Thursday, September 26, 2002 – Friday, September 27, 2002
Financial Issues in the Pacific Basin Region
Joint Conference
Center for Pacific Basin Monetary and Economic Studies
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
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Agenda
| Thursday September 26 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast: East Garden Court Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks: Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| 9:00 a.m. | Session 1 |
| Moderator: | Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Presenters: | Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Nobuyoshi Yamori, Nagoya University “The Impact of Japan’s Financial Stabilization Laws on Bank Equity Values” |
| Discussant: | Jim Wilcox, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee break: East Garden Court Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 10:30 a.m. | Session 2 |
| Moderator: | Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Presenters: | David Smith, Board of Governors “Loans to Japanese Borrowers” |
| Discussant: | Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch: Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| 2:00 p.m. | Session 3 |
| Moderator: | Ramon Moreno , Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Presenters: | Joshua Aizenman, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Nancy P. Marion, Dartmouth College “The High Demand for International Reserves in the Far East: What’s Going On?” |
| Discussant: | Hali J. Edison, International Monetary Fund |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Session 4 |
| Moderator: | Ramon Moreno, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Presenters: | Leonardo Hernandez, Banco Central de Chile, and Peter J. Montiel, Williams College “Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries: Filling In the ‘Hollow Middle?” |
| Discussant: | Reuven Glick, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| 4:00 p.m. | Refreshment Break: East Garden Court Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 4:15 p.m. | Session 5: Roundtable Discussion on Monetary Policy Coordination in Asia |
| Moderator: | Takeo Hoshi, University of California, San Diego |
| Panelists: | Menzie D. Chinn, University of California, Santa Cruz Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley Steven Kamin, Board of Governors Ronald McKinnon, Stanford University Wataru Takahashi, Bank of Japan |
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception: Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| Introduction: | Robert T. Parry, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| Keynote Speaker: | J. Bradford Delong, University of California, Berkeley “Growth Prospects in Asia” |
| Friday September 27 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast: East Garden Court Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 9:00 a.m. | Session 6 |
| Moderator: | Takeo Hoshi, University of California, San Diego |
| Presenters: | Robert Dekle, University of Southern California and Kenneth Kletzer, University of California, Santa Cruz “Financial Intermediation, Agency and Collateral and the Dynamics of Banking Crises: Theory and Evidence for the Japanese Banking Crisis” |
| Discussant: | Kenneth Kasa, Simon Fraser University |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee break: East Garden Court Lounge, Fourth Floor |
| 10:30 a.m. | Session 7 |
| Moderator: | Takeo Hoshi, University of California, San Diego |
| Presenters: | Elijah Brewer, Hesna Genay, and William C. Hunter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and George Kaufman, Loyola University Chicago “The Value of Banking Relationships During a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Failures of Japanese Banks” |
| Discussant: | James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch: Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor |
| 1:30 p.m. | Conference Adjournment |
Presenters
Contact information for the Authors, Discussants, Moderator, and Panelists of the conference. From here you can send e-mail to conference presenters, or visit their personal home pages.
Alphabetical listing, by last name:
| Aizenman, Joshua | Kasa, Kenneth |
| Brewer, Elijah | Kashyap, Anil |
| Chinn, Menzie D. | Kaufman, George |
| Dekle, Robert | Kletzer, Kenneth |
| Delong, J. Bradford | Marion, Nancy |
| Edison, Hali J. | McKinnon, Ronald |
| Eichengreen, Barry | Montiel, Peter |
| Genay, Hesna | Smith, David |
| Harrigan, James | Spiegel, Mark |
| Hernandez, Leonardo | Takahashi, Wataru |
| Hoshi, Takeo | Wilcox, James |
| Hunter, William C. | Yamori, Nobuyoshi |
| Kamin, Steven |
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| Aizenman, Joshua | Author |
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Professor of Economics Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 95064 tel/fax: (831) 459-4791/5900 jaizen@cats.ucsc.edu |
| Brewer, Elijah III | Author |
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Economic Advisor and Assistant Vice President Economic Research Department Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 230 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604-1413 tel/fax: (312) 322-5813 ebrewer@frbchi.org |
| Chinn, Menzie D. | Panelist |
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Associate Professor Department of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz 217 Social Sciences I 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077 tel/fax: (831) 459-2079/5900 chinn@cats.ucsc.edu |
| Dekle, Robert | Author |
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Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 tel/fax: (213) 740-2134 dekle@usc.edu |
| Delong, J. Bradford | Author |
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Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 Phone/fax: 510-643-4027/642-6615 delong@econ.berkeley.edu |
| Edison, Hali J. | Discussant |
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Economist International Monetary Fund 700 19th St. NW Washington, DC 20431 tel/fax: (202) xxx-xxxx/xxxx hedison@imf.org |
| Eichengreen, Barry | Panelist |
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Professor of Economics and Political Science University of California, Berkeley Department of Economics 549 Evans Hall # 3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 tel/fax: (510) 642-2772/643-0926 eichengr@econ.Berkeley.edu |
| Genay, Hesna | Author |
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Economist Department of Economics Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 230 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604-1413 tel/fax: (312) 322-5796 hesna.genay@chi.frb.org |
| Glick, Reuven | Discussant |
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Vice President Economic Research Department Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 101 Market Street MS1130 San Francisco, CA 94105 tel/fax: (415) 974-3184/2168 |
| Harrigan, James | Discussant |
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Senior Economist International Research Function Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, NY 10045-0001 tel/fax: (212) 720-6130 james.harrigan@ny.frb.org |
| Hernandez, Leonardo | Principal Advisor |
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Economist Financial Policy Division Banco Central de Chile Casilla 967, Agustinas 1180 Santiago, Chile lhernant@bcentral.cl |
| Hoshi, Takeo | Moderator |
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Professor Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego (UCSD) 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093-0520 tel/fax: (858) 534-5914/1135 thoshi@ucsd.edu |
| Hunter, William C. | Author |
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Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 230 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604-1413 tel/fax: (312) 322-5800/2357 chunter@chi.frb.org |
| Kamin, Steven B. | Panelist |
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Assistant Director International Finance Division Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th St and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 tel/fax: (202) 452-3339 steven.kamin@frb.gov |
| Kasa, Kenneth | Discussant |
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Associate Professor of Economics Department of Economics Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6 tel/fax: (604) 291-5406 kkasa@sfu.ca |
| Kashyap, Anil | Discussant |
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Professor of Economics University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 1101 East 58th Street Chicago IL 60637 tel/fax: (773) 702-7260/0458 anil.kashyap@gsb.uchicago.edu |
| Kaufman, George | Author |
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Department of Finance Loyola University Chicago 25 East Pearson Street Chicago, IL 60611 tel/fax: (312) 915-7075/8508 gkaufma@luc.edu |
| Kletzer, Kenneth | Author |
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Professor Department of Economics University of California Santa Cruz 203 Social Sciences I Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077 tel/fax: (831) 459-3407/5900 kkletzer@cats.ucsc.edu |
| Marion, Nancy | Author |
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Dartmouth College Economics Department 6106 Rockefeller Hall, Room 325 Hanover, NH 03755-3514 tel/fax: (603) 646 2511/2122 nancy.marion@dartmouth.edu |
| McKinnon, Ronald | Panelist |
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William D. Eberle Professor of Economics Department of Economics Landau Economics Bldg. Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6072 tel/fax: (650) 723-3721/725-5702 mckinnon@stanford.edu |
| Montiel, Peter J. | Author |
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James Phinney Baxter III Professor of Public Affairs Department of Economics Fernald House Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 tel/fax: (413) 597-2103/4045 peter.j.montiel@williams.edu |
| Smith, David C. | Author |
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Economist International Finance Division Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th St and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 tel/fax: (202) 452-3827 david.c.smith@frb.gov |
| Spiegel, Mark | Author |
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Research Advisor Economic Research Department Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 101 Market Street MS1130 San Francisco, CA 94105 tel/fax: (415) 974-3241/2168 |
| Takahashi, Wataru | Panelist |
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Associate Director International Department Bank of Japan 2-1-1 Nihonbashi-hongokucho, Chuo-Ku Tokyo, Japan 103-8660 tel/fax: (+813) 3279-1111 / 5200-2256 wataru.takahashi@boj.or.jp |
| Wilcox, James | Discussant |
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Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions Haas School of Business University of California 545 Student Services Building Berkeley, CA 94720-1900 tel/fax: (510) 642-2455/643-1420 jwilcox@haas.berkeley.edu |
| Yamori, Nobuyoshi | Author |
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Associate Professor School of Economics Nagoya University Frou-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-6801 JAPAN tel/fax: (81) (52) 789-2361/4942 yamori@soec.nagoya-u.ac.jp |