Society of Computational Economics, 2004 Meetings

Summary of All Sessions

#Date/TimeLocationTitlePapers
18 July
9:00-10:40
102 A6 - Perturbation Methods and Rational Expectations Computations4
28 July
9:00-10:40
C A3 - Exchange Rate and Nonlinear Modeling4
38 July
9:00-10:40
A A1 - Topics in Growth4
48 July
9:00-10:40
108 A7 - Applied Macroeconometrics4
58 July
9:00-10:40
E A5 - Heterogeneous agents I4
68 July
9:00-10:40
303 A8 - Time Series Macroeconomic Modeling4
78 July
9:00-10:40
D A4 - Learning and Monetary Policy I4
88 July
9:00-10:40
B A2 - Empirical and quantitative analysis of nonlinear macromodels4
98 July
11:10-12:50
102 B6 - Dynamic Games4
108 July
11:10-12:50
C B3 - Forecasting/ Modeling Financial Markets4
118 July
11:10-12:50
A B1 - Investment and Productivity4
128 July
11:10-12:50
E B5 - Statistical Mechanics Approaches in Finance and Economics4
138 July
11:10-12:50
D B4 - Learning and Monetary Policy II4
148 July
11:10-12:50
108 B7 - Macro Modelling I: Macroeconometrics4
158 July
11:10-12:50
303 B8 - Time Series; Hypothesis testing3
168 July
11:10-12:50
B B2 - Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of Nonlinear Macromodels4
178 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session I4
188 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session II2
198 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session III2
208 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session IV2
218 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session V2
228 July
13:30-14:30
Hall Poster session VI3
238 July
16:15-17:55
C C3 - Financial modeling4
248 July
16:15-17:55
A C1 - Economic Fluctuations4
258 July
16:15-17:55
E C5 - Heterogeneous agents II4
268 July
16:15-17:55
B C2 - Optimal Policy in Dynamic Macroeconomics3
278 July
16:15-17:55
108 C7 - Economic Dynamics3
288 July
16:15-17:55
303 C8 - Time Series; Nonlinear time series analysis4
298 July
16:15-17:55
102 C6 - Control, games and applications to ecology4
308 July
16:15-17:55
D C4 - Monetary Policy4
319 July
9:00-10:40
B D2 - Teaching Computational Economics3
329 July
9:00-10:40
A D1 - Macro Modelling II: Asymmetric Information4
339 July
9:00-10:40
C D3 - computational Finance I4
349 July
9:00-10:40
D D4 - Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Term Structure of Interest Rates4
359 July
9:00-10:40
102 D6 - Information Technology in Economic Dynamics4
369 July
9:00-10:40
303 D8 - Expectations and Learning4
379 July
9:00-10:40
108 D7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Gibbs Sampling/Neural Networks4
389 July
9:00-10:40
E D5 - Heterogeneous agents III4
399 July
11:10-12:50
A E1 - Macro Modelling III: Systems Analysis3
409 July
11:10-12:50
C E3 - Computational Finance II3
419 July
11:10-12:50
D E4 - Welfare Analysis in DSGE Models and the Use of Higher-Order Approximations4
429 July
11:10-12:50
102 E6 - Robust Decisions3
439 July
11:10-12:50
B E2 - Computational Industrial Economics I: Industry and Patents3
449 July
11:10-12:50
E E5 - Heterogeneous agents IV4
459 July
11:10-12:50
108 E7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Long Memory and Filtering3
469 July
11:10-12:50
303 E8 - Learning4
479 July
16:15-17:55
303 F8 - Stochastic and robust policies3
489 July
16:15-17:55
A F1 - Macro Modelling IV: DSGE dynamics4
499 July
16:15-17:55
D F4 - Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Dynamics4
509 July
16:15-17:55
E F5 - Computable General Equilibrium: Environmental Applications4
519 July
16:15-17:55
B F2 - Computational Industrial Economics II: Firm Dynamics4
529 July
16:15-17:55
102 F6 - Nonlinear Economic Dynamics4
539 July
16:15-17:55
108 F7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Distributions3
549 July
16:15-17:55
C F3 - Computational finance III3
5510 July
9:00-10:40
A G1 - Applications in Time Series Macroeconomics4
5610 July
9:00-10:40
C G3 - Computational finance IV4
5710 July
9:00-10:40
108 G7 - Computation and Experimental Economics4
5810 July
9:00-10:40
B G2 - Innovation and Technological Change4
5910 July
9:00-10:40
102 G6 - Labor Markets, Interaction Networks, and Aggregate Outcomes4
6010 July
9:00-10:40
D G4 - Issues with Modeling Monetary Policy4
6110 July
9:00-10:40
303 G8 - Time Series; Estimation4
6210 July
9:00-10:40
E G5 - Heterogeneous agent V4
6310 July
11:10-12:50
A H1 - New Approaches to Applied Macroeconomics4
6410 July
11:10-12:50
108 H7 - Agent-based Computational Economics4
6510 July
11:10-12:50
303 H8 - Organization and Local Interaction4
6610 July
11:10-12:50
B H2 - Consumer Markets with Sequential Interaction Effects3
6710 July
11:10-12:50
C H3 - Financial Market Dynamics4
6810 July
11:10-12:50
102 H6 - Monetary Policy and Deflation4
6910 July
11:10-12:50
D H4 - Modelling Nominal Rigidities4
7010 July
11:10-12:50
E H5 - Heterogeneous agents VI4
7110 July
15:45-17:25
B I2 - Heterogeneous agents VII4
7210 July
15:45-17:25
D I4 - Forecasting and Trading with Evolutionary Computation (I)4
7310 July
15:45-17:25
C I3 - Option Pricing4
7410 July
15:45-17:25
A I1 - Monetary Policy in General Equilibrium4
7510 July
18:30-18:30
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7610 July
18:30-18:30
N/A ---0
7710 July
18:30-18:30
N/A ---0
7810 July
24:10-24:50
303 H8 - Time series; Model estimation0
7910 July
24:15-24:55
303 F8 - Expectations and Indeterminacy0
8010 July
24:45-24:25
A I1 - Open Economy Macro and Finance0
 

80 sessions, 274 papers


 

Society of Computational Economics, 2004 Meetings

Complete List of All Sessions


Session 1: A6 - Perturbation Methods and Rational Expectations Computations

Session Chair: Kenneth Judd, Hoover Institution
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 102
 

Some Practical Considerations for Applying Perturbation Methods to
   Presented by: Gary Anderson, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
 

Solving SDGE Models: A New Algorithm for Sylvester Equation
   Presented by: Ondra Kamenik, Czech National Bank
 

Approximate Versus Exact Equilibria
   Presented by: Karl Schmedders, Kellogg School of Management
 

The short-run dynamics of optimal growth models with delays
   Presented by: Luis Puch, Universidad Complutense

Session 2: A3 - Exchange Rate and Nonlinear Modeling

Session Chair: Jerry Coakley, Essex University
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: C
 

Uncovered interest parity tests and exchange rate expectations
   Presented by: Philip Marey, Maastricht University
 

The overvaluation of PPP in Europe?
   Presented by: Jerry Coakley, Essex University
 

Exchange rate overshooting and the costs of floating
   Presented by: Michele Cavallo, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
 

The Microeconomics of Macroeconomic Asymmetries: Sectoral Driving Forces and Firm Level Characteristics
   Presented by: Bruce Mizrach, Rutgers University

Session 3: A1 - Topics in Growth

Session Chair: Stephen Turnovsky, University of Washington
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A
 

Fiscal Policy in a Two-Sector Economy with Public Capital and Congestion
   Presented by: Mihaela Pintea, Florida International University
 

DURABLE CONSUMPTION AS A STATUS GOOD: A STUDY OF NEOCLASSICAL CASES
   Presented by: WALTER FISHER, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
 

Bureaucratic corruption and macroeconomic performance
   Presented by: Ingrid Ott, University of Lueneburg
 

Tied Versus Untied Foreign Aid: Consequences for a Growing Economy
   Presented by: Santanu Chatterjee, University of Georgia

Session 4: A7 - Applied Macroeconometrics

Session Chair: Christopher Baum, Boston College
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 108
 

Are European business cycles close enough to be just one?
   Presented by: Maximo Camacho, Universidad de Murcia
 

Joint Tests for Long Memory and Non-linearity: The Case of Purchasing Power Parity
   Presented by: Aaron Smallwood, University of Oklahoma
 

Are New Keynesian Phillips Curves Identified ?
   Presented by: Maral Kichian, Bank of Canada
 

Financial Liberalization and Emerging Stock Market Volatility
   Presented by: Fernando Perez de Gracia, Universidad de Navarra

Session 5: A5 - Heterogeneous agents I

Session Chair: Stefan Reitz, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: E
 

Community structure and labour market segmentation in a stochastic model of
   Presented by: Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa
 

Heterogeneous Agents Past and Forward Time Horizons in Setting Up a Computational Model
   Presented by: Serge Hayward, Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Dijon
 

Multi-agent modeling and simulation of a sequential monetary production economy
   Presented by: Marco Raberto, University of Genoa
 

Target Zone Interventions and Coordination of Expectations
   Presented by: Stefan Reitz, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Session 6: A8 - Time Series Macroeconomic Modeling

Session Chair: Luca Guerrieri, Federal Reserve Board
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 303
 

Forecasting inflation: An art as well as a science!
   Presented by: Peter Vlaar, De Nederlandsche Bank
 

A Steady State Approach to Trend / Cycle Decomposition
   Presented by: Jeremy Piger, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
 

A DSGE-VAR for the Euro Area
   Presented by: Marco Del Negro, Atlanta Fed
 

Can Long-Run Restrictions Identify Technology Shocks?
   Presented by: Luca Guerrieri, Federal Reserve Board

Session 7: A4 - Learning and Monetary Policy I

Session Chair: Klaus Adam, CEPR and European Central Bank
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: D
 

Learning and Shifts in Long-Run Growth
   Presented by: Rochelle Edge, Federal Reserve Board
 

Does the Term Spread Play a Role in the Fed's Reaction Function? An Empirical Investigation
   Presented by: Jesus Vazquez, Universidad del Pais Vasco
 

The magnitude and Cyclical Behavior of Financial Market Frictions
   Presented by: Egon Zakrajsek,
 

Should macroeconomists consider restricted perception equilibria? Evidence from the experimental laboratory
   Presented by: Klaus Adam, CEPR and European Central Bank

Session 8: A2 - Empirical and quantitative analysis of nonlinear macromodels

Session Chair: Peter Flaschel,
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: B
 

The U.S. Phillips-curve by time scale using waveletsMarco
   Presented by: Marco Gallegati, University of Ancona
 

Keynesian Dynamics and the wage price spiral. A baseline disequilibrium approach
   Presented by: Peter Flaschel,
 

Keynesian Dynamics and the Wage-Price Spiral:Estimating a Baseline Disequilibrium Approach
   Presented by: pu chen, university bielefeld
 

Stepwise calibration of a higher-order Keynes-Metzler-Goodwin model
   Presented by: Reiner Franke,

Session 9: B6 - Dynamic Games

Session Chair: Kenneth Judd, Hoover Institution
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 102
 

Markovian Optimal Taxation
   Presented by: Salvador Ortigueira, European University Institute
 

Advertising Dynamics and Competitive Advantage
   Presented by: Ulrich Doraszelski, Hoover Institution
 

Solving Continuous-Time Markov-Perfect Nash Equilibria
   Presented by: Kenneth Judd, Hoover Institution
 

Occasionally Binding Collateral Constraints in RBC Models
   Presented by: Thomas Hintermaier, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)

Session 10: B3 - Forecasting/ Modeling Financial Markets

Session Chair: Christopher Baum, Boston College
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: C
 

Forecasting Volume and Volatility in the Tokyo Stock Market: The Advantage of Long Memory Models
   Presented by: Thomas Lux, University of Kiel
 

Elements in the Design of an Early Warning System for Sovereign Default
   Presented by: Elena Kalotychou, Cass Business School
 

On the Intradaily Relationship between Information Revelation and Trade Duration: The Evidence of MSCI Taiwan Futures
   Presented by: Min-Hsien Chiang, National Cheng Kung University
 

The second moments matter: The response of bank lending behavior to macroeconomic uncertainty
   Presented by: Christopher Baum, Boston College

Session 11: B1 - Investment and Productivity

Session Chair: Arpad Abraham, Duke University
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: A
 

Does Employment Protection Inhibit Technical Diffusion?
   Presented by: Roberto Samaniego, George Washington University
 

Learning-by-Doing, Hi-Tech Consumption and Productivity Resurgence
   Presented by: Francesco Venturini, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche
 

Bayesian Estimation of Total Investment Expenditures For Romanian Economy using DYNARE
   Presented by: Marco Ratto, European Commission - JRC
 

Optimal Capital Tax and Debt Policy Under Incomplete Asset Markets
   Presented by: Arpad Abraham, Duke University

Session 12: B5 - Statistical Mechanics Approaches in Finance and Economics

Session Chair: Jamsheed Shorish, Institute for Advanced Studies
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: E
 

Booms and bursts of asst markets: empirical results and a model based upon the Fokker-Plank equation
   Presented by: Taisei Kaizoji, International Christian University
 

Heterogeneity and feedback in an agent based market model.
   Presented by: Francois Ghoulmie, ENS Paris, Ecole Polytechnique.
 

