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27th Annual Economic Policy Conference
Finance and Real Economic Activity
November 7-8, 2002
Attendance is by invitation only.
Persons interested in attending should contact Alton Gilbert or write to:
Alton Gilbert
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, MO 63166-0422
Papers are now available to attendees.
Program Information
Thursday, November 7, 2002
| 7:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome: William Poole, President,Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 8:45 a.m. | Bruce Smith and Valerie Bencivenga, University of Texas at Austin: "Monetary Policy and Financial Market Evolutions" Discussant: Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Ross Levine, University of Minnesota: "More on Finance and Growth" Discussant: Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Peter L. Rousseau, Vanderbilt University: "Historical Perspectives on Stock Markets and Economic Growth" Discussant: Eugene N. White, Rutgers University |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Geert Bekaert, Columbia University, Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University, and Christian T. Lundblad, Indiana University
(Christian Lundblad presenting): "Equity Market Liberalization in Emerging Markets" Discussant: Peter Blair Henry, Stanford University |
| 5:00 p.m. | Reception |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner |
Friday, November 8, 2002
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 a.m. | Philip Strahan, Boston College: "The Real Effects of U.S. Banking Deregulation" Discussant: David Wheelock, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m | Nicola Cetorelli, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: "Real Effects of Banking Market Structure" Discussant: Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago |
| 12:00 | Lunch |