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22 September 2003 (Monday)
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| 08:45 - 09:30 |
Registration
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Welcome (Room 3103A)
Joseph Yam
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
Introduction (Room 3103A)
Stefan Gerlach and Mark Crosby
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee break (Room 3101)
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| 10:30 - 12:15 |
Parallel session 1A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Chris Plantier
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"Modelling Social Capital and Growth"
Speaker: Yuan Chou, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Laurent Pauwels, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Switzerland
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"Deflation and its Challenge to Monetary Policy in East Asia"
Speaker: Guonan Ma, Bank for International Settlements
Discussant: Chris Plantier, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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"Economic Implications of Chinese Demographics in the 21st Century"
Speaker: Kevin Cheng, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Nilss Olekalns, University of Melbourne
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| 10:30 - 12:15 |
Parallel session 1B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: Stefan Gerlach
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"Volatility in Hong Kong Financial Markets and Their Spillover Effects"
Speaker: Ip-wing Yu, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Discussant: Yue Ma, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
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"China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Quantitative Assessment of Real and Financial Integration"
Speaker: Yin-Wong Cheung, University of California, Santa Cruz
Discussant: Shu-ki Tsang, Hong Kong Baptist University
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"The Relationship between Consumption, Income, and Wealth in Hong Kong"
Speaker: Joanne Cutler, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Discussant: Timothy Kam, University of Western Australia
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| 12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch (Room 3101)
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| 13:45 - 15:30 |
Parallel session 2A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Joanne Cutler
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"Bank Lending and Property Prices in Hong Kong"
Speaker: Wensheng Peng, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Discussant: Reza Siregar, University of Adelaide
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"New Zealand's Economic Reforms after 1984 and the Neutral Real Rate of Interest"
Speaker: Chris Plantier, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Discussant: Jonathan Kearns, Reserve Bank of Australia
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"An Open Economy New Keynesian Phillips Curve: Evidence from Hong Kong SAR"
Speaker: Laurent Pauwels, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Switzerland
Discussant: Ip-wing Yu, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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| 13:45 - 15:30 |
Parallel session 2B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: Nilss Olekalns
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"Fractional Integration at the Seasonal Frequency with an Application to Quarterly Unemployment Rates"
Speaker: Nigel Wilkins, University of Technology, Sydney
Discussant: Penelope Smith, MIAESR
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"How Well do Markov Switching Models Describe Actual Business Cycles? The Case of Synchronisation"
Speaker: Penelope Smith, MIAESR
Discussant: Mardi Dungey, Australian National University
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"A Single Index Dynamic Factor Model for Current-Quarter Forecasts of Economic Activity in Hong Kong"
Speaker: Matthew Yiu, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Discussant: Nigel Wilkins, University of Technology, Sydney
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break (Room 3101)
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| 16:00 - 17:10 |
Parallel session 3A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Matthew Yiu
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"Recession Aversion, Output and the Kydland - Prescott Barro-Gordon Model"
Speaker: Stefan Gerlach, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Discussant: Mark Crosby, Melbourne Business School
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"Deviations from PPP under Different Monetary Regimes. Do They Revert, and If So, How?"
Speaker: Giorgio Valente, The University of Warwick
Discussant: Stefan Gerlach, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
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| 16:00 - 17:10 |
Parallel session 3B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: James Yetman
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"Financial Deregulation and Household Indebtedness"
Speaker: Leslie Hull, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Discussant: Petra Gerlach, The University of Hong Kong
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"Consumption and Stock Prices"
Speaker: Nicholas Groenewold, University of Western Australia
Discussant: Iris Claus, New Zealand Treasury
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| 19:00 |
Workshop Dinner
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Venue :
Zen, Chinese Cuisine
LG, The Mall, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
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23 September 2003 (Tuesday)
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| 09:15 - 10:30 |
Special session 2 (Room 3103A-C)
Chairman: Mark Crosby
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"A New Approach to Financial Integration"
Speaker: Andrew Rose, University of California, Berkeley
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break (Room 3101)
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| 11:00 - 12:45 |
Parallel session 4A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Nicholas Groenewold
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"Monetary Policy Committees and the Benefits of Deliberation"
Speaker: Petra Gerlach, The University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Nigel Wilkins, University of Technology, Sydney
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"Is the Case for Central Bank Secrecy Overstated?"
Speaker: James Yetman, The University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Mark Crosby, University of Melbourne
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"Comparing Measures of Underlying Inflation in Australia"
Speaker: Lei-Lei Song, MIAESR
Discussant: James Yetman, The University of Hong Kong
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| 11:00 - 12:45 |
Parallel session 4B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: Leslie Hull
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"Living with Flexible Exchange Rates: Issues and Recent Experience in Inflation Targetting Emerging Market Economies"
Speaker: Corrinne Ho, Bank for International Settlements
Discussant: Andrew Rose, University of California, Berkeley
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"The Value of Interest Rate Smoothing in a Forward Looking Open Economy"
Speaker: Timothy Kam, University of Western Australia
Discussant: Chris Plantier, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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"The Influence of Current Account Imbalance on Money and Price Stability in China"
Speaker: Yue Ma, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Discussant: Kevin Cheng, International Monetary Fund
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| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch (Room 3101)
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| 14:00 - 15:45 |
Parallel session 5A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Hsiao-chuan Chang
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"New Zealand's Production Structure: An International Comparsion"
Speaker: Iris Claus, New Zealand Treasury
Discussant: Lei-Lei Song, MIAESR
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"Measuring the Response of Macroeconomic Uncertainty to Shocks"
Speaker: Nilss Olekalns, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Matthew Yiu, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
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"Commodity Currencies: Why are Exchange Rate Futures Biased if Commodity Futures are not"
Speaker: Jonathan Kearns: Reserve Bank of Australia
Discussant: Yin-Wong Cheung, University of California, Santa Cruz
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| 14:00 - 15:45 |
Parallel session 5B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: Robert McCauley
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"Long Run Real Exchange Rate Overvaluation: Evidence from Asia"
Speaker: Vikas Kakkar, City University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Joanne Cutler, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
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"Did International Debt Sink the Banks of Asia"
Speaker: David Cook, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Discussant: Robert McCauley, Bank for International Settlements
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"Sources of Variations between the Inflation Rates of Korea, Thailand and Indonesia during the Post-1997 Crisis"
Speaker: Reza Siregar, University of Adelaide
Discussant: Wensheng Peng, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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| 15:45 - 16:15 |
Coffee break (Room 3101)
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| 16:15 - 17:25 |
Parallel session 6A (Room 3103A)
Chairman: Kevin Cheng
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"Empirical Modelling of Contagion: A Review of Methodologies"
Speaker: Mardi Dungey, Australian National University
Discussant: David Cook, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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"A Model of Bank Runs: Imperfect Competition and Feedback Effects"
Speaker: Zihui Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Discussant: Yuan Chou, University of Melbourne
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| 16:15 - 17:25 |
Parallel session 6B (Room 3103BC)
Chairman: Vikas Kakkar
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"An Empirical Search for Linkages between Foreign Direct and Portfolio Investment in Australia"
Speaker: Krishna Iyer, University of Queensland
Discussant: Hsiao-chuan Chang, University of Melbourne
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"Are Foreign Workers Responsible for the Increasing Unemployment Rate in Taiwan"
Speaker: Hsiao-chuan Chang, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Nicholas Groenewold, University of Western Australia
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| 17:25 |
End of Workshop
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