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Workshop on Monetary and Financial History
Economists from the Federal Reserve, professional institutes, and academic institutions will meet to present recent papers on monetary and financial history with the goal of broadening our understanding of issues that have resonance today. The work is preliminary, designed to facilitate discussion and to generate ideas for future analysis.
Agenda
Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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| Morning Session | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Andrew Jackson’s Bank War and the Panic of 1837: New Evidence Eric Hilt, Wellesley College Katharine Liang, Northwestern University |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Contagion of Fear Kris Mitchener, Santa Clara University |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | The Volatility of Money: The New York Call Money Market and Monetary Policy Regime Change Caroline Fohlin, Emory University |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | The Gold Pool (1961-1968) and the Fall of the Bretton Woods System: Lessons for Central Bank Cooperation Alain Naef, University of Cambridge Michael Bordo, Rutgers University Eric Monnet, Bank of France |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:15 | Asymmeteric Information and Liquidity: Evidence from the Introduction of Credit Ratings Carola Frydman, Northwestern University Asaf Bernstein, University of Colorado Boulder Eric Hilt, Wellesley College |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Break |
| 4:30 – 5:30 | Financial Frictions in Trade: Evidence from the Banking Crisis of 1866 Chenzi Xu, Harvard University |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Reception |
| 6:00 – 8:00 | Dinner The Past and Future of Financial History Richard Sylla, New York University |
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 |
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| Morning Session | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Mapping the U.S. Interbank Network: Regulations, Panics, and the Creation of the Federal Reserve Matt Jaremski, Colgate University |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Economic Consequences of Deposit Disruptions: The Rhode Island Financial Crisis of 1991 Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine Christoffer Koch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas et al. |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Do African American Banks Help Development? Evidence from 1910-40 Geoff Clarke, Rutgers University |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Exploring the 1914-1917 Daily Discount Ledger of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Christoffer Koch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Patrick Van Horn, Scripps College |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 – 4:15 | The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Interwar British Growth: A Narrative Approach Natacha Postel-Vinay, London School of Economics and Political Science James Cloyne, University of California, Davis Nicholas Dimsdale, Oxford University |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Break |
| 4:30 – 5:30 | Government Securities Clearing ArrangementPDF Ken Garbade, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Reception |
| 6:00 – 8:00 | Dinner TBA Carmen Reinhart, Harvard University |
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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| Morning Session | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Federal Reserve Structure, Economic Ideas, and Monetary and Financial Policy Ned Prescott, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Michael Bordo, Rutgers University |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Do Central Clearing Parities Reduce the Risk on Tri-Party Repo Markets Stefano Ungaro, Paris School of Economics |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Recovery from 1933 Maggie Jacobson, Indiana University Eric M. Leeper, Indiana University Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne |