7th Annual Conference 2019 – Interaction of fiscal and monetary policies

DAY 1 September 26, 2019

POSTER SESSION

• An empirical investigation of the effects of fiscal policy on the Albanian economy.
  • Meri Papavangjeli, Bank of Albania.
• Fiscal policy and macroeconomic stabilization in Colombia.
  • Ignacio Lozano, Central Bank of Colombia
• Interaction of monetary and fiscal policies in emerging countries (Tunisian economy).
  • Hager Ben Romdhane, Central Bank of Tunisia
• Monetary policy vs fiscal policy and their impact on foreign direct investments: The Case of Tunisia.
  • Raoudha Louafi, Central Bank of Tunisia
• Public Debt Thresholds, Self-Discipline and Sustainability.
  • Jair Ojeda-Joya et al., Central Bank of Colombia

WORKSHOP PANEL 1: Assessing the fiscal situation, and capital flows

• Capital Flows Impact on Labor market: How do FDIs and Remittances Effect Youth Employment in Bosnia and Hercegovina?
  • Bojan Baškot, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• How much is too much? The fiscal space in emerging market economies.
  • Carlos Montoro et al., Central Reserve Bank of Peru.
• The fiscal stance in Colombia implied by the Tax Policy.
  • Jorge Toro et al., Central Bank of Colombia.
• Comments by: Rahul Mukherjee, the Graduate Institute, Geneva

MINI-WORKSHOP on Research Stumbling blocks Facilitated by Cédric Tille, BCC & the Graduate Institute, Geneva And Rahul Mukherjee, the Graduate Institute, Geneva WORKSHOP PANEL 2: Impact of fiscal policy

• Does monetary and fiscal policies interact in oil exporting countries? Evidence from Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan.
  • Heyran Aliyeva et al., Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
• Fiscal multipliers and balance sheet effects in a small open economy.
  • Martha López, Central Bank of Colombia.
• Fiscal policy, output and financial stress in the case of developing and emerging European economies: a threshold VAR approach.
  • Gerti Shijaku, Bank of Albania.
• Comments by: Daniel Kaufmann, University of Neuchâtel

DINNER SPEAKER Marcos Chamon, IMF

DAY 2 September 27, 2019

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

• Eric M Leeper, University of Virginia

POLICY PANEL 1: Changing cyclicality and predictability of fiscal policies: how do they affect the conduct of monetary policy?

• Chair: Ugo Panizza, the Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Azer Alasgarov, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Belma Colakovic, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Benjamin Born, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

POLICY PANEL 2: Impact on financial stability: should fiscal and monetary policy be coordinated, and if so how?

• Chair: Urs Birchler, University of Zurich
• Altin Tanku, Bank of Albania
• Renzo Rossini, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• Graciela Kaminsky, George Washington University
• Matthew B. Canzoneri, Georgetown University
• Ryan Banerjee, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Jonathan Ostry, IMF

POLICY PANEL 3: How should the interaction between finance ministries and central banks be structured?

• Chair: Cédric Tille, BCC & the Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Marouane El Abassi, Central Bank of Tunisia
• Juan José Ospina, Central Bank of Colombia
• Thomas Moser, Swiss National Bank
• Franziska Ohnsorge, World Bank
• Olga Pogarska, National Bank of Ukraine