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Economic Policy for the Information Economy

A symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  August 30 - September 1, 2001

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

• The Contributors

• Symposium Summary
  CRAIG S. HAKKIO
  Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

• Opening Remarks
  ALAN GREENSPAN
  Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Dimensions of the Information Economy

• The "New Economy": Background, Historical Perspective, Questions, and Speculation
  J. BRADFORD DELONG
  Professor, University of California at Berkeley
  LAWRENCE SUMMERS
  Arthur Okun Distinguished Fellow in Economics, Globalization, and Governance, The Brookings Institution

• Commentary
  ALICE RIVLIN
  Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
  
  
• General Discussion

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Market Structure in the Information Economy

• High-Technology Industries and Market Structure  
  HAL R. VARIAN 
  Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley

• Commentary
  ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON 
  Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
  
• Commentary
  KEVIN M. MURPHY 
  Professor, University of Chicago
  
  
• General Discussion

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Future of Finance in the Information Economy

• Technology, Information Production, and Market Efficiency  
  GENE D'AVOLIO
  Harvard University
  EFI GILDOR
  Gildor Trading Company
  ANDREI SHLEIFER
  Professor, Harvard University
  
  
• Commentary
  ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR.
  Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  
  
• Commentary
  PHILIPP M. HILDEBRAND
  Chief Investment Officer, Vontobel Group
  
  
• General Discussion

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Reducing the International Digital Divide

• Luncheon Address
  DONALD J. JOHNSTON
  Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Macroeconomic Implications of the Information Economy

• Macroeconomic Implications of the New Economy
  MARTIN N. BAILY
  Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
  
  
• Commentary
  TAKATOSHI ITO
  Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan 
   
• Commentary
  JOHN B. TAYLOR
  Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury
  
  
• General Discussion

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Monetary Policy in the Information Economy

• Monetary Policy in the Information Economy  
  MICHAEL WOODFORD
  Professor, Princeton University
  
  
• Commentary
  ROBERT E. HALL
  Professor, Stanford University
  
  
• Commentary
  MERVYN KING
  Deputy Governor, Bank of England
  
  
• General Discussion

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Overview Panel

• Commentary
  MARTIN FELDSTEIN
  President and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Economic Research
   
• Commentary
  CHRISTIAN NOYER
  Vice President, European Central Bank
   
  
• Commentary
  JANET L. YELLEN
  Professor, University of California at Berkeley 
  
  
• General Discussion

• The Participants

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