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Agenda
Day 1:
Opening Reception and Dinner
Host:
Esther L. George
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Day 2:
Opening Remarks
Chair:
Peter Blair Henry
Dean
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University
Janet L. Yellen | Speech
Chair
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Evaluating Alternative Monetary Frameworks
Author:
Ulrich Bindseil | Paper
Head of Directorate General Market Operations
European Central Bank
Discussants:
Jean-Pierre Danthine | Remarks
President
Paris School of Economics
Simon Potter - Remarks
Executive Vice President, Markets Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Luncheon Address
Christopher A. Sims | Paper
Professor
Princeton University
Adjournment
Day 3:
Central Bank Balance Sheets and Financial Stability
Chair:
Kristin Forbes
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Authors:
Jeremy C. Stein | Paper
Professor
Harvard University
Robin Greenwood | Paper
Professor
Harvard University
Samuel G. Hanson | Paper
Assistant Professor
Harvard University
Discussant:
Randall S. Kroszner | Remarks
Professor
University of Chicago
The Structure of Central Bank Balance Sheets
Author:
Ricardo Reis | Paper
Professor
Columbia University
Discussant
Laura L. Veldkamp | Paper
Professor
New York University