MACROECONOMICS AND THE POLICY PROCESS
A major one-day conference
Organised by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Wednesday 14 May 2003 • 9.30am - 5.00pm
Venue: LCCI, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP
This conference provides an opportunity to hear the leading macro-economic
modellers and forecasters present their recent work. The Sessions will
include presentations on the latest developments in modelling methods and
w ill show how economic modelling is used to explore current issues of
policy interest in the United Kingdom, at the European Commission and in
the European Central Bank.
Attendance at the conference will be valuable for anyone who wants to
understand the way in which key policy issues are being analysed.
PAPERS:
Simon Brooks (HM Treasury): (title to be confirmed)
Jagjit S. Chadha & Sean Holly (University of Cambridge): Monetary Policy,
Expectations and Stabilisation
Vitor Gaspar & Frank Smets (European Central Bank): Monetary Policy, Price
Stability and Output Gap Stabilisation
Jan in ‘t Veld (European Commission): Fiscal Consolidation and Public
Finance Reform
M. Hashem Pesaran (University of Cambridge): Financial and Real Economy
Interactions: A Global Perspective
Martin Weale (National Institute of Economic and Social Research): Policy
Rules and Economic Uncertainty
Simon Wren-Lewis (University of Exeter): Medium Term Exchange Rate
Dynamics
Ray Barrell (National Institute of Economic and Social Research): Shocks
and Shock Absorbers: The Propagation of Equity Market and Fiscal Shocks
Across Countries and the Design of Policy Rules to Absorb Them
To register go to http://www.niesr.ac.uk/event/macro.htm.
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National Institute of Economic
and Social Research
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