Optimal Monetary Institutions for Mexico

    Preliminary Program
      Please note that the program may change. The time allocated to speakers will be 45 minutes for the presentation of the paper by the authors, and 15 minutes for each discussant.

    Marco Del Negro and Elisabeth Huybens, ITAM

"Should Mexico Adopt the US Dollar? A Preliminary Index"
Participants:

   George J. Borjas, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

paper (FINAL VERSION): "Dollarization and the Mexican Labor Market"


    Guillermo Calvo, University of Maryland

paper (FINAL VERSION): "Capital Markets and the Exchange Rate- With Special Reference to the Dollarization Debate in Latin America"


    Thomas F. Cooley, University of Rochester, and Vincenzo Quadrini, Duke University

paper (FINAL VERSION): "The Costs of Losing Monetary Policy Independence: The Case of Mexico"


    Marco Del Negro and Francesc Obiols-Homs, ITAM

paper (FINAL VERSION): "Has Monetary Policy Been So Bad That It Is Better To Get Rid of It? The Case of Mexico"


    Barry Eichengreen, University of California at Berkeley

paper (FINAL VERSION): "When To Dollarize?";  figures


    Charles Engel, University of Washington

paper (FINAL VERSION): "Optimal Exchange Rate Policy: The Influence of Price-Setting and Asset Markets”


    Ross Levine and Maria Carkovic, University of Minnesota

paper (FINAL VERSION): "How Much Bang for the Buck? Mexico and Dollarization"


    Enrique G. Mendoza, Duke University

paper (FINAL VERSION): "On the Benefits of Dollarization When Stabilization Policy Is Not Credible and Financial Markets Are Imperfect"


    Andrew K. Rose,   Haas School of Business,  University of California at Berkeley

paper (FINAL VERSION): "One Money, One Market: Estimating the Effect of Common Currencies on Trade"


    Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe´, Rutgers University, and Martin Uribe, University of Pennsylvania

          paper (FINAL VERSION): "Stabilization Policy and the Costs of Dollarization"


    Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University

paper (FINAL VERSION): "Fiscal Consequences for Mexico of Adopting the Dollar"


    Bruce Smith and Valerie Bencivenga, University of Texas at Austin, and Elisabeth Huybens, ITAM

paper  (FINAL VERSION): "Dollarization and the Integration of International Capital Markets: A Contribution to the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas"


    Alan C. Stockman, University of Rochester

paper: "Optimal Central Bank Areas, Financial Intermediation, and Mexican Dollarization"


    Conference Information:
Date:                 December 3-4, 1999

Place:                           Auditorio Campus Santa Teresa, ITAM
                                     Av. Camino a Santa Teresa #930
                                     México, D.F.
                                     Tel. (52-5) 628 4197

Hotel:                          Hotel Royal Pedregal
                                     Periferico Sur 4363
                                     Col. Jardines en la Montaña
                                     Mexico D.F. 14210
                                     Tel. (52-5) 726 9036
                                     Fax  (52-5) 645 7964

Conference Dinner:    Friday December 3

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