11th ZEI International Summer School

on

Monetary Theory and Policy

held at

2 July - 10 July 2007

 

Lecturers:    Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé (Duke University) [Syllabus]

                   Martin Uribe (Duke University)[Syllabus]

 

This year's contributors:

Monday (2.7.)

Richhild Moessner, Bank of International Settlement

 "Optimal discretionary policy and uncertainty about inflation persistence"

Peter Tillmann, University of Bonn

 "Does Model Uncertainty Justify Conservatism? Robustness and the Delegation of Monetary Policy"

Christian Saborowski, University of Warwick

 "Strict Inflation Targeting as a Means of Achieving Disinflation"
Tuesday (3.7.)

Masashi Saito, Bank of Japan

 "Expectations, Asset prices and Monetary Policy. The Role of Learning"

Simon Junker, University of Bonn

 "Adaptive Learning in the Empirical Analysis"

Oliver Fries, University of Bonn

 "Sticky Information, Adaptive Learning and the Great Moderation"
Wednesday (4.7.)

Michal Andrle, Czech National Bank

 "Putting in Use the New Structural Model of the Czech National Bank"

Maik Wolters, Goethe University Frankfurt

 "How the Federal Reserve Deviates from Taylor's Rule"

Anton Nakov, Banco de Espana

 "Monetary Policy in the Presence of a Dominant Oil Supplier"

Michael Evers, University of Bonn

 "Optimal Monetary Policy in an Interdependent World"
Thursday (5.7.)

Boris Hofmann, European Central Bank

 "Do monetary indicators lead euro area inflation"

Ralph Setzer, Deutsche Bundesbank

 "Money and Housing - Evidence for the Euro Area and the US"

Céline Poilly, Banque de France

 "Does Money Matter for the Identification of Monetary Policy Shocks. A DGSE Perspective"

Pelin Ilbas, Catholic University of Leuven

 "Estimation of Monetary Policy Preferences in a Forward-Looking model. a Bayesian Approach"
Friday (6.7.)

Stefanie Flotho, University of Freiburg

 "Do we really need policy coordination in a currency union? A Reduced Form Approach"

Vincenzo Cuciniello, University of Siena

 "Strategic monetary policy in a monetary union with non-atomistic wage setters"

Christian Proano Acosta, University of Bielefeld

 "Gradual Wage-Price Adjustments, Labour Market Frictions and Monetary Policy Rules"

Zeno Enders, University of Bonn

 "The Euro and Germany's Early Millennium Depression: A counterfactuual experiment"
Saturday (7.7.)

Andrea Colciago, University of Milano-Bicocca

 "Rule of Thumb Consumers Meet Sticky Wages"

Alper Cenesiz, Saarland University

 "Capital Mobility and Labor Market Volatility"

Marc Schiffbauer, University of Bonn

 "Inflation, financial market incompleteness and long-run TFP-growth"
Monday (9.7.)

Oliver Vergote, National Bank of Belgium

 "Quantile-Based Estimation of Volatility"

Jin Cao, Munich Graduate School of Economics

 "Liquidity Shortages and Monetary Policy"


Call for Applicants
 

Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)

University of Bonn

11th ZEI International Summer School in
Monetary Theory and Policy

2 – 10 July 2007

 

 

Purpose: The purpose of ZEI - Summer School is to bring together young economists for a series of lectures covering the current frontiers of research in their area of interest and to create an opportunity for stimulating discussion and presentation of their own research to a group of international scholars.

 

Participants: Advanced doctoral students as well as post-docs in economics, junior assistant professors, and central bank economists.

 

Topics: Dynamic general equilibrium models, monetary macro economics, monetary policy rules.

 

Accommodation: The ZEI - Summer School will take place at a seminar center near Bonn, Germany.

 

Cost: Participants are expected to pay for their own transportation. Room rates are EUR 46.00 per day including breakfast and lunch. The participation fee is EUR 1500.00 Stipends are available for academic participants.

 

Presentations: Participants are expected to present a paper of their own. Papers must be submitted for duplication by June 15.

 

Application and information: Applicants should send an abstract of the paper they wish to present together with a short curriculum vitae and a letter of recommendation to:

 

Professor Juergen von Hagen (vonhagen@uni-bonn.de)

Lennestrassse 37, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

 

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 May 2007.