Poverty reduction requires adopting the right institutions—including monetary institutions. Emerging market economies that peg their currencies and thwart market adjustments risk overheating and might engender protectionism on the part of their trading partners. This year’s monetary...

The goal of this conference is to present and discuss recent developments in the use of quantitative structural models to simulate and evaluate alternative monetary and fiscal policies. The conference will emphasize models with optimizing foundations that are parameterized to match features of...

The meetings will cover most any topic in economics and finance as well as most interrelated subject matter. As in the past years, The Academy will again offer a Teacher Training Program (TTP). This unique program explores and encourages different teaching methodologies and techniques. All...