Turnover Activity in Wealth Portfolios
   Presented by: Carolina Castaldi, ECIS, Eindhoven Technology University
 

On the Dynamics of Finite Memory Distributed Systems
   Presented by: Jamsheed Shorish, Institute for Advanced Studies

Session 13: B4 - Learning and Monetary Policy II

Session Chair: Robert Tetlow, Federal Reserve Board
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: D
 

Monetary Policy, Endogenous Inattention, and the Output-Inflation Variance Tradeoff
   Presented by: William Branch, College of William and Mary
 

Performance of Inflation Targeting Based on constant Interest Rate Projections
   Presented by: Seppo Honkapohja, University of Cambridge
 

Inflation in the 1970s in the U.S.: Misspecification, Learning and Sunspots
   Presented by: Robert Tetlow, Federal Reserve Board
 

The Decline of Activist Stabilization Policy: Natural Rate Misperceptions, Learning, and Expectations
   Presented by: Athanasios Orphanides, Federal Reserve Board

Session 14: B7 - Macro Modelling I: Macroeconometrics

Session Chair: Michael Binder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 108
 

Domestic and International Determinants of the Sustainability of Public Debt
   Presented by: Michael Binder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
 

PERTURBED POLYNOMIAL PATH METHOD FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING AND EMPIRICALLY EVALUATING TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
   Presented by: Baoline Chen, Bureau of Economic Analysis
 

Forecasting euro area inflation: Does aggregating forecasts by HICP component improve forecast accuracy?
   Presented by: Kirstin Hubrich, European Central Bank
 

Codependence in Cointegrated Autoregressive Models
   Presented by: Christoph Schleicher, Bank of England

Session 15: B8 - Time Series; Hypothesis testing

Session Chair: Cees Diks,
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 303
 

Test for long memory processes. A bootstrap approach
   Presented by: Pilar Grau-Carles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
 

Modified Hiemstra-Jones Test for Granger Non-causality
   Presented by: Valentyn Panchenko, UvA
 

Testing multivariate hypotheses with positive definite bilinear forms
   Presented by: Cees Diks,

Session 16: B2 - Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of Nonlinear Macromodels

Session Chair: Miloslav Vosvrda, Academy of Sciences
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: B
 

The US Phillips Curve and inflation expectations: A State Space Markov-Switching explanatory model
   Presented by: Nicolas Million, EUREQua Université Paris I
 

Nonlinear Growth and the Productivity Slowdown
   Presented by: Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa
 

The Malaysian Balance of Payments:Keynesian Approach Versus Monetary Approach
   Presented by: Jarita Duasa, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
 

Dynamics of an Extended Kaldor Model with Rational Expectation of Capital Efficiency and Adaptive Expectation of Inflation
   Presented by: Miloslav Vosvrda, Academy of Sciences

Session 17: Poster session I

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

Price Formation and Asset Allocations of the Electronic Trading System Xetra
   Presented by: Xihao Li, University of Bielefeld
 

Portfolio choice, life-cycle and idiosyncratic income risk : the semi-external habit formation approach
   Presented by: Thomas Weitzenblum, University Paris-Dauphine
 

Regime Shifts and the Stability of Backward Looking Phillips Curves in Open Economies
   Presented by: Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Padua
 

Financing Constraints and Corporate Growth
   Presented by: Winston Moore, Central Bank of Barbados

Session 18: Poster session II

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

Empirical Calibration of Simulation Models
   Presented by: Thomas Brenner, Max Planck Institute
 

Targeting Inflation by Forecast Feedback Rules in Small Open Economies
   Presented by: Kai Leitemo, Norwegian School of Management (BI)

Session 19: Poster session III

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

The Optimality of the US and Euro Area Taylor Rule
   Presented by: ferhat mihoubi, Université d'Evry
 

APPLICATION OF THE KALMAN FILTER FOR ESTIMATING CONTINUOUS TIME TERM STRUCTURE MODELS: EVIDENCE FROM THE UK AND GERMANY
   Presented by: Rana Chatterjee, University of Glasgow

Session 20: Poster session IV

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

An endogenous growth model with concave consumption functions
   Presented by: Vera Kipiatkova, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS
 

A multiple matching model with endogenous participation : what's new about the supply-side policies?
   Presented by: Etienne Campens, EUREQua University of Paris-1, Cepremap

Session 21: Poster session V

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

Dividend and Stock Repurchase Policy with Transaction Costs
   Presented by: Motoh Tsujimura, Kyoto University
 

Habit Persistence in Consumption in a Sticky Price Model of the Business Cycle
   Presented by: Michael Gail, Universität Siegen

Session 22: Poster session VI

Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Location: Hall
 

Experiments in a Software Aided Multiagent System
   Presented by: Chung-Ching Tai, National Chengchi University
 

The Manufacturing Flexibility to Switch Products: Valuation and Optimal Strategy
   Presented by: Sorin Tuluca, Fairleigh Dickinson University
 

Escape Dynamics: A Continuous Time Approximation
   Presented by: Sergey Slobodyan, CERGE-EI

Session 23: C3 - Financial modeling

Session Chair: Christopher Baum, Boston College
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: C
 

Forecasting sovereign default using panel models: A comparative analysis
   Presented by: Ana-Maria Fuertes, Cass Business School (formerly City University Business School)
 

Forecasting the Bond-Equity Yield Ratio Using Regime Switching and Cointegration Models: An international Comparison
   Presented by: Mikael PETITJEAN, FUNDP, University of Namur
 

