Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Symposium Introduction
GEORGE A. KAHN
Vice President and Associate Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Opening Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Economic Performance in the Greenspan Era: The Evolution of Events and Ideas
Understanding the Greenspan Standard
Authors:
ALAN S. BLINDER
Professor
Princeton University
RICARDO REIS
Professor
Princeton University
Discussants:
ALLAN H. MELTZER
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
JOHN B. TAYLOR
Professor
Stanford University
Business Cycle Dynamics and Monetary Policy
Separating the Business Cycle From Other Economic Fluctuations
Author:
ROBERT E. HALL
Professor
Stanford University
Discussants:
CHARLES BEAN
Executive Director and Chief Economist
Bank of England
N. GREGORY MANKIW
Professor
Harvard University
Current Account Imbalances: How Will They End?
The End of Large Current Account Deficits
Author:
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Discussants:
BARRY EICHENGREEN
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
CATHERINE L. MANN
Senior Fellow
Institute for International Economics
Luncheon Address
ROBERT E. RUBIN
Director
Citigroup
Financial Markets, Financial Fragility, and Central Banking
Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?
Author:
RAGHURAM G. RAJAN
Economic Counsellor and Director of Research
International Monetary Fund
Discussants:
DONALD L. KOHN
Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
HYUN SONG SHIN
Professor
London School of Economics
Central Bank Transparency and Communications Policy
Central-Bank Communication and Policy Effectiveness
Author:
MICHAEL WOODFORD
Professor
Columbia University
Discussant:
TIFF MACKLEM
Deputy Governor
Bank of Canada
Monetary Policy Strategies: A Central Bank Panel
Panelists:
KAZUMASA IWATA
Deputy Governor
Bank of Japan
MERVYN A. KING
Governor
Bank of England
JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET
President
European Central Bank
General Discussion
Closing Remarks
ALAN GREENSPAN
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System