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IIMB-IMF Conference on Housing Markets, Financial Stability and Growth
December 11-12, 2014
Bangalore, India
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for discussing crucial macroeconomic topics such as, the interaction between housing markets and monetary policy; housing and long-run economic growth; financial stability and macro-prudential policy; and international capital flows and housing markets. The focus of the conference is on emerging market economies (EME) though papers on advanced and low income countries with policy implications for the EMEs would also be presented. There will also be a special session dedicated to housing market and monetary policy in India.
Attendance at the conference is by invitation only; please contact Prakash Loungani (ploungani@imf.org) if you are interested in attending.
Program
Thursday, December 11, 2014 |
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| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks and Inaugural Address |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Session 1: Macroprudential PoliciesChair: Arvind Virmani, Former ED, IMF Ratna Sahay, IMF Jihad Dagher, IMF Discussant: Hans Genberg, Bank Negara Malaysia and SEACEN |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:45 p.m. | Session 2: Frontiers of Housing ResearchChair: Hans Genberg, Bank Negara Malaysia and SEACEN Inho Song, Korea Development Institute Discussant: Mico Loretan, Swiss National Bank Chetan Subramanian, IIM-Bangalore Discussant: Romer Correa, University of Mumbai |
| 12:45-1:15 a.m. | Keynote Address - 1 |
| 1:15-2:15 a.m. | Lunch |
| 2:15-4:15 p.m. | Session 3: Housing FinanceChair: Sony Kapoor, London School of Economics and Re-define Veronica Warnock, University of Virginia Simon Walley, World Bank Frank Warnock, University of Virginia Comments by Lalit Kumar, National Housing Bank |
| 4:15-4:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:45-6:15 p.m. | Session 4: UrbanizationChair: Lalit Kumar, National Housing Bank Somik Lall, World Bank Discussant: Frank Warnock, University of Virginia Tony Venables, Oxford Discussant: Ashima Goyal, IGIDR, Mumbai |
Friday, December 12, 2014 |
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| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Session 5: Drivers of House PricesChair: Ashima Goyal, IGIDR, Mumbai Albert Saiz, MIT Discussant: to be announced Alessandro Rebucci, Johns Hopkins University Discussant: to be announced |
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. | Keynote Address - 2 |
| 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:15-12:45 p.m. | Session 6: Housing Markets and Monetary Policy in IndiaChair: Alok Sheel, Secretary, Government of India Presenter: Lalit Kumar, National Housing Bank and Charan Singh, IIM-Bangalore Roundtable: Senior management from State Bank of India, ICICI, State Bank of Mysore and Canara Bank |
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. | Valedictory Address |
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Lunch |
Disclaimer
The website contains papers and web links to papers that will be presented at the conference. The views expressed in these papers and presentations are those of the authors only, and the presence of them, or of links to them, on the IMF website does not imply that the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management endorses or shares the views expressed in the papers.
