KC Fed Releases Agenda for Jackson Hole Symposium

By Karen Mracek

     JACKSON Hole, Wyoming (MNI) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

releases the agenda for its annual economic symposium. As previously reported,

Fed Chair Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak Friday morning and European Central

Bank President Mario Draghi will also speak Friday. 

     The rest of the agenda, including the papers being presented, is as

follows. The times are in Eastern Daylight Times.

THURSDAY, AUG. 24

8:00 PM Opening Reception and Dinner

     Host: Esther George, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

FRIDAY, AUG. 25

     Chair: Susan Collins, Former Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy,

University of Michigan

9:15 AM Continental Breakfast

10:00 AM Opening Remarks 

     Janet Yellen, Chair, Federal Reserve Board

10:30 AM Fostering Business Dynamism and Ensuring Competitive Markets

     Author: Chang-Tai Hsieh, Professor, University of Chicago

     Author: Pete Klenow, Professor, Stanford University

     Discussant: Gita Gopinath, Professor, Harvard University

11:05 AM General Discussion

11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:55 AM Income Inequality and the Distribution Aspects of International Trade

     Author: Nina Pavcnik, Professor, Dartmouth College

     Discussant: David Dorn, Professor, University of Zurich

12:30 PM General Discussion

12:55 AM Panel on the Changing Landscape of International Trade

     Panelist: Ann Harrison, Professor, University of Pennsylvania

     Panelist: Catherine Mann, Chief Economist, Organization for Economic

Co-operation and Development 

     Panelist: Peter Schott, Professor, Yale University

     Panelist: John Van Reenen, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:55 PM General Discussion

2:30 PM Luncheon

3:00 PM Luncheon Address Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank 

4:00 PM Adjournment

9:00 PM Reception and Dinner

SATURDAY, AUG. 26

     Chair: Randall Kroszner, Professor, University of Chicago 

9:15 AM Continental Breakfast

10:00 AM Balancing Short-term Fiscal Stimulus with Longer-term Sustainability 

     Author: Alan Auerbach, Professor, University of California-Berkeley

     Author: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Professor, University of California-Berkeley

     Discussant: Jason Furman, Professor, Harvard University

10:35 AM General Discussion

11:00 AM Achieving Balanced Global Growth

     Author: Menzie Chinn, Professor, University of Wisconsin 

11:20 AM Coffee Break

11:45 AM Session Resumes

     Discussant: Maurice Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor, International Monetary

Fund

12:00 PM General Discussion

12:25 AM Overview Panel 

     Panelist: Norman Chan, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

     Panelist: Timothy Kehoe, Professor, University of Minnesota

     Panelist: Carmen Reinhart, Professor, Harvard University

1:25 PM General Discussion

2:15 PM Luncheon

4:00 PM Adjournment

9:00 PM Closing Reception and Dinner

--MNI Washington Bureau;tel: +1 202 371-2121; email: karen.mracek@marketnews.com

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