Venue: MNB, Visitor Centre, 1054 Budapest, Szabadsag ter 8
Time: 3:15-4:45 pm (different time or venue is indicated next to the seminar)
This seminar series is open to external visitors.
The seminars are usually held at MNB Visitor Centre, at 3.15 pm on Wednesdays.
SPRING 2013
January 23, Wednesday 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Daniele Siena (Department of Economics, Bocconi University)
The European Monetary Union and Imbalances:
Is it an Anticipation Story?
January 24, Thursday 11:00-12:30 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Szabolcs DEÁK (Robert Schuman Centre,European University Intitute)
The Fiscal Multiplier and the State of Public Finances
January 28, Monday 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Claudia Lambert (Goethe University Frankfurt)
How do banks react to increased asset risks?
Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
January 30, 15:15-16:45 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
George Monokroussos (University at Albany, SUNY)
Forecasting the Distribution of Macroeconomic Aggregates in Real Time Using Large Data Sets
February 1, Friday 10:30-12:00 (MNB's Conference Centre, Section room)
Julia Schmidt (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Technological Standardization, Endogenous Productivity and Transitory Dynamics
March 13 9:15-10:45
Richard Blundell (UCL)
Empirical Evidence and Tax Design: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review
March 20
Victor Rios-Rull (University of Minnesota)
Engineering a Paradox of Thrift Recession
April 9 (Tuesday) MNB Visitor Centre
Michal Brzoza-Brzezina (Bank of Poland)
Macroprudential policy and imbalances in the euro area
May 29
Vincenzo Quadrini (USC) (cancelled)
Last update: May 8
FALL 2012
September 12
Christophe Deissenberg (Université de la Méditerranée
and GREQAM)
New approaches in macroeconomics: agent-based modeling/heterogeneous agents
Promises and limitations
September 26 14:00-15:15 Széchenyi room, A/401
Ralph De Haas (EBRD)
Running for the Exit? International Bank Lending during a Financial Crisis
October 3
Mike Elsby (University of Edinburgh)
On the Importance of the Participation Margin for Labor Market Fluctuations
October 10
Refet Gürkaynak (University of Bilkent)
Judging the DGSE model by its forecast
October 17
Paolo Sodini (Stockholm School of Economics)
Twin Picks: Disentangling the Determinants of Risk-Taking in Household Portfolios
November 14
Livia Chitu (ECB)
Was unofficial dollarisation/euroisation an amplifier of the ‘great recession’ of 2007-09 in emerging economies?
November 28
Thijs van Rens (CREI/UPF)
Selective Hiring and the Welfare Costs of Business Cycles