Programa*

Miércoles, 28 de octubre

15:30-16:00

Welcome address Eloisa Ortega (Banco de España) y Pablo Vázquez (Fedea)

Session 1

Chair: Eloisa Ortega (Banco de España)

16:00-17:00

Two-Tier Labor Markets in a Deep Recession: France vs. Spain Samuel Bentolila (CEMFI), Pierre Cahuc (Ecole Polytechnique), Juan J. Dolado (Universidad Carlos III), and Thomas Le Barbanchon (CREST). Discussant: Gilles Saint-Paul (Université de Toulouse).

17:00-18:00

Spain, Japan, and the Dangers of Early Fiscal Tightening R. Anton Braun (University of Tokyo) and Javier Díaz-Giménez (IESE Business School). Discussant: Josep Pijoan-Mas (CEMFI).

18:00-18:30

Coffee break

Session 2

Chair: Sara de la Rica (Universidad del País Vasco, FEDEA)

18:30-19:30

Green Shoots? Where, When and How? Máximo Camacho (Universidad de Murcia), Gabriel Pérez-Quirós (Banco de España), and Pilar Poncela (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Discussant: Antoni Espasa (Universidad Carlos III).

Jueves, 29 de octubre

Session 3

Chair: Antonio Merino (Repsol)

10:00-11:00

The Spanish Crisis from a Global Perspective Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (University of Pennsylvania, FEDEA) and Lee Ohanian (University of California Los Angeles) Discussant: Jaume Ventura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).

11:00-12:00

The Consequences of raising the Value Added Tax rate in Spain Juan C. Conesa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Javier Díaz-Giménez (IESE Business School), Julián Díaz-Saavedra (Universidad de Granada), and Josep Pijoan-Mas (CEMFI). Discussant: Juan F. Rubio-Ramírez (Duke University).

12:00-12:30

Coffee break

Session 4

Chair: Juan José Ganuza (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

12:30-13:30

The Role of Construction in the Boom and the Bust Carlos Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis) Discussant: José García-Montalvo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

13:30-15:00

Lunch

Session 5

Chair: Michele Boldrin (Washington University in St. Louis, FEDEA)

15:00-16:00

Dynamics in the Spanish Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from Aggregate and Firm-level Data Fabio Castiglionesi (Tilburg University) and Carmine Ornaghi (University of Southampton) Discussant: Juan F. Jimeno (Banco de España)

16:00-16:30

Coffee break

Session 6

Chair: Samuel Bentolila (CEMFI)

16:30-17:30

The “New Growth Model”. How and with Whom? Florentino Felgueroso (Universidad de Oviedo, FEDEA) and Sergi Jimenez-Martin (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, FEDEA) Discussant: Marcel Jansen (Universidad Autónoma Madrid)

Viernes, 30 de octubre

Session 7

Juan José Dolado (Universidad Carlos III)

09:00-10:00

Eppur si Muove! Spain: growing without a model Michele Boldrin (Washington University in Saint Louis, FEDEA), Ignacio Conde-Ruiz (FEDEA), and Javier Díaz-Giménez (IESE Business School) Discussant: Rody Manuelli (University of Wisconsin)

10:00-11:00

The Spanish Corporate Bankruptcy Puzzle and the Crisis Marco Celentani (Universidad Carlos III, FEDEA), Miguel García-Posada (FEDEA), and Fernando Gómez Pomar (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Discussant: Tano Santos (Columbia University)

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

Session 8

Chair: Antonio Cabrales (Universidad Carlos III, FEDEA)

11:30-12:30

Did Good Cajas Extend Bad Loans? The Role of Governance and Human Capital in Cajas' Portfolio Decisions Vicente Cuñat (London School of Economics) and Luis Garicano (London School of Economics, FEDEA) Discussant: Rafael Repullo (CEMFI)

13:00-14:30

Presentation of the Fedea Economic Report 2009 Spanish Vice-Minister of Economic Affairs, José Manuel Campa

*Última actualización: 25/10/09