CNB Research Open Day 2008
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Czech National Bank's Plodinová burza (Commodity Exchange) building,
Senovážné nám. 30, Praha 1
The CNB will hold its fourth CNB Research Open Day on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 in the Czech National Bank's Plodinová burza (Commodity Exchange) building, Senovážné nám. 30, Praha 1.
This event will provide an opportunity to see some of the best of the CNB's current research work, to learn about the CNB's research strategy and to meet CNB researchers informally. All presentations will be held in English.
The CNB Research Open Day is open to the general public. Unfortunately, there are no free places left as the seating capacity of the conference facility has been reached.
Programme
| 8:30 | Registration & Morning Coffee |
Chair: Robert Holman |
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| 9:00 | Welcome by Robert Holman (Chief Executive Director, CNB) & ERD Award 2007 Economic Research CNB: What‘s New, Kateřina Šmídková (Executive Director, Economic Research and Financial Stability Department, CNB) |
| 9:20 | Why and How to Assess Inflation Target Fulfilment, Jan Filáček, CNB |
| 9:40 | Discussion: Gabriel Fagan, ECB |
| 10:00 | Q&A |
| 10:05 | Coffee |
Chair: Kateřina Šmídková |
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| 10:35 | Transmission of Exchange Rate Shocks into Domestic Inflation: The Case of the Czech Republic, Oxana Babetskaia-Kukharchuk, CNB |
| 10:55 | Discussion: István Kónya, MNB |
| 11:15 | Q&A |
| 11:20 | Foreign Exchange Interventions Under Inflation Targeting: The Czech Experience (pdf, 203 kB), Tomáš Holub, CNB (joint work with Adam Geršl, CNB) |
| 11:40 | Discussion: Diego Moccero, OECD |
| 12:00 | Q&A |
| 12:05 | The Effects of Anticipated Future Change in the Monetary Policy Regime, Juraj Antal, CNB (joint work with František Brázdik, CNB) |
| 12:25 | Discussion: Yulia Rychalovska, CERGE-EI |
| 12:45 | Q&A |
| 12:50 | Lunch |
Chair: Martin Cincibuch, CNB |
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| 14:30 | Gabriel Fagan – Macroeconomic Adjustment to Monetary Union (pdf, 582 kB) – lecture with Q&A |
| 16:00 | Concluding Remarks |