The Inflation Aversion of the Bundesbank: A State Space Approach
   Presented by: Vladimir Kuzin, Goethe-University Frankfurt
 

Time Series Filtering through Chebyshev Polynomials
   Presented by: Serdar Sayan, Bilkent University

Session 24: C1 - Economic Fluctuations

Session Chair: Stephen Turnovsky, University of Washington
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: A
 

International Capital Mobility and Aggregate Volatility: the Case of Credit-Rationed Open Economies
   Presented by: Patrick Pintus, GREQAM and Universite de la Mediterranee
 

Endogenous Redistributive Cycles
   Presented by: Maik Heinemann, University of Lueneburg
 

Bounded Rationality, Learning, and Business Cycles in a Standard Neoclassical Growth Model
   Presented by: Laurent Cellarier, University of Guelph
 

Robust control, Regime Switching Risk and Asset Prices
   Presented by: Turalay Kenc, Imperial College

Session 25: C5 - Heterogeneous agents II

Session Chair: Chia-Hsuan Yeh, Yuan Ze University
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: E
 

Model Evolution of Heterogeneous Beliefs in an Network Economy
   Presented by: Jie-Shin Lin, I-Shou University
 

Can Intelligence Help Improve Market Performance?
   Presented by: Chia-Hsuan Yeh, Yuan Ze University
 

Modelling the effect of learning and evolving rules on the use of common-pool resources
   Presented by: Alexander Smajgl, CSIRO
 

Discussing the Survivability Issue in Agent-Based Artificial Stock Market
   Presented by: Ya-Chi Huang, National Chengchi University

Session 26: C2 - Optimal Policy in Dynamic Macroeconomics

Session Chair: Jinill Kim, Federal Reserve Board
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: B
 

Conditional Welfare Comparisons of Monetary Policy Rules
   Presented by: Jinill Kim, Federal Reserve Board
 

Optimal Monetary Policy in an Imperfect World
   Presented by: Andrew Levin, Federal Reserve Board
 

A rational expectatons critque of the Hahn-Solow critique of rational expectations
   Presented by: Richard Hawkins, Penn State Dubois

Session 27: C7 - Economic Dynamics

Session Chair: John Rust, University of Maryland
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 108
 

Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Multi-Unit, Sequential, Oral, Ascending-Price Auctions with Asymmetric Bidders
   Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa
 

Can Social Security be welfare improving when there is demographic uncertainty?
   Presented by: Alfonso Sánchez Martín, Imperial College London
 

The Dynamics of Plant-level Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing
   Presented by: Arpad Abraham, Duke University

Session 28: C8 - Time Series; Nonlinear time series analysis

Session Chair: Sebastiano Manzan, University of Amsterdam
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 303
 

Surrogate Data Analysis and Stochastic Chaotic Modelling: Application to Stock Exchange Returns Series
   Presented by: Costas Vorlow, University of Durham
 

Forecasting Chilean Industrial Production and Sales with Automated Procedures
   Presented by: Romulo Chumacero, University of Chile and Central Bank of Chile
 

Nonlinear Mean Reversion in Stock Prices
   Presented by: Sebastiano Manzan, University of Amsterdam
 

Forecasting daily variability of the S\&P 100 stock index using historical, realised and implied volatility measurements
   Presented by: SiemJan Koopman, Free University Amsterdam

Session 29: C6 - Control, games and applications to ecology

Session Chair: Florian Wagener, UvA
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 102
 

A Stochastic Lake Game
   Presented by: W. Dechert, University of Houston
 

An algorithmic solution to the interval Kyoto game
   Presented by: Christophe Deissenberg, Université d'Aix-Marseille
 

Intertemporal and Spatial Location of Disposal Facilities
   Presented by: Francisco Andre, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
 

Structural analysis of optimal investment for firms with non-concave revenues
   Presented by: Florian Wagener, UvA

Session 30: C4 - Monetary Policy

Session Chair: Bruce McGough, Oregon State University
Date: July 8, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: D
 

Monetary policy and the transition to rational expectations
   Presented by: Giuseppe Ferrero, Bank of Italy
 

Inflation Targeting and Nonlinear Policy Rules: the Case of Asymmetric Preferences
   Presented by: Paolo Surico, Bocconi University
 

Monetary Rules, Indeterminacy, and the Business-Cycle Stylised Facts
   Presented by: Luca Benati, Bank of England
 

Optimal Constrained Interest Rate Rules
   Presented by: Bruce McGough, Oregon State University

Session 31: D2 - Teaching Computational Economics

Session Chair: David Kendrick, University of Texas
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: B
 

Computational Economics: Help for the Underestimated Undergraduate
   Presented by: David Kendrick, University of Texas
 

Teaching Numerical Methods to Economics Students
   Presented by: Kenneth Judd, Hoover Institution
 

Teaching Numerical Methods in an Applied Economics Department
   Presented by: Mario Miranda, The Ohio State University

Session 32: D1 - Macro Modelling II: Asymmetric Information

Session Chair: Willi Semmler, CEM Bielefeld and New School University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A
 

Filtering Long-Run Inflation Expectations with a Structural Macro Model of the Yield Curve
   Presented by: Hans Dewachter, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
 

Does Central Bank Transparency Matter for Economic Stability
   Presented by: stefano eusepi, New York University
 

Permanent and Transitory Policy Shocks in an Empirical Macro Model with Asymmetric Information
   Presented by: Sharon Kozicki, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY
 

Monetary policy with endogenous Nairu
   Presented by: Wenlang Zhang, Bielefeld University

Session 33: D3 - computational Finance I

Session Chair: Giuliano De Rossi, Cambridge University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: C
 

Mixed Lognormal Distributions for Derivatives Pricing and Risk-Management
   Presented by: Dietmar Leisen, McGill University
 

Pricing a Path-dependent American Option by Monte Carlo Simulation
   Presented by: Masaaki Kijima, Kyoto University
 

The Impacts of Fragmented Volatilities by Learning about Predictability in the Real Options Approach
   Presented by: Takashi Shibata, Kyoto University, Japan
 

Maximum likelihood estimation of the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross model using particle filters
   Presented by: Giuliano De Rossi, Cambridge University

Session 34: D4 - Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Session Chair: Oreste Tristani,
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: D
 

