Namur October 20, 2011

PAUL DE GRAUWE, ROMAIN HOUSSA  and CHRIS OTROK, Organizers

09:30  Keynote Address

  Daniel Gros (Center for European Policy Studies)

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30  Fragility of Incomplete Monetary Unions: New Insights from the Recent Financial Crisis

  Paul De Grauwe (University of Leuven)

  Discussant: Paul Reding (University of Namur)

11:30 Coffee Break

12:00  Risk Aversion and Uncertainty in the Euro Area Sovereign Bond Markets

  Julien Idier (Banque de France)

  Discussant: Aline Muller (HEC-University of Liege)

13:00 Lunch

14:00  Optimal Policy for Macro-Financial Stability

  Chris Otrok (University of Missouri)

  Discussant: Raf Wouters (NBB)

15:00 Coffee Break

15:30  Money, Credit and Business Cycles in the Euro Area

  Giannone Domenico (ECARES-ULB)

  Discussant: Romain Houssa (University of Namur)

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00  New Information Response Functions and Applications to Monetary Policy

  Fulvio Pegoraro (Banque de France)

  Discussant: Hans Dewachter (NBB, University of Leuven)

19:00 Dinner (on invitation)