor, Princeton University

ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG
Professor, Princeton University

Paper: The Rise of Offshoring: It's Not Wine for Cloth Anymore

Discussant:

JOHN B. TAYLOR
Professor, Stanford University


General Discussion
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CONSEQUENCES FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS AND GLOBAL SAVING AND INVESTMENT

Author:

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

Paper: Patterns of International Capital Flows and Their Implications for Economic Development

Discussant:

SUSAN M. COLLINS
Professor, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution


General Discussion
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Luncheon Address

STANLEY FISCHER
Governor, Bank of Israel

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STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH

Panelists:

T. N. SRINIVASAN
Professor, Yale University

JAN SVEJNAR
Professor, University of Michigan

PAUL COLLIER
Professor, Oxford University


General Discussion

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IMPLICATIONS FOR MONETARY POLICY

Author:

KENNETH S. ROGOFF
Professor, Harvard University

Paper: Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy

Discussant:

CHARLES BEAN
Executive Director and Chief Economist, Bank of England


General Discussion
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OVERVIEW PANEL   

Panelists:

MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Economic Research

ARMINIO FRAGA
Chief Executive Officer, Gavea Investimentos

RAKESH MOHAN
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India


General Discussion


The Participants

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