Program Overview
Macro Economy Research Conference
11-12 November 2008
Hotel Okura Tokyo
Program
- Opening Remarks
- Junichi Ujiie, Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies and Nomura Holdings
- Session 1: International Currencies and the Global Monetary System
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Moderator:Paola Subacchi, Chatham House
Dollar Dominance, Euro Aspirations: Recipe for Discord?
Benjamin Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Comments: Klaus Regling, Economics and Finance Directorate, European CommissionInternational Role of the Euro
Richard Portes, London Business School & CEPR
Comments: Edwin Truman, Peterson Institute for International EconomicsThe Role of Asian Currencies in the International Monetary System
Masahiro Kawai, Asian Development Bank Institute
Comments: Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
- Lunch Presentation: U.S. Economy in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis
- Barry Bosworth, Brookings Institution
- Session 2: Monetary and Financial Relations in Asia
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Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo
A Realistic Vision of Asian Economic Integration
Wing-Thye Woo, Brookings Institution
Comments: C-H Kwan, Nomura Institute for Capital Markets Research
Comments: WU Qing, Development Research Center of the State CouncilExchange Rate Cooperation in East Asia: A European View and a Simple Solution
Charles Wyplosz, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Comments: Klaus Regling, Economics and Finance Directorate, European CommissionChina's Financial Integration with Asia
GAO Haihong, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesJapanese Retail Investment in Overseas Securities and FX Margin Trades
Yunosuke Ikeda, Financial and Economic Research Center, Nomura SecuritiesComments: Eiichi Sekine, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research
- Session 3: Governance of the Global Financial and Monetary System
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Moderator:Barry Bosworth, Brookings Institution
Reforming the International Financial Architecture: The View from Emerging Markets
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
Comments: Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Thailand Development Research InstituteIs the IMF Worth Funding?
Edwin Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Comments: Benjamin Cohen, University of California, Santa BarbaraThe Future of the IMF and of Regional Cooperation in East Asia
Yung Chul Park, Korea University
Comments: Richard Portes, London Business School & CEPR
- Closing Remarks
- Junichi Ujiie, Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies and Nomura Holdings