Monetary Policy and Accession to the EU: Inflation-Targeting Versus Exchange Rate Targeting
Date:
Friday, September 27, 2002 - 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Program
Following BESS Seminar with Marvin Goodfriend, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
September 27, 2002
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Draft Paper Session
- Richard Anton Braun (University of Tokyo): "Should the Bank of Japan do more to stimulate the Japanese Economy?"
- Laszlo Halpern (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - CEU): "Balassa Samuelson and Accession"
- Max Gillman (CEU): "Causality of the Inflation-Growth Mirror in Accession Countries"
- Marvin Goodfriend (US Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
5:30-5:45 p.m. Coffee break
5:45-7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Monetary Policy and Accession to the EU: Inflation-Targeting Versus Exchange Rate Targeting"
Richard Anton Braun (University of Tokyo); Zsolt Darvas (National Bank of Hungary); Marvin Goodfriend (US Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond); László Halpern (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of the Sciences - CEU); János Vincze (Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration - Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
7:00-7:35 p.m. Reception