CALL FOR PAPERS: “After(?) The Storm: Lessons from the Great Recession” conference
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The application deadline for this job posting has passed. Although you can still view the information no new applications for this job are currently being accepted.“After(?) The Storm: Lessons from the Great Recession” conference
May 24-25, 2012, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Rimini, Italy
The Great Recession, which started with Lehman Brothers collapse three and a half years ago, had a bigimpact on both the theory and practice of macroeconomic policy. Effectiveness of monetary policy atzero bound, fiscal policy over the business cycle, prudential supervision of the financial system, the roleof regulation, reaction to bubbles, and many other issues have been reassessed. The conference will bedevoted to discussing lessons learned and theoretical and practical issues in implementing them.
Topics include, but are not restricted to:
- Advances in modelling financial/banking crises.
- Unconventional monetary policies and forward guidance.
- Deficit stagnation: fiscal policy when the economy is weak and the deficit is large.
- Fiscal devaluations.
- Regulation and monitoring of the financial system.
- Disunion in the Euro area: PIIGS versus FANGs.** Finland, Austria, The Netherlands and Germany
Plenary speakers:John Murray (Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada)Volker Wieland (Chair for Monetary Theory and Policy, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Sponsors: Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Italy, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis in Canada (RCEACanada)and Review of Economic Analysis (REA).
Organizers: Jerzy (Jurek) Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University and RCEA); Jean‐Paul Lam (University of Waterloo andRCEA); Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Bologna, Wilfrid Laurier University and RCEA); Pierre Siklos (WilfridLaurier University and RCEA).
Registrations fees: The registration fee is 120€. A reduced fee for graduate students is 60€.Registration is free for RCEA scholars. The fee includes meals.
Submissions and deadlines: Extended abstracts will be considered but preference will be given tocompleted papers. Academics and policy makers are strongly encouraged to submit papers.Submissions should be sent to jurek@wlu.ca. The deadline is March 15, 2012. Notifications ofacceptance will be sent by March 30, 2012. Participants should register, and drafts are due, by April 30,2012.
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