Second Bank of Italy conference on Macro modeling in the policy environmentRome, 30 June-1 July 2009

The second Bank of Italy conference on Macro modeling in the policy environment took place in Rome on 30 June - 1 July, 2009. This year topic was: Economic policy design in times of global crisis. The conference provided a forum for discussing a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues relating to the development of macro models, including DSGE models, with focus on applications to current policy issues.

Organizing committee: Pierpaolo Benigno (LUISS), Lorenzo Forni (Bank of Italy), Stefano Neri (Bank of Italy) and Massimiliano Pisani (Bank of Italy)

Secretariat: Coluzzi Fabio, Piccinini Alessandra

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