2014 Conference: Monetary Policy: An Unprecedented Predicament
November 14-15, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA
Conference Session 1
November 14, 2014
Chair: Marvin Goodfriend- When Does a Central Bank’s Balance Sheet Require Fiscal Support?
Authors: Marco Del Negro and Christopher Sims
Discussant: Ricardo Reis - A Probability-Based Stress Test of Federal Reserve Assets and Income
Authors: Jens Christensen, Jose Lopez and Glenn Rudebusch
Discussant: David Archer
Conference Session 2
November 14, 2014
Chair: Bennett McCallum- On the Stability of Money Demand
Authors: Juan Pablo Nicolini and Robert E. Lucas Jr.
Discussant: Peter Ireland - Collateral Scarcity, Inflation, and the Policy Trap: A New Monetarist Perspective
Authors: David Andolfatto and Stephen Williamson
Discussant: Huberto Ennis
Conference Session 3
November 15, 2014
Chair: Thomas Cooley- Speculative Runs on Interest Rate Pegs
Authors: Marco Bassetto and Christopher Phelan
Discussant: Tim Fuerst - Monetary Policy, Bond Returns and Debt Dynamics
Authors: Antje Berndt and Sevin Yeltekin
Discussant: Carolin Pflueger