Volatility and the Term Structure: Evidence from Interest Rate Derivatives
   Presented by: Fabio Fornari, Bank for International Settlements
 

Financial Factors, Macroeconomic Information and the Expectations Theory of the Term Structure of Interest Rates
   Presented by: iryna kaminska, IGIER, Universita Bocconi
 

Why are long rates sensitive to monetary policy?
   Presented by: Ulf Soderstrom, Universita' Bocconi
 

Monetary policy and the expectations hypothesis
   Presented by: Oreste Tristani,

Session 35: D6 - Information Technology in Economic Dynamics

Session Chair: Ric Herbert, University of Newcastle, Australia
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 102
 

Using systems engineering software to build a model of the monetary circuit
   Presented by: Steve Keen, University of Western Sydney
 

Distributed Technology Techniques for Solving Dynamic Models
   Presented by: Paul Turton, Institute Technology Brunei
 

Negotiating over Bundles and Prices Using Aggregate Knowledge
   Presented by: Tomas Klos, Center for Math. and Comp. Sci. (CWI)
 

Comparison of Optimal Control Solutions in a Labor Market Model
   Presented by: Ric Herbert, University of Newcastle, Australia

Session 36: D8 - Expectations and Learning

Session Chair: Maik Heinemann, University of Lueneburg
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 303
 

Learning with Heterogeneous Expectations in an Evolutionary World
   Presented by: Eran Guse, University of Helsinki/ Bank of Finland
 

Adaptive Learning in Practice
   Presented by: Eva Carceles Poveda, SUNY at Stony Brook
 

Inflation Targeting and Q Volatility in Small Open Economies
   Presented by: Paul McNelis, Georgetown University
 

Strongly rational expectations equilibria with endogenous acquisition of information
   Presented by: Maik Heinemann, University of Lueneburg

Session 37: D7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Gibbs Sampling/Neural Networks

Session Chair: Giuseppe Bruno, Bank of Italy
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 108
 

Functional Approximations to Likelihoods/Posterior Densities: A Neural Network Approach to Efficient Sampling
   Presented by: Lennart Hoogerheide,
 

Efficiency in Public Sector: A Neural Network Approach
   Presented by: Francisco J. Delgado, University of Oviedo
 

Learning the Shape of the Likelihood of Typical Econometric Models using Gibbs Sampling
   Presented by: Michiel de Pooter, Erasmus University Rotterdam
 

Limited dependent panel data models: a comparative analysis of classical and Bayesian inference among econometric packages
   Presented by: Giuseppe Bruno, Bank of Italy

Session 38: D5 - Heterogeneous agents III

Session Chair: jasmina arifovic, Simon Fraser University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: E
 

On the real impact of money in an economy with spatially differentiated agents
   Presented by: Petia Manolova, GREQAM, Universite de la Mediterranee
 

An Adverse Selection Model of Optimal Unemployment Insurance
   Presented by: Tim Mennel, University of Bonn
 

Asset price and wealth dynamics in a financial market with heterogeneous agents
   Presented by: Carl Chiarella,
 

Changes in the Environment and Individual Learning
   Presented by: jasmina arifovic, Simon Fraser University

Session 39: E1 - Macro Modelling III: Systems Analysis

Session Chair: Sharon Kozicki, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: A
 

Data Uncertainty in General Equilibrium
   Presented by: S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Pennsylvania
 

On the Indeterminacy of New-Keynesian Economics
   Presented by: Andreas Beyer, European Central Bank
 

New Phenomena Identified in a Stochastic Dynamic Macroeconometric Model: A Bifurcation Perspective
   Presented by: William Barnett, University of Kansas

Session 40: E3 - Computational Finance II

Session Chair: Willi Semmler, CEM Bielefeld and New School University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: C
 

Stratetic Asset Allocation with an Arbitrage-Free Bond Market using Dynamic Programming
   Presented by: Chih-ying Hsiao, University Bielefeld
 

A Dynamic Programming Approach for Pricing Options Embedded in Bonds
   Presented by: Hatem Ben-Ameur, HEC Montréal
 

Asset Pricing with Delayed Consumption Decisions
   Presented by: Willi Semmler, CEM Bielefeld and New School University

Session 41: E4 - Welfare Analysis in DSGE Models and the Use of Higher-Order Approximations

Session Chair: Rafael Wouters, Belguim National Bank
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: D
 

Welfare Maximizing Monetary and Fiscal Policy Rules
   Presented by: Robert Kollmann, University of Bonn and CEPR
 

Inflation targeting
   Presented by: Harris Dellas, University of Bern
 

Strucural change and DSGE models
   Presented by: Michel Juillard, CEPREMAP
 

Welfare analysis of non-fundamental asset price and investment shocks: Implications for monetary policy
   Presented by: Rafael Wouters, Belguim National Bank

Session 42: E6 - Robust Decisions

Session Chair: Volker Wieland, Goeth University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 102
 

Robust investment policies with bound forecasts
   Presented by: Nalan Gulpinar, Imperial College
 

A Strategy for Including Odd and Even-Numbered Higher Moments in Portfolio Selection
   Presented by: Renato Flores,
 

Stochastic Optimisation and Worst Case Analysis in Monetary Policy Design
   Presented by: Volker Wieland, Goeth University

Session 43: E2 - Computational Industrial Economics I: Industry and Patents

Session Chair: Thomas Brenner, Max Planck Institute
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: B
 

Distribution and Fluctuation of Firm Size in the Long-Run
   Presented by: Hideaki Aoyama, Kyoto University
 

Technological and Social Costs and Benefits of Patent Systems
   Presented by: Murat Yildizoglu, IFREDE-E3i
 

A formal model of modularity
   Presented by: Koen Frenken, Utrecht University

Session 44: E5 - Heterogeneous agents IV

Session Chair: David Goldbaum, Rutgers
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: E
 

Extending the CAPM model
   Presented by: Hendri Adriaens, Tilburg University
 

The Econometric Analysis of Microscopic Simulation Models
   Presented by: Youwei Li, Tilburg University
 

Forming Price Expectations in Positive and Negative Feedback Systems
   Presented by: Peter Heemeijer,
 

On the Possibility of Informationally Efficient Markets
   Presented by: David Goldbaum, Rutgers

Session 45: E7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Long Memory and Filtering

