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