| March 17, 2016 (Thursday) |
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| Venue |
Harbour Room, 56/F, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central
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| 8:30 - 8:50am |
Registration and Welcome Coffee
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| 8:50 - 9:00am |
Opening Remarks (Cho-hoi Hui, Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
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| Morning Session |
Chair: Matthew Yiu (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research)
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| 9:00 - 10:15am |
Keynote Speech: “Global Imbalances and Currency Wars at the ZLB”
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (University of California-Berkeley)
Discussant: Tomoyuki Nakajima (Kyoto University)
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| 10:15 -10:45am |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45 - 11:45am |
“Cross-Country Exposures to the Swiss Franc”
Agustin Benetrix (Trinity College Dublin)
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| 11:45 - 12:45pm |
“The Shocks Matter: Improving our Estimates of Exchange Rate Pass-Through”
Ida Hjortsoe (Bank of England)
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| 12:45 - 2:00pm |
In-house Lunch (By invitation)
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| Afternoon Session |
Chair: David Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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| 2:00 - 3:15pm |
“A New Dilemma: Capital Controls and Monetary Policy in Sudden Stop Economies"
Michael B. Devereux (University of British Columbia)
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| 3:15 - 3:45pm |
Coffee Break
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| 3:45 - 4:45pm |
“Sustainable International Monetary Policy Cooperation”
Timothy Kam (Australian National University)
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| 4:45 - 5:45pm |
“The First Arrow Hitting the Currency Target: A Long-Run Risk Perspective”
Takashi Kano (Hitotsubashi University)
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| 6:00 - 9:00pm |
Dinner (By invitation)
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| March 18, 2016 (Friday) |
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| Venue |
Room G001, G/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
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| 8:00am |
Coach to University from TST (Invited speakers and discussants only)
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| 8:45 - 9:15am |
Breakfast at Conference Venue
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| Morning Session |
Chair: Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University)
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| 9:15 - 10:30am |
Keynote Speech: “Trade, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy”
Fabio Ghironi (University of Washington)
Discussant: Jenny Xu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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| 10:30 -11:00am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 - 12:00am |
"Economic Fundamentals and Monetary Policy Autonomy"
Scott Davis (Federal Reserve Bank at Dallas)
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| 12:00 - 2:00pm |
Lunch (by special invitation)
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| Afternoon Session |
Chair: Michael B. Devereux (University of British Columbia)
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| 2:00 - 3:00pm |
“Monetary and Financial Policies in Emerging Markets”
Gianluca Benigno (London School of Economics)
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| 3:00 - 3:15pm |
Coffee Break
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| 3:15 - 4:15pm |
“Currency War at the Zero Lower Bound”
Ruy Lama (International Monetary Fund)
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| 4:15 - 5:15pm |
“Fiscal Policy in a Currency Union at the Zero Lower Bound”
David Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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| 5:30pm |
Departure for Dinner (by special invitation)
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