Session Chair: ALESSANDRA IACOBUCCI, OFCE
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 108
 

Semi-parametric procedures for Unit root and fractional cointegration tests
   Presented by: Valderio Reisen, UFES-Stat-Padova
 

Estimation of the fractionally integrated process with Missing Values: Simulation and Application
   Presented by: Valderio Reisen, UFES-Stat-Padova
 

A Frequency-selective Filter for Short-Length Time Series
   Presented by: ALESSANDRA IACOBUCCI, OFCE

Session 46: E8 - Learning

Session Chair: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 303
 

Price Reaction to Momentum Trading and Market Equilibrium
   Presented by: Katsumasa Nishide, Kyoto University
 

Generalised Fading Memory Learning in a Cobweb Model: some evidence
   Presented by: Domenico Colucci, University of Florence
 

An evolutionary approach to the El Farol game
   Presented by: Pietro Dindo, University of Amsterdam
 

On Learning Equilibria
   Presented by: Jan Tuinstra, University of Amsterdam

Session 47: F8 - Stochastic and robust policies

Session Chair: Marco Tucci, Univ. di Siena
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 303
 

Robust Control: A Note on the Response of the Control to Changes in the
   Presented by: Fidel Gonzalez, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica
 

Robust Control: A Note on the Timing of Model Uncertainty
   Presented by: Arnulfo Rodriguez, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)
 

Comparing robust control with optimal control with time-varying parameters
   Presented by: Marco Tucci, Univ. di Siena

Session 48: F1 - Macro Modelling IV: DSGE dynamics

Session Chair: Peter Tinsley, George Washington University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: A
 

Can New Open Economy Macroeconomic Models Explain Business Cycle Facts?
   Presented by: Jagjit Chadha, University of Cambridge
 

Habit formation and Interest-Rate Smoothing
   Presented by: Sean Holly, Cambridge University
 

On-the-job Search and Business Cycle Dynamics
   Presented by: Michael Krause, Tilburg University
 

Lumpy Investment, Sectoral Propagation, and Business Cycles
   Presented by: Makoto Nirei, Santa Fe Institute

Session 49: F4 - Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Session Chair: Jinill Kim, Federal Reserve Board
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: D
 

Exchange Rate Pass-Through and the Inflation Environment in Industrialized Countries: An Empirical Investigation
   Presented by: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
 

Monetary and Fiscal Policy Switching
   Presented by: Troy Davig, College of William and Mary
 

Demand Side Shocks and Macroeconomic Policy
   Presented by: Maciej Dudek, National Bank of Poland and Main School of Commerce
 

Monetary Policy, Taxes, and the Business Cycle
   Presented by: William Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Session 50: F5 - Computable General Equilibrium: Environmental Applications

Session Chair: Seung-Rae Kim, Princeton University
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: E
 

Modelling the health related benefits of environmental policies and their feedback effects, a CGE analysis for the EU countries with GEM-E3
   Presented by: Denise Van Regemorter, KULeuven
 

Pollution abatement in the Netherlands: a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment
   Presented by: Rob Dellink, Wageningen University
 

Performing an Environmental Tax Reform in a Regional Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach
   Presented by: Francisco Andre, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
 

Optimal Technological Portfolios for Climate-Change Policy under Uncertainty: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach
   Presented by: Seung-Rae Kim, Princeton University

Session 51: F2 - Computational Industrial Economics II: Firm Dynamics

Session Chair: Thomas Brenner, Max Planck Institute
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: B
 

How much can firms know?
   Presented by: paul ormerod, Volterra Consulting
 

Understanding the Variations in Gibrat's Law with a Markov-Perfect Dynamic Industry Model
   Presented by: Christopher Laincz, Drexel University
 

Recessions Leave “Scarsâ€: the Cleansing of Potentially Good Firms
   Presented by: Min Ouyang, University of Maryland at College Park
 

"Weird Ties? : Growth, Cycles and Firms Dynamics in an Agent Based-Model with Financial Market Imperfections"
   Presented by: Mauro Napoletano, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Session 52: F6 - Nonlinear Economic Dynamics

Session Chair: Alfredo Medio, University of Udine
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 102
 

Complex dynamics in a Pasinetti-Solow model of Growth and distribution
   Presented by: Pasquale Commendatore, Universita' di Napoli 'Federico II'
 

Computing Center Manifolds: A Macroeconomic Example
   Presented by: Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, University of Miami
 

One Sector Models, Indeterminacy, and Productive Public Spending
   Presented by: Sergey Slobodyan, CERGE-EI
 

Backward dynamics, inverse limits and global sunspots
   Presented by: Alfredo Medio, University of Udine

Session 53: F7 - Computational Econometrics and Statistics: Distributions

Session Chair: Paola Palmitesta, University of Siena
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: 108
 

Density Estimation and Combination under Model Ambiguity
   Presented by: stefania d'amico, Columbia University
 

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a Unit Root Bilinear Model with an Application to Prices
   Presented by: Daniela Hristova, City University London
 

Aggregation of Dependent Risks with Specific Marginals by the Family of Koehler-Symanowski Distributions
   Presented by: Paola Palmitesta, University of Siena

Session 54: F3 - Computational finance III

Session Chair: Svetlana Boyarchenko, University of Texas
Date: July 9, 2004
Time: 16:15 - 17:55
Location: C
 

CHOOSING VARIABLES WITH A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR ECONOMETRIC MODELS BASED ON NEURAL NETWORKS LEARNING AND ADAPTATION
   Presented by: Daniel Ramirez Avila, UNAM
 

Speculative option valuation: A supercomputing approach
   Presented by: Guido Germano, Philipps-University Marburg
 

Practical guide to real options in discrete time
   Presented by: Svetlana Boyarchenko, University of Texas

Session 55: G1 - Applications in Time Series Macroeconomics

Session Chair: Simon van Norden, HEC Montréal
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A
 

On Asymmetric Business Cycle Effects on Convergence Rates: Some European Evidence
   Presented by: Israel Sancho,
 

Cointegration and Regime-Switching Risk Premia in the U.S. Term Structure of Interest Rates
   Presented by: Peter Tillmann, University of Bonn
 

International evidence on monetary neutrality under broken trend stationary models
   Presented by: Antonio Noriega, University of Guanajuato
 

