Materials for this year's symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, will be posted as they are available. Times listed on the agenda are Mountain Standard Time. To learn more about the symposium's history read PDFIn Late August.


Agenda

Day 1:

Opening Reception and Dinner

Host:
Esther L. George
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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Day 2:

Opening Remarks

Chair:
Susan M. Collins
Former Dean
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan 

Janet L. Yellen | PDFRemarks
Chair
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Fostering Business Dynamism and Ensuring Competitive Markets

Authors:
Chang-Tai Hsieh
| PDFPaper
Professor
University of Chicago

Pete Klenow PDFPaper
Professor
Stanford University

Discussant:
Gita Gopinath | PDFRemarks
Professor
Harvard University

General Discussion

Income Inequality and the Distribution Aspects of International Trade

Author:
Nina Pavcnik
| PDFPaper
Professor
Dartmouth College

Discussant:
David Dorn |
PDFRemarks
Professor
University of Zurich

General Discussion

Panel on the Changing Landscape of International Trade

Panelists:
Ann E. Harrison |
PDFRemarks
Professor
University of Pennsylvania

Catherine L. Mann | PDFRemarks
Chief Economist
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Peter K. Schott | PDFRemarks
Professor
Yale University

John Van Reenen | PDFRemarks
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

General Discussion

Luncheon Address

Mario DraghiPDFRemarks
President
European Central Bank

Adjournment

Day 3:

Balancing Short-term Fiscal Stimulus with Longer-term Sustainability

Chair:
Randall S. Kroszner
Professor
University of Chicago

Authors:
Alan J. Auerbach
PDFPaper
Professor
University of California-Berkeley

Yuriy GorodnichenkoPDFPaper
Professor
University of California-Berkeley

Discussant:
Jason Furman
 | PDFRemarks
Professor
Harvard University 

General Discussion

Achieving Balanced Global Growth

Author:
Menzie Chinn
| PDFPaper
Professor
University of Wisconsin 

Discussant:
Maurice Obstfeld
 | PDFRemarks
Economic Counsellor
International Monetary Fund

General Discussion

Overview Panel

Panelists:
Norman Chan
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Chief Executive
Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Timothy J. KehoePDFRemarks
Professor
University of Minnesota

Carmen M. ReinhartPDFRemarks
Professor
Harvard University

General Discussion