RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
QUANTITATIVE MACROECONOMICS WORKSHOP 2011
AGENDA
CALL FOR PAPERS
Details its annual Research Workshop on
The Reserve BankEvent
of Australia is holding
“Quantitative Macroeconomics” in Sydney on 15–16 December 2011. The workshop is
Thursday, 15 December
intended to bringWelcome
together academics
and practitioners to discuss recent developments
09.25 – 09.30
Jonathan Kearns, Reserve Bank of Australia
in macroeconomics.
We
encourage contributions in all areas of macroeconomics,
Session
One
Jonathan
Kearns, Reserve
Australia
particularly thoseChair
relevant to an open
economy
suchBank
as ofAustralia.
Time
09.30 – 09.50
Presenter
Enrique Mendoza, University of Maryland
Financial Innovation, the Discovery of Risk and Macro-prudential Policy
09.50 – 10.00
Discussant
Richard Dennis, Australian National University
Session Two
10.50 – 11.10
Chair
Tim Robinson, Reserve Bank of Australia
Presenter
Christopher Otrok, University of Missouri
KEYNOTE Policies
PRESENTERS
Those interested in participating Financial Crisis and Macroprudential
Enrique
Mendoza
should
e-mail
a
draft
of
their
paper
11.10 – 11.20
Discussant
Luci Ellis, Reserve Bank of Australia
(University of Maryland)
workshop@rba.gov.au
by
11.50 – to
12.10
Presenter
Horag Choi, Monash University
Tommaso
Monacelli
18 September. Authors of acceptedThe Role of Establishment
Heterogeneity
in Sudden Stops
(Università Bocconi)
will be notified
no later thanMay Li, University of Melbourne
12.10 – papers
12.20
Discussant
Volker Wieland
12 October. Session Three
(Goethe
University Frankfurt)
Chair
Shaun Vahey, Centre for
Applied Macroeconomic
Analysis,
Australian National University
Accommodation will be provided at
ORGANISING
14.20 – no
14.40
Presenter
Chris Edmond, University
of Melbourne COMMITTEE
cost to participants. Limited funds
and theEdmond
Gains from International Trade
for travel expenses are available forCompetition, Markups,Chris
14.40 – academic
14.50
DiscussantAttendanceHorag
(University of Melbourne)
participants.
at Choi, Monash University
1
Session
Four
Jonathan Kearns
the workshop is by invitation only.
Chair
Heather Anderson, Monash
University
(Reserve
Bank of Australia)
15.50 – 16.10
Presenter
James Hansen, Reserve
Bank
of
Australia
Bruce Preston
Papers presented at the workshop
Optimal Monetary Policy
with Endogenous
Capitaland
and aAustralian
Credit Friction
(Columbia
University
will be posted on the Reserve Bank
16.10 – 16.20
Discussant
Bruce Preston, Columbia
University
and
Australian
National
University
National University)
of Australia’s website at the end of
Shaun Vahey
the workshop.
(Centre for Applied Macroeconomic
Analysis, Australian National University)
1 Partial funding is provided by Australian Conference
for Quantitative Macroeconomics, and the College
Mark Weder
of Business & Economics at the Australian National
(University of Adelaide)
University.
RESERVE BANK
OF AUSTRALIA
Event
Details
QUANTITATIVE MACROECONOMICS WORKSHOP
Time
Friday, 16 December
Session Five
Chair
Michael Plumb, Reserve Bank of Australia
08.30 – 08.50
Presenter
Thomaso Monacelli, Università Bocconi, Milan
08.50 – 09.00
Discussant
09.30 – 09.50
Presenter
Financial Markets and Unemployment
Rodney Strachan, Australian National University
Nicolas Groshenny, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Mismatch Shocks and the Natural Rate of Unemployment during the Great Recession
09.50 – 10.00
Discussant
CALL FOR PAPERS
Session Six
James Morley, The University of New South Wales
Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne
The Reserve BankChair
of Australia is holding
its annual Research Workshop on
Presenter
Christoph Thoenissen, Victoria University of Wellington
“Quantitative Macroeconomics” inFinancial
Sydney
on 15–16
Intermediation
andDecember
the International 2011.
Business The
Cycle workshop is
11.10
– 11.20
Shaun Vahey,
Centre for Applied Macroeconomic
Analysis, developments
intended
to bringDiscussant
together academics
and practitioners
to discuss recent
Australian
National
University
in macroeconomics. We encourage contributions in all areas of macroeconomics,
Session Seven
particularly thoseChair
relevant to an open
economy such as Australia.
Penelope Smith, Reserve Bank of Australia
10.50 – 11.10
13.10 – 13.30
Presenter
Greg Kaplan, University of Pennsylvania
A Model of the Consumption Response to Fiscal Stimulus Payments
13.30 – 13.40
Discussant
Begona Dominguez, University of Queensland
Session Eight
14.10 –Those
14.30
Chair
interestedPresenter
in participating
Bruce Preston, Columbia University and Australian National University
Alexander Richter, Indiana
UniversityPRESENTERS
KEYNOTE
Consumers
Enrique Mendoza
should e-mail a draft of their paperThe Fiscal Limit and Non-Ricardian
14.30 –to
14.40
Discussant
Mariano Kulish, Reserve
Bank of Australia
(University
of Maryland)
workshop@rba.gov.au
by
15.10 18 September. Authors
Closing Remarks
Bruce
Preston,
Columbia
University
and
Australian National University
Tommaso Monacelli
of accepted
(Università Bocconi)
papers will be notified no later than
Volker Wieland
12 October.
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
Accommodation will be provided at
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
no cost to participants. Limited funds
Chris Edmond
for travel expenses
are available forReserve Bank of Australia
Workshop Organisers:
Jonathan Kearns
(University of Melbourne)
academic participants.
AttendanceUniversity
at
Chris Edmond
of Melbourne
1
Jonathan Kearns
the workshop isBruce
by invitation
only.Columbia University and
Preston
Australian National University
(Reserve
Bank of Australia)
Shaun Vahey
Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
Papers presented
atWeder
the workshop University of Adelaide Bruce Preston
Mark
(Columbia University and Australian
will be posted on the Reserve Bank
National University)
of Australia’s website at the end of
Shaun Vahey
the workshop.
(Centre for Applied Macroeconomic
Analysis, Australian National University)
1 Partial funding is provided by Australian Conference
for Quantitative Macroeconomics, and the College
Mark Weder
of Business & Economics at the Australian National
(University of Adelaide)
University.