How Precise are Our Estimates of the Current Output Gap? New Evidence from Multivariate Estimates for the Euro-Zone
   Presented by: Simon van Norden, HEC Montréal

Session 56: G3 - Computational finance IV

Session Chair: Sergey Nagornii, ABP Investments
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: C
 

Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall for Quadratic Portfolio of Securities with Mixture of Elliptic Distribution Risk Factors
   Presented by: SADEFO KAMDEM JULES, UNIVERSITE DE REIMS/UNIVERSITE D'EVRY
 

Asymmetric Jump Processes: Option Pricing Implications
   Presented by: Brice Dupoyet, Florida International University
 

Extending the OLAP framework for automated explanatory tasks
   Presented by: Emiel Caron, Erasmus University Rotterdam
 

Portfolio & Risk Management: Asset Allocation and Risk Budgeting Optimization
   Presented by: Sergey Nagornii, ABP Investments

Session 57: G7 - Computation and Experimental Economics

Session Chair: Thomas Brenner, Max Planck Institute
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 108
 

Coordination Dynamics under Collective and Random Fining Systems for Controlling Non-Point Source Pollution: A Simulation Approach with Genetic Algorithms
   Presented by: Eleni Samanidou, University of Kiel
 

Competition as a Coordination Device
   Presented by: Thomas Riechmann, University of Magdeburg
 

(The Evolution of) Post-Secondary Education: A Computational Model and Experiments
   Presented by: Andreas Ortmann, Charles University-Academy of Sciences
 

Cognitive Learning and the Emergence of Cooperation - An Simulation Approach
   Presented by: Thomas Brenner, Max Planck Institute

Session 58: G2 - Innovation and Technological Change

Session Chair: Herbert Dawid, University of Bielefeld
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: B
 

Sectoral Specialisation and Growth Rate DIfferences Among Integrated Economies
   Presented by: André Lorentz, University Louis Pasteur
 

Animal Spirits, Lumpy Investment, and the Business Cycle
   Presented by: Andrea Roventini, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
 

An agent-based model of directed advertising on a social network
   Presented by: Floortje Alkemade, CWI
 

Product Preannouncement in New Markets: A Strategic Analysis
   Presented by: Herbert Dawid, University of Bielefeld

Session 59: G6 - Labor Markets, Interaction Networks, and Aggregate Outcomes

Session Chair: Marji Lines, University of Udine
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 102
 

Towards an Evolutionary Interpretation of Aggregate Labor Market Regularities
   Presented by: Giorgio Fagiolo, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
 

Job Contact Networks, Inequality and Aggregate Economic Performance
   Presented by: Andrea Lavezzi, Università di Pisa
 

Review of Pension Schemes Under Segmented and Asymmetric Labor Market
   Presented by: Renginar Dayangac, Galatasaray University
 

Working women and their fertility choices
   Presented by: Marji Lines, University of Udine

Session 60: G4 - Issues with Modeling Monetary Policy

Session Chair: Jinill Kim, Federal Reserve Board
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: D
 

Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy and Automatic Stabilizers: Welfare and Macroeconomic Stability
   Presented by: MASSIMILIANO MARZO, FACOLTA' DI ECONOMIA
 

Which order is too much? An application to a model with staggered price and wage contratcs
   Presented by: PELGRIN Florian, Bank of Canada
 

Should East Asia's Currencies Be Pegged to the Yen? The Role of Pricing Behavior and Currency Invoicing
   Presented by: Wing-Leong Teo, Johns Hopkins University
 

State-Dependent or Time-Dependent Pricing: Does It Matter For Recent U.S. Inflation?
   Presented by: Oleksiy Kryvtsov, University of Minnesota

Session 61: G8 - Time Series; Estimation

Session Chair: Roy van der Weide, CeNDEF, University of Amsterdam
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: 303
 

Optimal Lag Structure Selection in VEC-Models
   Presented by: Peter Winker, University of Erfurt
 

A Specification Search Algorithm for Cointegrated Systems
   Presented by: Michal Kurcewicz, Warsaw University
 

Fitting and comparing stochastic volatility models through Monte Carlo simulations
   Presented by: Davide Raggi, University of Verona
 

Wake me up before you GO-GARCH
   Presented by: Roy van der Weide, CeNDEF, University of Amsterdam

Session 62: G5 - Heterogeneous agent V

Session Chair: Cristian Wieland, University of Osnabrueck
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: E
 

Public Opinion Formation in Policy Issues. An evolutionary approach.
   Presented by: Francisco Fatas-Villafranca, University of Zaragoza
 

Big fortunes, aggregate saving and growth
   Presented by: Michael Reiter, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 

Uninsurable Investment Risk
   Presented by: Cesaire Meh, Bank of Canada
 

A behavioral cobweb model with heterogeneous speculators
   Presented by: Cristian Wieland, University of Osnabrueck

Session 63: H1 - New Approaches to Applied Macroeconomics

Session Chair: Thomas Lubik, Johns Hopkins University
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: A
 

Why Does Private Consumption Rise After a Government Spending Shock?
   Presented by: Nooman Rebei, Bank of Canada
 

How Large Are Returns to Scale in the U.S.? A View Across the Boundary
   Presented by: Thomas Lubik, Johns Hopkins University
 

Human Capital Accumulation, Time to Build, and Business Cycles
   Presented by: Toshiya Ishikawa, Kyushu Kyoritsu University
 

Business Cycle Implications of Habit Formation
   Presented by: Takashi Kano, Bank of Canada

Session 64: H7 - Agent-based Computational Economics

Session Chair: Jan Edman, Penn State University
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 108
 

Cournot Competition and Endogenous Firm Size
   Presented by: Jason Barr, Rutgers University, Newark
 

Complexity, ambivalences and paradoxes of imitative behaviour
   Presented by: Bertrand Gobillard, Cepremap and University of Paris X
 

An agent based approach to analysis of Capital structure and industry dynamics: The role of policy
   Presented by: roberto gabriele, università di trento
 

The Use of a Simple Decision Rule in Repeated Oligopoly Games
   Presented by: Jan Edman, Penn State University

Session 65: H8 - Organization and Local Interaction

Session Chair: Li Zhang, Hewlett Packard
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 303
 

Network properties of trading
   Presented by: Ilija Zovko, Santa Fe Institute, University of Amster
 

Minority Games, Local Interactions, and Endogenous Networks
   Presented by: Giorgio Fagiolo, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
 

