Conference on Economic and Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
PROGRAM
Woodstock Inn and Resort, Woodstock, VT
Martin Feldstein, Organizer
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
Woodstock Inn and Resort
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
REDUCING THE RISK OF FINANCIAL CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
8:30 AM Background author: SEBASTIAN EDWARDS, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Panelists: DOMINGO CAVALLO, Former Minister of Finance, Argentina
ARMINIO FRAGA, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
JACOB FRENKEL, Merrill Lynch and NBER, Former Chief Economist, IMF and Former Governor, Bank of Israel
10:15 AM Coffee Break
FINANCIAL POLICIES
10:45 AM Background author: FREDERIC MISHKIN, Columbia University and NBER
Panelists: ANDREW CROCKETT, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
MICHAEL DOOLEY, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER, Formerly of the Federal Reserve Board and IMF
MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA, Chairman, Planning Commission, India, Former Chief Economist, Government of India
12:30 PM Lunch
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY POLICIES
1:30 PM Background author: JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER and NOURIEL ROUBINI, New York University and NBER
Panelists: MERVYN KING, Deputy Governor, Bank of England and NBER
ROBERT RUBIN, Citigroup, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
GEORGE SOROS, Soros Fund Management
3:15 PM Coffee Break
MANAGING ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES
IMF STABILIZATION PROGRAMS
3:45 PM Background author: ANNE KRUEGER, Stanford University and NBER
Panelists: STANLEY FISCHER, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund and NBER
PAUL KRUGMAN, Princeton University and NBER
JEFFREY SACHS, Harvard University and NBER
5:30 PM Adjourn
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
Speaker: LAWRENCE SUMMERS, U.S. Department of the Treasury and NBER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21:
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
IMF STRUCTURAL PROGRAMS
8:30 AM Background author: MORRIS GOLDSTEIN, Institute for International Economics
Panelists: TIMOTHY GEITHNER, U.S. Treasury Department
PAUL KEATING, Former Finance Minister and Prime Minister, Australia
YUNG CHUL PARK, Korea University
10:15 AM Coffee Break
CREDITOR RELATIONS
10:35 AM Background author: WILLIAM CLINE, Institute of International Finance
Panelists: ROBERTO MENDOZA, Goldman Sachs
GUILLERMO ORTIZ, Governor, Bank of Mexico
AMMAR SIAMWALLA, Thailand Development Research Institute
12:15 PM Lunch and Adjourn
6:30 PM Informal Dinner
BACKGROUND PAPERS
The Role of the Private Sector in Resolving Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
WILLIAM CLINE, Institute of International Finance
Exchange Rate Regimes, Capital Flows, and Crisis Prevention
SEBASTIAN EDWARDS, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
The Role of Industrial Country Policies in Emerging Market Crises
JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER
NOURIEL ROUBINI, New York University and NBER
IMF Structural Programs
MORRIS GOLDSTEIN, Institute for International Economics
IMF Stabilization Programs
ANNE KRUEGER, Stanford University and NBER
Financial Policies and the Prevention of Financial Crises in Emerging Market Countries
FREDERIC MISHKIN, Columbia University and NBER
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