The New Bank Lending Channel: Lessons from the Crisis

Leonardo Gambacorta (Bank for International Settlements)
David Marques-Ibanez (European Central Bank)

Discussants:
Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Luigi Spaventa (University of Rome)

Monetary Policy and the Global Housing Bubble

Jane Dokko (Federal Reserve Board)
Brian Doyle (Federal Reserve Board)
Michael T. Kiley (Federal Reserve Board)
Jinill Kim (Federal Reserve Board and Seoul University)
Shane Sherlund (Federal Reserve Board)
Jae Sim (Federal Reserve Board)
Skander Van Den Heuvel (Federal Reserve Board)

Discussants:
Jean-Paul L’Huillier (EIEF)
Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota)

Keynesian Government Spending Multipliers and Spillovers in the Euro Area

Tobias Cwik (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Discussant:
Pietro Cova (Banca d’Italia)
Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent University)

Crime in Europe and in the US: Dissecting the ‘Reversal of Misfortunes’

Paolo Buonnano (University of Bergamo)
Francesco Drago (University of Naples Parthenope)
Roberto Galbiati (CNRS and Sciences Po)
Giulio Zanella (University of Bologna)

Discussants:
Jerome Adda (University College London)
Bas Jacobs (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?

Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institution and Stanford University)
Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich)

Discussants:
Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Fabiano Schivardi (University of Cagliari and EIEF)

Young People and Recession. A Lost Generation?

David N. F. Bell (University of Sterling)
David G. Blanchflower (Dartmouth College)

Discussants:
Yann Algan (Sciences Po)
Andrea Ichino (University of Bologna)

Mobile Telecommunications and the Impact on Economic Development

Harald Gruber (European Investment Bank)
Pantelis Koutroumpis (Imperial College London)

Discussants:
Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po)
Volker Nocke (University of Mannheim)

The Great Retrenchment: International Capital Flows during the Global Financial Crisis

Gian-Maria Milesi-Ferretti (IMF)
Cédric Tille (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)

Discussants:
Morten Ravn (University College London)
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (Bocconi University)

Lessons from a Collapse of a Financial System

Sigridur Benediktsdottir (Yale University)
Jon Danielsson (London School of Economics)
Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland and Birkbeck College, London)

Discussants:
Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II)
Cédric Tille (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)