JACKSON HOLE: Here's The Program Schedule For The Kansas City Fed's Economic Policy Symposium

Sam Ro

Aug 22, 2014, 15:21 IST

The Kansas City Fed's annual Economic Policy Symposium kicked off on Thursday.

For many, the main event will be the appearance of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who will offer opening remarks at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Other heavy hitters at the event include European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.

Here's the full schedule via the Kansas City Fed.

Thursday, August 21, 2014
6 p.m.	Opening Reception and Dinner

Host:	Esther George
	President and Chief Executive Officer,
	Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City


Friday, August 22, 2014
Chair:	Peter Blair Henry
	Dean, Stern School of Business,
	New York University

8 a.m.	Opening Remarks
	Janet L.Yellen
	Chair,
	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

8:30 a.m.	Churn and the Functioning of Labor Markets

Authors:	Steven J. Davis
	Professor,
	University of Chicago

	John Haltiwanger
	Professor,
	University of Maryland

Discussant:	Richard Rogerson
	Professor,
	Princeton University

9:05 a.m.	General Discussion

9:30 a.m.	Job Polarization

Author:	David Autor
	Professor,
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:15 a.m.	Discussant

Discussant:	Lisa M. Lynch
	Professor,
	Brandeis University

10:30 a.m.	General Discussion

10:55 a.m.	Panel on Demographics

Panelists:	Karen Eggleston
	Professor,
	Stanford University

	David Lam
	Professor,
	University of Michigan

	Ronald D. Lee
	Professor,
	University of California, Berkeley

11:55 a.m.	General Discussion

12:30 p.m.	Luncheon Address

Speaker:	Mario Draghi
	President,
	European Central Bank

2 p.m.	Adjournment


Saturday, August 23, 2014
Chair:	Christina D. Romer
	Professor,
	University of California, Berkeley

8 a.m.	Scars From the Crisis

Author:	Till Marco von Wachter
	Associate Professor,
	University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:	Antonella Trigari
	Associate Professor,
	Bocconi University

8:35 a.m.	General Discussion

9 a.m.	Wage Dynamics

Author:	Giuseppe Bertola
	Professor,
	EDHEC School of Business

9:45 a.m.	Discussant

Discussant:	Mark Bils
	Professor,
	University of Rochester

10 a.m.	General Discussion

10:25 a.m.	Overview Panel: Labor Markets and Monetary Policy

Panelists:	Ben Broadbent
	Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy,
	Bank of England

	Haruhiko Kuroda
	Governor,
	Bank of Japan

	Alexandre Antonio Tombini
	Governor,
	Central Bank of Brazil

11:25 a.m.	General Discussion

2 p.m.	Adjournment

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