Conference
"Challenges to Inflation
in an Era of Relative Price Shocks"

in Münster (Germany), June 16-17, 2009
in Sydney (Australia), August 17-18, 2009

organized by Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA)
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Viessmann European Research Centre,
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
Chair of Monetary Economics, and Institute for International Economics,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

Call for Papers

Please find the detailed "Call for Papers" here.

Program

Please find the "Program" here.

Papers Robert Anderton, Filippo di Mauro and others, Key drivers of global inflation Jeffrey Frankel and Andrew Rose, Macroeconomic Determination of Prices of Agricultural and Mineral Commodities Lutz Kilian, Oil Price Shocks, Monetary Policy and Stagflation Gert Peersman and Ine Van Robays, The Economic Consequences of Oil Shocks - A Cross-Country Analysis César Calderón and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, What drives Inflation in the World? Pierre L. Siklos, Relative Price Shocks, Inflation Expectations, and the Role of Monetary Policy Francesco Ravazzolo and Shaun P. Vahey, Ditch the Ex! Measure Core Inflation with a Disaggregate Ensemble Presentations R. Anderton, M. Lombardi, F. di Mauro and others, Key Elements of Global Inflation Tino Berger, Discussion of Michael D. Bradley, Dennis W. Janson and Tara M. Sinclair Lutz Kilian, Oil Price Shocks, Monetary Policy and Stagflation Gert Peersman and Ine Van Robays, The Economic Consequences of Oil Shocks Simon Price, Discussion of César Calderón and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel Pierre L. Siklos, Relative Price Shocks, Inflation Expectations and the Role of Monetary Policy Tara M. Sinclair, How Well Does "Core" CPI Capture Permanent Price Changes? Tara M. Sinclair, Discussion of Francesco Ravazzolo, Shaun P. Vahey Shaun P. Vahey and Francesco Ravazzolo, Ditch the Ex! Measure Core Inflation with a Dissaggregate Ensemble

Arrival

Public transport: Please find the bus schedule from the FMO airport to the main railway station Münster here. Please find the bus schedule fom the main railway station Münster to the bus stop "Schützenstrasse" here. Please find the description of the way from the bus stop "Schützenstrasse" to the hotel (Stadthotel Münster, Aegidiistraße 21) here. Please find the description of the way from the hotel (Stadthotel Münster, Aegidiistraße 21) to the place of the workshop on June 16-17, 2009 (Alexander von Humboldt-Haus, Hüfferstraße 61) here. Please find the description of the way from the hotel (Stadthotel Münster, Aegidiistraße 21) to the place of the dinner on June 16, 2009 (Möwenpick Hotel Münster, Kardinal-von-Galen-Ring 65) here.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Martin T. Bohl Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Chair of Monetary Economics Am Stadtgraben 9 48143 Muenster Germany Phone: +49 251 83 25 005 Fax: +49 251 83 22 846 Email: