Centre interuniversitaire de recherche  
en économie quantitative  

MONETARY MULTI-SECTOR MODELS

7 mai/May 2005

Université de Montréal
3150, rue Jean-Brillant
Salle/Room André-Raynauld (C-6149)

Programme / Program


Samedi 7 mai
Saturday, May 7

8:30 - 9:00 Déjeuner / Breakfast

SESSION I
Présidente/Chair : Emanuela CARDIA (Université de Montréal, CIREQ)

9:00 - 9:45

Alex WOLMAN (Richmond Fed)
The Optimal Rate of Inflation with Trending Relative Prices

9:45 - 10:30

Brian Doyle, Christopher ERCEG, Andrew Levin (Board of Governors)
Monetary Policy Rules in Economies with Trade and Non-Traded Goods

10:30 - 11:00Pause / Break

11:00 - 11:45

Morten Ravn (LBS), Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Martin URIBE (Duke University)
Deep Habits

11:45 - 12:30Kevin HUANG (Philadelphia Fed), Jon Willis (University of Texas, Kansas City Fed)
State-Dependent Pricing in the Chain of Production

12:30 - 14:00Lunch

SESSION II
Président/Chair : Rui CASTRO (Université de Montréal, CIREQ)


14:00 - 14:45Fabio GHIRONI (Boston College)
Relative Price Dynamics and the Aggregate Economy
14:45 - 15:30

Hafedh Bouakez (HEC Montréal), Emanuela Cardia, Francisco RUGE-MURCIA (Université de Montréal, CIREQ)
The Transmission of Monetary Policy in a Multi-Sector Economy

15:30 - 16:00Pause / Break

16:00 - 16:45

David Altig (Cleveland Fed), Larry Christiano (Northwestern University, NBER), Martin EICHENBAUM (Northwestern University, NBER), Jesper Linde.(Sveriges Riksbank)
Firm-Specific Capital, Nominal Rigidities and the Business Cycle

16:45Adjourn