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[ 1st Day ] June 15, 2006
| 7:00 p.m. ~ 9:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception I Dinner |
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[ 2nd Day ] June 16, 2006
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration | |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m |
Opening Address Seongtae Lee |
Governor, The Bank of Korea |
| 9:10 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. |
Keynote Speech Frederic Mishkin |
Professor, Columbia University |
| 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m | Coffee Break | |
Session 1
| Chairperson | Malcolm Gillis | Professor, Rice University |
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| 10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. | Can Central Banks Target Bond Prices? | |
| Speaker | Kenneth Kuttner | Professor, Oberlin University |
| Discussants | Brian Sack | Vice President, Macroeconomic Advisers |
| Ehung Gi Baek | Professor, Sangmyung University | |
| Floor Discussion | ||
| 11:10 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | The Interest Rate Channel of Monetary Transmission in the Low Inflation Era in Korea | |
| Speaker | Hyun Euy Kim |
Head of Monetary Studies Team, the Bank of Korea |
| Discussants | Jean Boivin | Professor, Columbia University |
| Joon-Ho Hahm | Professor, Yonsei University | |
| Floor Discussion | ||
| 12:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon | |
| Luncheon Address | Un-Chan Chung | President, Seoul National University |
Session 2
| Chairperson | Moon-Soo Kang | Monetary Policy Committee Member, the Bank of Korea |
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| 2:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | Optimal Monetary Policy in an Environment of Low Inflation and Rising Asset Prices | |
| Speaker | Takatoshi Ito | Professor, the University of Tokyo |
| Discussants | Jon Faust | Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
| Young Sik Kim | Professor, Seoul National University | |
| Floor Discussion | ||
| 3:10 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. | Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Low Inflation Economy with Learning | |
| Speaker | John Williams |
Senior Vice President and Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Discussants | Gauti Eggertsson | Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Jong-Wha Lee | Professor, Korea University | |
| Floor Discussion | ||
| 4:20 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
General Discussion
| Chairperson | Frederic Mishkin | Professor, Columbia University |
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| 4:40 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | ||
| Discussants | William Poole | President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Marvin Goodfriend | Professor, Carnegie Mellon University | |
| In June Kim | Professor, Seoul National University | |
| Yung Chul Park | Professor, Seoul National University | |
| Floor Discussion | ||
| 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Dinner | |
| Dinner Address | Seongtae Lee | Governor, the Bank of Korea |
