The JRCPPF inaugural conference took place on April 19-20, 2012 at Princeton University. Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, gave the first day's keynote and Benoit Coeure, Executive Board member of the European Central Bank, gave the Friday keynote address. Leading economists (including Nobel Prize winner Chris Sims) and historians gave presentations. Videos, papers presented, and corresponding slides from are posted below. Selected photos from the conference are here.
Read the conference summary.
Videos, Papers, & Slides
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Session I
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Chair: Hyun Shin, Princeton University
Chris Sims, Princeton University
"Gaps in the Institutions of the Euro Area"
(Paper | Slides)Ricardo Reis, Columbia University
"Can a Central Bank with Negative Capital Still be Effective?"
(Slides)Harold James, Princeton University
"Lessons for the Euro from History"
(Paper | Slides)Video: Gaps in the Institutions of the Euro Area
Video: Can a Central Bank with Negative Capital Still be Effective?
Video: Lessons for the Euro from History
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Session II
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Chair: David Thesmar, HEC Paris
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
"The Spanish Variant of the Dutch Disease"
(Slides)Tano Santos, Columbia University
“Domestic Banking in a Monetary Union: The Spanish Case”
(Slides)Video: The Spanish Variant of the Dutch Disease
Video: Domestic Banking in a Monetary Union: The Spanish Case
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Thursday Keynote Address
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Paul Krugman, Princeton University
"Europe's Two Depressions"
(Slides)Video: Europe's Two Depressions
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Session III
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Chair: Mark Aguiar, Princeton University
Hans-Werner Sinn, University of Munich
"The Euro Crisis"
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Friday Keynote Address
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Benoit Coeure, European Central Bank
"Risk Sharing in EMU: Before, During and After the Crisis"
(Speech)Video: Risk Sharing in EMU: Before, During and After the Crisis
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Session IV: Policy Panel, "Current Events in Europe"
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Jean-Pierre Landau, Princeton University
"Internal Imbalances in the Eurozone"
(Slides)Ashoka Mody, IMF
“Banks in the Eurozone and Capital Flows’ Reversal”
(Slides)Jacob Goldfield
"Did the Three Year LTROs Really Cause the Yield Decline?"Christian Kastrop, German Ministry of Finance
“Eurozone: What Strategy Against Failure?“
(Slides)Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania
"How Will the Eurozone Emerge from the Crisis?"
(Slides)Video: Internal Imbalances in the Eurozone
Video: Banks in the Eurozone and Capital Flows’ Reversal
Video: Did the Three Year LTROs Really Cause the Yield Decline?
Video: Eurozone: What Strategy Against Failure?
Video: How Will the Eurozone Emerge from the Crisis?
Keynote Speakers
Paul Krugman, Princeton University
Benoit Couere, European Central Bank