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

The contributors

Symposium Summary
GORDON H. SELLON, JR.
Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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

Changing Views About Stabilization Policy: A Historical Perspective

The Evolution of Economic Understanding and Postwar Stabilization Policy Perspective
CHRISTINA D. ROMER
Professor
University of California at Berkeley

DAVID ROMER
Professor
University of California at Berkeley

Commentary
THOMAS J. SARGENT
Professor
Stanford University
Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution

General Discussion

Is There a Role for Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy?

Is There a Role for Discretionary Fiscal Policy?
ALAN J. AUERBACH
Professor
University of California at Berkeley

Commentary
MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President and CEO
National Bureau of Economic Research

Commentary
FUMIO HAYASHI
Professor
University of Tokyo

General Discussion

Monetary Policy in a Changing Economic Environment

Commentary
OTMAR ISSING
Member of the Executive Board
European Central Bank

Commentary
GUILLERMO ORTÍZ MARTÍNEZ
Governor
Bank of Mexico

Commentary
YUTAKA YAMAGUCHI
Deputy Governor
Bank of Japan

Are There Limits to the Use of Monetary Policy For Economic Stabilization?

Monetary Policy and Real Stabilization
LARS E.O. SVENSSON
Professor
Princeton University

Commentary
MATTI VANHALA
Governor
Bank of Finland

General Discussion

Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Independence or Dependence?

Should the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Be Concerned About Fiscal Policy?
MATTHEW B. CANZONERI
Professor
Georgetown University

ROBERT E. CUMBY
Professor
Georgetown University

BEHZAD DIBA
Professor
Georgetown University

Commentary
ALAN S. BLINDER
Professor
Princeton University

Commentary
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
Professor
University of California at Los Angeles

General Discussion

Overview Panel

Commentary
DAVID A. DODGE
Governor
Bank of Canada

Commentary
JACOB A. FRENKEL
Chairman
Merrill Lynch International

Commentary
FREDERIC S. MISHKIN
Professor
Columbia University

General Discussion

The Participants