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Macroeconomics and global financial markets

10–11 March 2015 | Basel, Switzerland

About the conference 

Second BIS Research Network meeting

On 10-11 March 2015, the BIS held the second BIS Research Network meeting, bringing together researchers from academia and central banks exploring long-range research issues related to banking, monetary policy, regulation and financial stability. With macroeconomics and global financial markets as main theme, participants discussed how to measure the macroeconomic impact of monetary policy at the zero lower bound, global asset allocation shifts, what are the new features of the business cycle, and the policy mix in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

Agenda

Jaime Caruana, Bank for International Settlements | remarks

Chair   
Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements

Measuring the macroeconomic impact of monetary policy at the zero lower bound
paper
presentation
Jing Cynthia Wu and Fan Dora Xia
The liquidity premium of near-money assets
paperStefan Nagel
A shadow policy rate to calibrate US monetary policy at the zero lower bound
paper
presentation
Marco Lombardi and Feng Zhu

 

Chair   
Jean-Charles Rochet

Stock returns over the FOMC cycle
paper
presentation
Anna Cieslak, Adair Morse and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen
Global asset allocation shifts
paper
presentation
Tim-Alexander Kroencke, Maik Schmeling and Andreas Schrimpf
Efficiently inefficient markets for assets and asset management
paper
presentation
Nicolae Garleanu and Lasse Heje Pedersen

 

Chair   
Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements

Monetary policy surprises, credit costs and economic activity
paper
presentation
Mark Gertler and Peter Karadi
Reconciling Hayek's and Keynes' views of recessions
paper
presentation
Paul Beaudry, Dana Galizia and Franck Portier
Inflation dynamics during the financial crisis
paper
presentation
Simon Gilchrist, Jae Sim, Raphael Schoenle, Jae Sim and Egon Zakrajsek

 

Chair   
Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Fiscal multipliers in recessions
paper
presentation
Matthew Canzoneri, Fabrice Collard, Harris Dellas and Behzad Diba
A model of secular stagnation
paper
presentation
Neil Mehrotra and Gauti Eggertsson
What drives the short-run cost of fiscal consolidation?
paper
presentation
Ryan Banerjee and Fabrizio Zampolli

 

Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements