DSGE models and forecasting
22 and 23 September 2016
Main Building, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Conference Room C5.02/Cinema Room
Programme
- 19:00
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Welcome dinner
- 9:15
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Registration
- 9:30
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Opening
Diego Rodriguez Palenzuela, European Central Bank
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Session 1Chair: Günter Coenen, European Central Bank
- 9:45
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VAR information and the empirical validation of DSGE models
Presenter: Luca Gambetti, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Discussant: Marek Jarociński, European Central Bank
- 10:45
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Priors for the long run
Presenter: Domenico Giannone, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Carlo Favero, Bocconi University
- 12:00
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Lunch
- 13:00
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Keynote Speech
Speaker: Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania
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Session 2Chair: Diego Rodriguez Palenzuela, European Central Bank
- 14:00
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Marginalised predictive likelihood comparisons of linear Gaussian state-space models with applications to DSGE, DSGE-VAR and VAR models
Presenter: Anders Warne, European Central Bank
Discussant: Massimiliano Pisani, Banca d’Italia
- 15:00
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Tempered particle filtering
Presenter: Edward Herbst, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Emory University
- 16:00
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Coffee break
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Session 3Chair: Matteo Ciccarelli, European Central Bank
- 16:15
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Narrative sign restriction for SVARs
Presenter: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Emory University
Discussant: Michele Lenza, European Central Bank
- 17:15
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Long-run covariability
Presenter: Ulrich Müller, Princeton University
Discussant: Marta Banbura, European Central Bank
- 19:30
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Dinner
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Session 4Chair: Hans-Joachim Klöckers, European Central Bank
- 9:15
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Challenges for macro models used at central banks
Presenter: Jesper Linde, Riksbank
Discussant: Stefano Neri, Banca d’Italia
- 10:15
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Filtering for multi-step prediction with DSGE models
Presenter: Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant: Pablo A. Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- 11:15
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Coffee break
- 11:30
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Panel discussion "The use of models in central bank forecasting"
Panellists:
- Frank Smets, European Central Bank (Chair)
- John M. Roberts, Federal Reserve board
Panel Discussion on Uses of Models at Central Banks - Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
- Óscar Arce, Banco de Espana
The use of DSGE models in Forecasing: The recent experience of Banco de España - Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Use of (DSGE) Models in Central Bank Forecasting: The FRBNY Experience
- 13:00
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Closing remarks
- 13:15
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End of the Workshop
Conference organisers
- Nikola Bokan, European Central Bank
- Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank
Transfers
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers from and to the airport, unless indicated otherwise
Contacts
Ms. Nicola Bowen
Directorate General Economics
Output and Demand Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 6351
nicola.bowen@ecb.europa.eu
Ms. Tzveta Maneva
Directorate General Economics
Output and Demand Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 6087
tzveta.maneva@ecb.europa.eu