Neighborhood models of minority opinion spreading
   Presented by: Claudio Tessone, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats
 

Games and Queues
   Presented by: Li Zhang, Hewlett Packard

Session 66: H2 - Consumer Markets with Sequential Interaction Effects

Session Chair: Margo Bergman, Penn State Worthington Scranton
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: B
 

Optimal marketing decisions in a micro-level framework
   Presented by: Andrea Di Liddo, Università di Foggia
 

Credit and Cash-in-Advance in Disequilibrium Models
   Presented by: Sander van der Hoog,
 

I'll buy that: The Schelling Model of Segregation in an Owner Occupied Housing Market
   Presented by: Margo Bergman, Penn State Worthington Scranton

Session 67: H3 - Financial Market Dynamics

Session Chair: Tony He, University of Technology, Sydney
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: C
 

The effectiveness of Keynes-Tobin transaction taxes when heterogeneous agents can trade in different markets: A behavioral finance approach
   Presented by: Frank Westerhoff, University of Osnabrueck
 

From Heterogeneous expectations to exchange rate dynamic:
   Presented by: Luc Neuberg, Fortis Investments
 

A double-auction artificial market with time-irregularly spaced orders
   Presented by: Enrico Scalas, East Piedmont University
 

A Dynamical Analysis of Moving Average Rules
   Presented by: Tony He, University of Technology, Sydney

Session 68: H6 - Monetary Policy and Deflation

Session Chair: Klaus Adam, CEPR and European Central Bank
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: 102
 

The Great Depression and the Friedman-Schwartz Hypothesis
   Presented by: Roberto Motto,
 

Exchange Rate Policy and the Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates
   Presented by: Guenter Coenen, European Central Bank
 

Money makes the world go round ... about the necessity of nonlinear techniques in interest rate forecasting
   Presented by: Stefan Fink, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberoesterreich
 

Optimal Monetary Policy under Commitment with a Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates
   Presented by: Klaus Adam, CEPR and European Central Bank

Session 69: H4 - Modelling Nominal Rigidities

Session Chair: Nicoletta Batini, International Monetary Fund
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: D
 

The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: An Empirical Assessment
   Presented by: PELGRIN Florian, Bank of Canada
 

A Search for a Structural Phillips Curve
   Presented by: Argia Sbordone, Rutgers University
 

Exchange Rate Pass-Through in a Structural Small Open Economy Model: How Important is the Conduct of Monetary Policy
   Presented by: Stephen Murchison, Bank of Canada
 

Inflation Dynamics in Seven Industrialised Open Economies
   Presented by: Ryan Banerjee, Bank of England

Session 70: H5 - Heterogeneous agents VI

Session Chair: Cars Hommes, University of Amsterdam
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 11:10 - 12:50
Location: E
 

Equilibrium Properties of Finite Binary Choice Games
   Presented by: Adriaan Soetevent, University of Groningen
 

Critical behaviour and system size in agent-based models: an explanation
   Presented by: Simone Alfarano, University of Kiel
 

Heterogeneous Investment Horizons in a Simple Asset Pricing Model
   Presented by: Mikhail Anoufriev, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
 

Do hedging instruments stabilize markets?
   Presented by: Cars Hommes, University of Amsterdam

Session 71: I2 - Heterogeneous agents VII

Session Chair: J. Rosser,
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 15:45 - 17:25
Location: B
 

The Impact of Multiperiod Planning Horizons on Portfolios and Asset Prices
   Presented by: Marten Hillebrand, Bielefeld University
 

On the performance of efficient portfolios
   Presented by: Jan Wenzelburger, University of Bielefeld
 

Price and Wealth Dynamics in an Agent-Based Model with Heterogeneous Evolving Strategies
   Presented by: Mikhail Anoufriev, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
 

Market Dynamics and Stock Price Volatility
   Presented by: J. Rosser,

Session 72: I4 - Forecasting and Trading with Evolutionary Computation (I)

Session Chair: Chueh-Yung Tsao, Chang-Gung University
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 15:45 - 17:25
Location: D
 

Statistical Evidences for the Influence of GP's Representation on Forecasting
   Presented by: Shu-Heng Chen,
 

Using Genetic Programming with Lambda Abstraction to Find Technical Trading Rules
   Presented by: Tzu-Wen Kuo, National Chengchi University
 

Co-evolution vs. Neural Networks; An Evaluation of UK Risky Money
   Presented by: Jane Binner, Aston Business School
 

Discovering Financial Patterns in the Foreign Exchange Markets
   Presented by: Chueh-Yung Tsao, Chang-Gung University

Session 73: I3 - Option Pricing

Session Chair: Manfred Gilli, University of Geneva
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 15:45 - 17:25
Location: C
 

The Risk-Neutral Measure and Option Pricing under Log-Stable Uncertainty using Romberg Fourier Inversion
   Presented by: J. Huston McCulloch, Ohio State University
 

Option Pricing under different uncertainty regimes
   Presented by: Emmanuel Haven, University of Essex
 

Valuation of American Continuous-Installment Options
   Presented by: Pierangelo Ciurlia,
 

Pricing American Options on Jump-Diffusion Processes using Fourier-Hermite Series Expansions
   Presented by: Andrew Ziogas, School of Finance and Economics, UTS

Session 74: I1 - Monetary Policy in General Equilibrium

Session Chair: Nicoletta Batini, International Monetary Fund
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 15:45 - 17:25
Location: A
 

Optimal Taylor Rules in an Estimated Model of a Small Open Economy
   Presented by: Nooman Rebei, Bank of Canada
 

Search in Financial Markets, and Monetary Policy
   Presented by: Kevin Moran, Bank of Canada
 

Optimal monetary policy in a regime-switching economy
   Presented by: Fabrizio Zampolli, Bank of England
 

Robust Control Rules to Shield Against Indeterminacy
   Presented by: Nicoletta Batini, International Monetary Fund

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Session 78: H8 - Time series; Model estimation

Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 24:10 - 24:50
Location: 303

Session 79: F8 - Expectations and Indeterminacy

Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 24:15 - 24:55
Location: 303

Session 80: I1 - Open Economy Macro and Finance

Session Chair: Jeannine Bailliu, Bank of Canada
Date: July 10, 2004
Time: 24:45 - 24:25
Location: A