|  The inaugural meeting of a workshop sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and open to monetary policy researchers from the greater New York area.  The purpose of this workshop is to bring together academics and other researchers in the field of monetary economics to discuss a wide range of issues relevant to the conduct of monetary policy. Participants are encouraged to present both theoretical and empirical work.
 
 The workshop will meet twice a year, in the spring and the fall.
 
            
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              | 9:15 a.m. | Continental breakfast |  
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              | 9:45 a.m. |  A Phillips Curve with an Ss Foundation  
 Mark Gertler and John Leahy, NYU
 
 Discussants:
 Michael Woodford, Columbia University
 Andrea Tambalotti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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              | 11:15 a.m. |  Coffee break  |  
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              | 11:30 a.m. | Monetary Policy with Model Uncertainty: Distribution Forecast Targeting  
  Lars Svensson and Noah Williams, Princeton University   Discussants: Marvin Goodfriend, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
 Pierpaolo Benigno, NYU and Columbia University
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              | 1:00 p.m. |  Lunch  |  
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              | 2:15 p.m. | Were There Regime Switches in U.S. Monetary Policy?  
 Chris Sims, Princeton University, and Tao Zha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
 
  Discussants: Mark Watson, Princeton University
 Simon Potter, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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              | 3:45 p.m. |  Coffee break 
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              | 4:00 p.m. |  DSGE Models in a Data-Rich Environment  
 Jean Boivin  and Marc Giannoni, Columbia Business School
 
 Discussants:
 Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania
 Alexei Onatski, Columbia University and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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              | 5:30 p.m. | Adjourn |  
              |  |  |  Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 10th Floor, Board Room
 33 Liberty Street
 New York, New York
 
 
 Argia Sbordone, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 Gauti Eggertsson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 
 List of Participants
  
 
 Please address any questions to:
 
 Argia Sbordone, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 argia.sbordone@ny.frb.org
  Gauti Eggertsson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York gauti.eggertsson@ny.frb.org
 
          
 
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