SPRING 2013
January 23, Wednesday 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Daniele Siena (Department of Economics, Bocconi University)
The European Monetary Union and Imbalances:
Is it an Anticipation Story?
January 24, Thursday 11:00-12:30 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Szabolcs DEÁK (Robert Schuman Centre,European University Intitute)
The Fiscal Multiplier and the State of Public Finances
January 28, Monday 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Claudia Lambert (Goethe University Frankfurt)
How do banks react to increased asset risks?
Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
January 30, 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
George Monokroussos (University at Albany, SUNY)
Forecasting the Distribution of Macroeconomic Aggregates in Real Time Using Large Data Sets
February 1, Friday 10:30-12:00 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Julia Schmidt (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Technological Standardization, Endogenous Productivity and Transitory Dynamics
March 13 9:15-10:45
Richard Blundell (UCL)
Empirical Evidence and Tax Design: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review
March 20
Victor Rios-Rull (University of Minnesota)
Engineering a Paradox of Thrift Recession
April 9 (Tuesday) MNB Visitor Centre
Michal Brzoza-Brzezina (Bank of Poland)
Macroprudential policy and imbalances in the euro area
May 29
Vincenzo Quadrini (USC) (cancelled)
FALL 2013
November 20 (MNB, A/401-Szechenyi Room)
Hilde Bjornland (Norwegian Business Schol)
Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements? A Markov-switching structural investigation