Foreword
THOMAS M. HOENIG
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Symposium Introduction
STACEY L. SCHREFT
Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Opening Remarks
BEN S. BERNANKE
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Shifts in Economic Geography and Their Causes
Shifts in Economic Geography and Their Causes
Author:
ANTHONY J. VENABLES
Professor
London School of Economics
Discussant:
DOUGLAS A. IRWIN
Professor
Dartmouth College
Consequences for Production and Prices, Employment and Wages
The Rise of Offshoring: It's Not Wine for Cloth Anymore
Authors:
GENE M. GROSSMAN
Professor
Princeton University
ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG
Professor
Princeton University
Discussant:
JOHN B. TAYLOR
Professor
Stanford University
Consequences for Financial Markets and Global Saving and Investment
Patterns of International Capital Flows and Their Implications for Economic Development
Author:
RAGHURAM G. RAJAN
Economic Counsellor and Director of Research
International Monetary Fund
Discussant:
SUSAN M. COLLINS
Professor
Georgetown University
Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution
Luncheon Address
STANLEY FISCHER
Governor
Bank of Israel
Strategies for Growth
Panelists:
T. N. SRINIVASAN
Professor
Yale University
JAN SVEJNAR
Professor
University of Michigan
PAUL COLLIER
Professor
Oxford University
Implications for Monetary Policy
Impact of Globalization on Monetary Policy
Author:
KENNETH S. ROGOFF
Professor
Harvard University
Discussant:
CHARLES BEAN
Executive Director and Chief Economist
Bank of England
Overview Panel
Panelists:
MARTIN FELDSTEIN
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Bureau of Economic Research
ARMINIO FRAGA
Chief Executive Officer
Gavea Investimentos
RAKESH MOHAN
Deputy Governor
Reserve Bank of India