DSGE models and forecasting
22 and 23 September 2016
Main Building, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
 Conference Room C5.02/Cinema Room
Programme
- 19:00
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   Welcome dinner
- 9:15
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   Registration 
- 9:30
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   OpeningDiego Rodriguez Palenzuela, European Central Bank 
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   Session 1Chair: Günter Coenen, European Central Bank
- 9:45
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   VAR information and the empirical validation of DSGE models 
   Presenter: Luca Gambetti, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Discussant: Marek Jarociński, European Central Bank 
- 10:45
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   Priors for the long run 
   Presenter: Domenico Giannone, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Discussant: Carlo Favero, Bocconi University 
- 12:00
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   Lunch 
- 13:00
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   Keynote Speech 
   Speaker: Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania 
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   Session 2Chair: Diego Rodriguez Palenzuela, European Central Bank
- 14:00
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   Marginalised predictive likelihood comparisons of linear Gaussian state-space models with applications to DSGE, DSGE-VAR and VAR modelsPresenter: Anders Warne, European Central Bank Discussant: Massimiliano Pisani, Banca d’Italia 
- 15:00
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   Tempered particle filtering 
   Presenter: Edward Herbst, Federal Reserve Board Discussant: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Emory University 
- 16:00
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   Coffee break 
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   Session 3Chair: Matteo Ciccarelli, European Central Bank
- 16:15
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   Narrative sign restriction for SVARs 
   Presenter: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Emory University Discussant: Michele Lenza, European Central Bank 
- 17:15
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   Long-run covariability 
   Presenter: Ulrich Müller, Princeton University Discussant: Marta Banbura, European Central Bank 
- 19:30
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   Dinner
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   Session 4Chair: Hans-Joachim Klöckers, European Central Bank
- 9:15
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   Challenges for macro models used at central banks 
   Presenter: Jesper Linde, Riksbank Discussant: Stefano Neri, Banca d’Italia 
- 10:15
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   Filtering for multi-step prediction with DSGE modelsPresenter: Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Discussant: Pablo A. Guerron-Quintana, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 
- 11:15
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   Coffee break 
- 11:30
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   Panel discussion "The use of models in central bank forecasting"Panellists: - Frank Smets, European Central Bank (Chair)
- John M. Roberts, Federal Reserve board
 Panel Discussion on Uses of Models at Central Banks
- Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
- Óscar Arce, Banco de Espana
 The use of DSGE models in Forecasing: The recent experience of Banco de España
- Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
 The Use of (DSGE) Models in Central Bank Forecasting: The FRBNY Experience
 
- 13:00
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   Closing remarks
- 13:15
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   End of the Workshop 
Conference organisers
- Nikola Bokan, European Central Bank
- Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank
Transfers
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers from and to the airport, unless indicated otherwise
Contacts
Ms. Nicola Bowen
Directorate General Economics
Output and Demand Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 6351
nicola.bowen@ecb.europa.eu
Ms. Tzveta Maneva
Directorate General Economics
Output and Demand Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 6087
tzveta.maneva@ecb.europa.eu