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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.
Conference Brochure ( pdf
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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 |
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