Conference in honor of Paul De Grauwe

Prof. P. De Grauwe


The Faculty of Business and Economics, the Center for Economic Studies, the Working Group International Economics
and the CESifo Group organised a Conference in honor of Paul De Grauwe on Thursday 17 November and Friday 18 November 2011.  Please find below the slides of the presentations.

Thursday 17 NovemberFriday 18 NovemberRegistrationVenues
9:00 – 9:30 Registration (Chapel - HOG 00.50)
9:30 – 11:00
Session 1: Behavioral Finance (Auditorium J. Van Der Eecken - HOG 02.28)

Alan Kirman (Université d'Aix-Marseille III): "The Madness of Crowds and the Perpetual Instability of Financial Markets"
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Thomas Lux (University of Kiel): "Sentiment Dynamics and Animal Spirits: From Agent-Based to Stochastic Models"
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11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break (Chapel - HOG 00.50)
11:30 – 13:00
Session 1: Behavioral Finance (Auditorium J. Van Der Eecken - HOG 02.28)

Cars Hommes (Univer2sity of Amsterdam): "Behavioral Finance and the De Grauwe Force"
Slides Paper

Werner De Bondt (DePaul University, Chicago): "Asset Price Bubbles: Insights from Behavioral Finance"
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13:00 – 14:30 Lunch (Chapel - HOG 00.50)
14:30 – 16:00
Session 2: Monetary Integration (Auditorium Max Weber - AP 00.15)

Casper de Vries (Erasmus University Rotterdam): "Two in Macro"
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Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt): "Model Uncertainty and Policy Robustness"
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16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00
Session 2: Monetary Integration (Auditorium Max Weber - AP 00.15)

Francesco Giavazzi (Bocconi University, Milan): "Central Banks and the Financial System"
No slides available

Stefan Gerlach (Central Bank of Ireland): "Monetary Policy and TIPS Yields before the Crisis"
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18:00 – 19:00
Keynote speakers (Auditorium Max Weber - AP 00.15)

Ronald McKinnon (Stanford University)
Slides - Paper

Herman Van Rompuy (President European Council)
No slides available
19:00
Dinner (Invitation only)

Following this colloquium, on Friday 18 at 17:00 there was an emeritus ceremony in honor of Prof. Paul De Grauwe in the Promotiezaal (Hallen) with reception (Jubileumzaal, Hallen).

Organizing committee: Hans Dewachter, Romain Houssa, Pablo Rovira Kaltwasser, Karla Vander Weyden.

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