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 In Late August.

Agenda

Day 1:

Opening Reception and Dinner

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

Foreword
Contributors
Summary

Day 2:

Opening Remarks

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

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

Fostering Business Dynamism and Ensuring Competitive Markets

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

Pete Klenow | Paper
Professor
Stanford University

Discussant:
Gita Gopinath | Remarks
Professor
Harvard University

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Income Inequality and the Distribution Aspects of International Trade

Author:
Nina Pavcnik | Paper
Professor
Dartmouth College

Discussant:
David Dorn | Remarks
Professor
University of Zurich

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Panel on the Changing Landscape of International Trade

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

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

Peter K. Schott | Remarks
Professor
Yale University

John Van Reenen | Remarks
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Luncheon Address

Mario Draghi | Remarks
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 | Paper
Professor
University of California-Berkeley

Yuriy Gorodnichenko| Paper
Professor
University of California-Berkeley

Discussant:
Jason Furman | Remarks
Professor
Harvard University 

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Achieving Balanced Global Growth

Author:
Menzie Chinn | Paper
Professor
University of Wisconsin 

Discussant:
Maurice Obstfeld | Remarks
Economic Counsellor
International Monetary Fund

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Overview Panel

Panelists:
Norman Chan | Remarks
Chief Executive
Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Timothy J. Kehoe | Remarks
Professor
University of Minnesota

Carmen M. Reinhart | Remarks
Professor
Harvard University

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Adjournment

Roster of attendees