Namur November 12, 2012

 HANS DEWACHTER, ROMAIN HOUSSA & PAUL REDING, Organizers

 09:30 Registration

10:00  Keynote Address: Paul De Grauwe (London School of Economics)  

Managing the Eurocrisis

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Sovereign Risk, European Crisis Resolution Policies and Bond Yields

Juha Kilponen (Bank of Finland)

Discussant: Leonardo Iania (UCL & NBB)

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Public Debt and Economic Growth: Is There a Causal Effect?

Ugo Panizza (UNCTAD and The Graduate Institute in Geneva)

Discussant: Zampolli Fabrizio (Bank for International Settlements)

15:00 Coffee Break

15:15 Capital Controls or Exchange Rate Policy? A Pecuniary Externality Perspective

Chris Otrok (University of Missouri & Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis)

Discussant: Gregory  De Walque (NBB)

16:15 Coffee Break

16:30 The Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis: Safe Haven, Credit Rating Agencies and the Spread of the Fever from Greece, Ireland and Portugal

Roberto De Santis (ECB)

Discussant: Hans Dewachter (NBB)

19:00 Dinner (on invitation)