2014 Monetary Policy
MONETARY POLICY AFTER BRETTON WOODS
Freitag, 21.03.2014
09:30-17:00 Uhr D4 Departmentsbibliothek
The end of the monetary system of Bretton Woods in August 1971 made in necessary for monetary authorities tho choose between different options for monetary and exchange rate policy: floating exchange rates or pegging one´s currency to that of a larger economy, controlling of the monetary base or using interest rate variations to influence the business cycle.
09:30-09:45
Peter Berger
Welcome Address
10:00-10:45
Peter Mooslechner
From Bretton Woods to Monetary Union: Monetary Policy in European Perspective
11:00-11:45
Gunnar Wetterberg
The Swedish Riksbank and Monetary Policy. A Case of Institutional Learning.
11:50-12:35
Martin M.G. Fase
Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy: Principles and Design in the Netherlands 1948-1998
14:00-14:45
Mathias Zurlinden
Monetary Policy in Switzerland in the 1970s
14:50-15:35
Peter Spahn
How the Bundesbank Adopted Monetarism
16:00-16:45
Johann Kernbauer
Stabilization Policy by Fixing the Exchange: Austrian Monetary Policy after Bretton Woods
