Second ECB Annual Research Conference
25 and 26 September 2017
Main Building, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main 
 Conference Room C5.01, Grossmarkthalle 
Conducting state-of-the-art research is one of the ECB’s core tasks. World-class research and dialogue between economists in academia and in central banks has become all the more important as the number and complexity of issues relevant for the ECB have grown in the post-crisis world.
The ECB Annual Research Conference is the ECB’s flagship research event covering the fields of monetary economics and finance, bringing together some of the leading academics in these fields. The conference features a keynote lecture named in honour of Jean Monnet, which is delivered by an outstanding academic on a topic of relevance to strengthening European Monetary Union.
YouTube stream of the Jean Monnet Lecture, Tuesday 26 September 2017, 14:00-15:00
Programme
Conference brochure- 8:30
- Registration and coffee
- 9:00
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   Welcome addressVítor Constâncio, Vice-President, European Central Bank Watch
- 9:30
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   Paper 1 - Payments, credit and asset pricesChair: Pedro Gustavo Teixeira, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Monika Piazzesi, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
 Discussant: Pierre Collin-Dufresne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- 10:30
- Coffee break
- 11:00
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   Paper 2 - Mortgage design in an equilibrium model of the housing marketChair: Ulrich Bindseil, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
 Discussant: Victoria Ivashina, Harvard Business School
- 12:00
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   Paper 3 - Life below zero: bank lending under negative policy ratesChair: Chiara Zilioli, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Glenn Schepens, European Central Bank
 Discussant: Wouter den Haan, London School of Economics
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
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   Paper 4 - Rational inattention and inference from market share dataChair: Frank Smets, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: John Leahy, University of Michigan
 Discussant: Bartosz Maćkowiak, European Central Bank
- 15:00
- Coffee Break
- 15:20
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   Paper 5 - The tail that wags the economy: beliefs and persistent stagnationChair: Aurel Schubert, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Laura Veldkamp, New York University
 Discussant: Alberto Martin, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional
- 16:20
- Coffee break
- 16:45
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   Panel discussion: Exit from non-standard monetary policyChair: Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank Panellists: 
 Olivier Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
 Hyun Shin, Bank for International Settlements
 Jeremy Stein, Harvard University
 Additional panellist
- 18:15
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   Adjourn 
- 19:30
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   Conference dinner – upon invitation only 
- 8:30
- Registration and coffee
- 9:00
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   Paper 6 - Globalization, inequality and welfareChair: Frank Moss, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Pol Antràs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Discussant: Samuel Kortum, Yale University
- 10:00
- Coffee break
- 10:30
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   Paper 7 - Heterogeneity and persistence in returns to wealthChair: Christine Graeff, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
 Discussant: Kjetil Storesletten, University of Oslo and Norges Bank
- 11:30
- Coffee break
- 12:00
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   Paper 8 - The elusive costs of inflation: price dispersion during the US Great InflationChair: Massimo Rostagno, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Emi Nakamura, Columbia University
 Discussant: Jordi Galí, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
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   Jean Monnet Lecture: Good Pension DesignChair: Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank 
 Presenter: Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 15:00
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   Adjourn 
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
General information
 European Central Bank 
 Main building, Conference Room C5.01 
 Sonnemannstrasse 20 
 60314 Frankfurt am Main
 +49 69 1344 0 
 Fax: +49 69 1344 6000 
 info@ecb.europa.eu 
English
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers, unless indicated otherwise.
Sabine Wiedemann
 Directorate General Research
 +49 69 1344 6436 
 ARConference@ecb.europa.eu 
Directorate General Communications 
 Outreach Division 
 DGC-Events@ecb.europa.eu