Federal Fiscal Policy
Federal Reserve: Conflicts between monetary policy and bank regulation in tackling inflation
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day. The Fall 2024 BPEA Conference will be held September 26-27, 2024, hosted by Brookings Economic Studies program. The conference proceedings are open to anyone who wishes to observe the vanguard of economic thought around global economic issues.
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Agenda
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September 26
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DAY ONE: Thursday, September 26
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Symposium on Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Framework Review
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Monetary Policy Frameworks and the Challenges of Implementation
Authors: William English (Yale School of Management) and Brian Sack (Balyasny Asset Management)
Considerations for a Post-Pandemic Monetary Policy Framework
Author: Charles Evans (University of Chicago Clark Center)
Did the Federal Reserve’s New Policy Framework Contribute to the Recent Inflation? Evidence and Potential Implications for the Framework Review
Authors: Christina Romer and David Romer (University of California, Berkeley)
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Dynamic Scoring: A Progress Report on Why, When, and How
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Authors: Douglas Elmendorf (Harvard University), Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business School), and Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College)
Discussants
G. William Hoagland Senior Vice President - Bipartisan Policy Center
Deborah Lucas Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance - Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Who Wins from Deep Decarbonization?
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Authors: Costas Arkolakis (Yale University) and Conor Walsh (Columbia Business School)
Discussants
Koichiro Ito Associate Professor - University of Chicago
Neil R. Mehrotra Assistant Vice President and Policy Advisor - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis -
DAY TWO: Friday, September 27
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Fiscal Rules in Practice
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Authors: Alan Auerbach and Danny Yagan (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussants
William G. Gale Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center @WilliamGale2
Valerie A. Ramey Senior Fellow - Hoover Institution, Stanford University -
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10:00 am - 11:15 am
Authors: Pascal Michaillat (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley)
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Hie Joo Ahn Principal Economist - Federal Reserve Board
Bart Hobijn Senior Economist and Economic Advisor - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago -
The Economics of Sanctions: How Do They Work in Theory and in Practice?
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Authors: Oleg Itskhoki (Harvard University) and Elina Ribakova (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Discussants
Rory MacFarquhar Chief Economist - Gemsstock
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