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| The following papers were presented at the October 2005 20th Anniversary Panel Meeting at the Bank of England; they appear below in their final version, as printed in Economic Policy. |

Pierre Cahuc commenting on Ignazio Angeloni's views on inflation persistence. |
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Price Setting and Inflation Persistence
Ignazio Angeloni (Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze), Luc Aucremanne (National Bank of Belgium) and Matteo Ciccarelli (European Central Bank)
Discussion (PDF): Hélène Rey
Discussion (PDF): Pierre Cahuc |
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Olivier Blanchard listens to comments by
Charles
Bean |
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European Unemployment: The Evolution of Facts and Ideas
Olivier Blanchard (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussion (PDF):
Charles
Bean |
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Olivier Blanchard comments on Debelle's presentation as Esther Duflo listens. |
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Has the Inflation Process Changed?
Guy Debelle (Reserve Bank of Australia) and Steve Cecchetti (Brandeis University)
Discussion (PDF):
Manuel Arellano |
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Barry Eichengreen presents under the interested eye of Hans-Werner Sinn. |
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The International Monetary System in the last (and next) 20 years
Barry Eichengreen (University of California Berkeley and CEPR) and Raul Razo-Garcia (University of California Berkeley)
Discussion (PDF): Giancarlo Corsetti |
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Georgina Santos presenting her views on the London
Congestion Charge. |
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Road Pricing: Lessons from London
Gordon Fraser (University of Cambridge) and Georgina Santos (University of Oxford)
Discussion (PDF): Neil Gandal
Discussion (PDF): David Newbery |
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Giancarlo Corsetti and Paul Seabright following the presentation of Jacobs and van der Ploeg. |
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Guide to Reform of Higher Education: a European Perspective
Bas Jacobs (University of Amsterdam) and Frederick van der Ploeg (European University Institute and CEPR)
Discussion (PDF): Esther Duflo
Discussion (PDF): Pierre Pestieau |
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Lars Jonung listening to Philippe Martin's reactions. |
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Improving Fiscal Policy in the EU. The Case for Independent Forecasts
Lars Jonung (European Commission) and Martin Larch (European Commission)
Discussion (PDF): Carlo Favero
Discussion (PDF): Philippe Martin |
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Damien Neven presenting his take on antitrust in Europe. |
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Competition Economics and Antitrust in Europe
Damien J. Neven (Graduate Institute of International Studies and CEPR)
Presentation (PDF): Damien J. Neven |
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Charles Wyplosz agreeing with Steven Nickell's comments. |
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European Monetary Union: The Dark Sides of a Major Success
Charles Wyplosz (Graduate Institute of International Studies and CEPR)
Discussion (PDF): Stephen Nickell |
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A celebratory spirit marked the event.
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(Left) Hans-Werner Sinn and Richard Portes exchanging a joke with Mervyn King.
(Middle) Enjoying good company: Richard Portes, David Begg,
Charles
Bean, Jenny Holland, Georges de Ménil.
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Charles
Bean speaking at dinner. |
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(Left) Current and past editors mingle: Barry Eichengreen, Richard Baldwin, David Begg, Paul Seabright, Olivier Blanchard.
(Middle) Economics can certainly be fun: Richard Baldwin and Richard Portes.
(Right) Colleagues at LSE and the Bank of England,
Charles
Bean and Steven Nickell relax between presentations. |
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