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Participants in the Conference Participants in the conference Australia Reserve Bank of Australia Philip Lowe Assistant Governor, Financial System University of Technology Sydney, Australia Warren P Hogan Professor, School of Finance and Economics Austria Austrian National Bank Peter Mooslechner Director, Economic Analysis and Research Joint Vienna Institute Eduard Hochreiter Director Belgium National Bank of Belgium Frieda Donkers Adviser, Research Department Brazil Central Bank of Brazil Fábia Aparecida de Carvalho Adviser, Special Studies Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank Mariella Nenova-Amar Director, Economic Research and Forecasting Canada Bank of Canada Sharon Kozicki Research Director, Research Department Chile Central Bank of Chile Erika Arraño Senior Economist, Macroeconomic Analysis China People's Bank of China Lu Fuling Director, Research Bureau Czech Republic Czech National Bank Ludek Niedermayer Vice Governor Denmark National Bank of Denmark Anders Møller Christensen Assistant Governor, Economics Department University of Aarhus Torben M Andersen Professor, School of Economics and Management National Bank of Denmark Kai Hansen Director BIS Papers No 50 173 Svendborg College Aksel Stroemkjraer Former Manager Director University of Aarhus Claus Vastrup Professor, Department of Economics Estonia Bank of Estonia Natalja Viilmann Senior Economist, Policy Department European Central Bank European Central Bank (ECB) Rolf Rainer Strauch Adviser, EU Countries Division Finland Bank of Finland Antti Suvanto Head of Department, Monetary Policy and Research Nordic Investment Bank Johnny Åkerholm President and CEO France Bank of France Enisse Kharroubi Economist Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Adrian Blundell-Wignall Deputy Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs IXIS Corporate and Investment Bank Patrick Artus Chief Economist Germany Deutsche Bundesbank Thomas Vogel Deputy Head, Economics Department Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Stefan Gerlach Professor Iceland Central Bank of Iceland Rannveig Sigurdardottir Head of Division, Economics Department India Reserve Bank of India Abhiman Das Assistant Adviser, Department of Statistical Analysis University of Delhi Suresh D Tendulkar Professor of Economics (retired), Delhi School of Economics Ireland Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Brian Golden Economist, Monetary Policy and International Relations 174 BIS Papers No 50 Israel Bank of Israel Karnit Flug Director, Research Department Italy Bank of Italy Daniela Marconi Economist, International Economic Analysis and Relations Department Japan Bank of Japan Kazumasa Iwata Deputy Governor Lithuania Bank of Lithuania Ernestas Virbickas Senior Economist, Economics Division Macedonia National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia Ana Mitreska Deputy Manager, Research Department Malaysia Central Bank of Malaysia Ling Cheah Su Manager, Economics Department Mexico Bank of Mexico Daniel Chiquiar Cikurel Manager of Research Netherlands Netherlands Bank Marien Ferdinandusse Economist, Economic Policy Department Norway Central Bank of Norway Jan F Qvigstad Executive Director and Chief Economist, Monetary Policy Department Philippines Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Francisco Dakila Officer-in-Charge, Centre for Monetary and Financial Policy Poland National Bank of Poland Mr Zbigniew Żółkiewski Deputy Director, Macroeconomic and Structural Analyses Department Portugal Bank of Portugal Patricia Silva Gonçalves Economist, Research Department Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Jaber Ahmed Al-Shamrani Economic Adviser, Economic Research Department Spain Bank of Spain Aitor Lacuesta Economist, Forecasting and Economic Analysis Sweden Sveriges Riksbank Leif Pagrotsky Vice Chairman of the General Council BIS Papers No 50 175 Switzerland Swiss National Bank Ulrich Kohli Alternate member of the Governing Board Turkey Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Bilgehan Karabay Economist, Research and Monetary Policy Department United Kingdom Bank of England Neal Hatch Head of Structural Economic Analysis Division University of Oxford Stephen Nickell Warden, Nuffield College University of Manchester Jill Rubery Professor, Manchester Business School United States Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Frederic Mishkin Governor William Wascher Associate Director Division of Research and Statistics International Monetary Fund David Coe Senior Adviser, Asia and Pacific Department Elsebeth Andersen Günter Baer Formerly BIS Henri Bernard Formerly BIS Flemming Larsen Formerly IMF and OECD Warren McClam Formerly BIS Axel Mittelstadt Consultant, France Robbie Schelde Andersen Consultant, Denmark BIS Malcolm D Knight General Manager Peter Dittus Secretary General William R White Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department 176 BIS Papers No 50 Már Gudmundsson Deputy Head, Monetary and Economic Department Josef Tošovský Chairman, Financial Stability Institute Claudio Borio Head of Research and Policy Analysis Philip Turner Head of Secretariat Group Bruno Tissot Adviser to the General Manager David Archer Head of Central Banking Studies Pierre Cardon Head of External Fund Management Dietrich Domanski Head of CGFS Secretariat Madhusudan Mohanty Head of Macroeconomic Monitoring Ramon Moreno Head of Emerging Market Issues Marc Klau Head of Departmental Research Assistance Dubravko Mihaljek Senior Economist BIS Papers No 50 177 .
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