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Estimation and Empirical Validation of Structural Dynamic Stochastic Models for the Spanish Economy

13 March 2009
Madrid
Conferences

The Banco de España and the journal "Investigaciones Económicas" organized this conference at the Banco de España in Madrid on March 13th of 2009.

The conference was dedicated to the estimation and evaluation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models for the Spanish economy.

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13 March 2009

11.00 - 11.15

Welcome address

José Luis Malo de Molina (DG Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España)

11.15 - 12.00

Invited lecture

Frank Smets (DG Research, ECB)

12.00 - 12.45

"The drivers of housing cycles in Spain"

Oriol Aspachs (La Caixa) and Pau Rabanal (IMF)

Discussant: Stefano Neri (Banca d’Italia)

12.45 - 13.30

"Spain in the euro: a general equilibrium analysis"

Carlos Thomas, Javier Andrés, Samuel Hurtado and Eva Ortega (Banco de España)

Discussant: Jesús Vázquez (Univ. País Vasco)

14.15 - 15.00

Invited lecture II

Fabio Canova (Univ. Pompeu Fabra)

15.00 - 15.45

J.E. Boscá, A.Díaz, R. Domenech, J. Ferri, L. Puch and E. Pérez

Discussant: Javier Pérez (Banco de España)

16.15 - 17.00

"MEDEA: a DSGE model for the Spanish economy"

Pablo Burriel, J.Fernández-Villaverde and Juan Rubio-Ramírez (Banco de España)

Discussant: Filippo Ferroni (Univ. Pompeu Fabra)

17.00 - 17.45

Marcin Kolasa (Bank of Poland)

Discussant: Javier Andrés (Univ. Valencia)

17.45 - 18.00

Final remarks

Eva Ortega (Banco de España)