Inaugural Conference "European Crisis: Historical Parallels and Economic Lessons"
The JRC inaugural conference took place on April 19 and April 20, 2012. Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, gave the first day's keynote public talk and Benoit Coeure, Executive Board member of the European Central Bank, gave the Friday keynote address. Leading economist (including Nobel Prize winner, Chris Sims) and historians gave presentations. The power point presentations, papers and videos can be seen by clicking on the titles on the agenda below. Conference videos can also be seen here. Check out our conference photo gallery.
Program
Thursday, April 19, 2012
1:00 - 1:15 pm
Welcome – Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
1:15 - 2:45 pm
Chris Sims, Princeton University
"Gaps in the Institutions of the Euro Area”, Paper, Video
Ricardo Reis, Columbia University
"Can a Central Bank with Negative Capital Still Be effective?" , Video
Harold James, Princeton University
“Lessons for the Euro from History”, Paper, Video
Chair: Hyun Shin, Princeton University
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
"The Spanish Variant of the Dutch Disease" , Video
Tano Santos, Columbia University
“Domestic Banking in a Monetary Union: The Spanish Case”, Video
Chair: David Thesmar, HEC Paris
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Keynote Speech – Open to the Public
Paul Krugman, Princeton University
"Europe's Two Depressions" , Video
Introduction: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Friday, April 20, 2012
9:00 – 9:30 am
Hans-Werner Sinn, University of Munich
"The Euro Crisis", Video
Chair: Mark Aguiar, Princeton University
9:30 – 10:30 am
Keynote Address
Benoit Coeure, European Central Bank
"Risk Sharing in EMU: before, during and after the Crisis", Video
Introduction: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
10:45- 12:15 pm
Policy Panel - "Current Events in Europe"
Jean-Pierre Landau, Princeton University
"Internal Imbalances in the Eurozone", Video
Ashoka Mody, IMF
“Banks in the Eurozone and Capital Flows’ Reversal”, Video
Jacob Goldfield
"Did the Three Year LTROs Really Cause the Yield Decline?" , Video
Christian Kastrop, German Ministry of Finance
“Eurozone: What Strategy Against Failure?“, Video
Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania
"How Will the Eurozone Emerge from the Crisis?", Video