74th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 04 - 07, 2012 | Montréal, Canada

301 E60-1 4225 Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Sunday, October 7, 2012: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
Melville McMillan, University of Alberta—Canada
Conditional quantiles in VAR models and the asymmetric effects of monetary policy
Dong Jin Lee, University of Connecticut—USA; Tae Hwan Kim, Yonsei University—Korea, Republic of (South)
Financial instability and monetary policy
Somnath Sen, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom; Richard Barrett, Birmingham Uni—United Kingdom
Are taxes on casinos regressive, like the lottery tax?
Doug Walker, College of Charleston—USA
Time-varying parameter estimation in macro-econometrics
Guido Travaglini, Università di Roma I—Italy
Discussants:
Guido Travaglini, Università di Roma I—Italy ; Sabrina Bellanca, University of Mons—Belgium ; Melville McMillan, University of Alberta—Canada and Somnath Sen, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom