June 12 – June 14, 2016
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- Dr Boris Vujčić, Assistant Professor, Governor of the Croatian National Bank, Chairman of the Committee
- Dr Paul Wachtel, Professor, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Member of the Committee
- Dr Randall K. Filer, Professor, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, CERGE - EI, Member of the Committee
- Dr Dubravko Mihaljek, Head of Macroeconomic Analysis, Bank for Interantional Settlements, Member of the Committee
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Tomislav Presečan, MSc, Vicegovernor of the Croatian National Bank, Chairman of the Committee
- Nina Srkalović, Head of the Office of the Governor, Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee
- Mirjana Šipić, Advisor at the Accounting Department, Member of the Committee
- Vanja Orešković, Associate in the Office of the Governor, Secretary of the Committee
SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR YOUNG ECONOMIST'S SEMINAR
- Dr Randall K. Filer, Professor, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, CERGE-EI, Chairman of the Committee
- Dr Evan Kraft, Professor, American University
- Dr Paul Wachtel, Professor, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Member of the Committee
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
(participation by invitation only)
PAPERS
Session I ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INTEGRATION
- Thorvaldur Gylfason: Economic and Political Diversification and How It Relates to Growth
Discussant: Sanja Madžarević – Šujster - Nauro F. Campos and Fabrizio Coricelli and Luigi Moretti: Deep Integration and Economic Growth: Counterfactual Evidence from Europe
Presentation
Discussant: Neven Mates
Session II MONETARY POLICY AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
- Gregory Thwaites: Why are real interest rates so low? Secular stagnation and the relative price of investment goods
Presentation
Discussant: Debora Revoltella - Reuven Glick and Andrew K. Rose: Currency Unions and Trade: A Post-EMU Reassessment
Presentation
Discussant: Ricardo Lago
Session III CREDIT DYNAMICS DURING CRISIS
- Ana Martinis and Igor Ljubaj: Corporate Debt Overhang in Croatia: Micro Assessment and Macro Implications
Discussant: Evan Kraft - Annalisa Ferrando, Alexander Popov and Gregory F. Udell: Sovereign Stress, Unconventional Monetary Policy, and SMEs' Access to Finance
Presentation
Discussant: Ante Žigman
POLICY LECTURE
- Jean-Pierre Danthine: The Interest Rate Unbound?
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- Panel discussion I – Eurozone Crisis: Are we really out of the woods?
- Arup Banerji: The Eurozone: Gray Clouds, or Silver Linings?
- Servaas Deroose: Euro crisis – Are we out of the woods?
- Panel discussion II – Macroeconomic vs. Structural policies: Which one can do the rick?