Exchange Rates — IMF Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference
HQ1-R-710, IMF Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
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The International Monetary Fund will hold the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference (ARC) at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 15-16, 2007. The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research undertaken both by IMF staff and outside economists, and to facilitate an exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. The conference will feature research papers by prominent outside researchers as well as IMF economists, Mr. Stanley Fischer will deliver the Mundell-Fleming Lecture. An Economic Forum will conclude the conference
The conference is open to the public; registration is required. To register for the conference (registration will include all conference sessions, the Mundell-Fleming Lecture and the Economic Forum) please send an e-mail to ARC2007@imf.org . The deadline for public registration is Friday, November 9, 2007. Registered attendees will be required to present photo identification on entering the IMF at the Visitor Center entrance at 720 19th Street, N.W., Washington DC (at the white tent). Only IMF/World Bank staff should enter through the main 700 19th Street entrance.
Please note that, for this event, invitations for visa purposes will be extended only to the conference speakers.
| Day 1: Thursday, November 15, 2007 (HQ1-R-710) | |
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| 8:45—9:15 a.m. | Welcome Simon Johnson (IMF) Introductory Remarks Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Managing Director, IMF) |
| 9:15–11:15 a.m. | Session 1: Macroeconomic Interdependence |
Chair: Jonathan D. Ostry (IMF)
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation |
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| 11:15–11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:30–1:00 p.m. | Session 2: Political Economy |
Chair: Mohsin Khan (IMF)
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation |
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| 1:00–2:30 p.m. | Lunch (By invitation, IMF Gallery) Remarks by John Lipsky (First Deputy Managing Director, IMF) |
| 3:00–4:30 p.m. | Mundell-Fleming Lecture Exchange Rate Systems, Surveillance, and Advice |
| ARC Presentation Exchange Rate Systems, Surveillance, and Advice Stanley Fischer (Governor, Bank of Israel) Chair: Simon Johnson (IMF) |
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| Day 2: Friday, November 16, 2007 (HQ1-R-710) | |
| 8:45–10:45 a.m. | Session 3: Exchange Rate Determination |
Chair: Teresa Ter-Minassian (IMF)
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation and Peter Westaway (Bank of England) ARC Presentation |
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| 10:45–11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–12:30 p.m. | Session 4: Policy Issues |
Chair: Leslie Lipschitz (IMF)
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation |
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| 12:30–2:00 p.m. | Lunch (By invitation, IMF Gallery) |
| 2:15–3:45 p.m. | Session 5: Exchange Rate Regimes |
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Chair: Yusuke Horiguchi (Institute of International Finance)
ARC Presentation
ARC Presentation |
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| 3:45–4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:00–5:30 p.m. | Economic Forum: The Exchange Rate and Economic Performance |
| Moderator: Simon Johnson (IMF) Panelists: Peter Garber (Deutsche Bank) Michael Mussa (Peterson Institute for International Economics) David Wessel (Wall Street Journal) |
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| Organizing Committee: Antonio Spilimbergo (Chair), Oya Celasun, Julian Di Giovanni, Rex Atish Ghosh, Ayhan Kose, Jaewoo Lee and Thierry Tressel. | |