Annual IMF Research Conferences
Last Updated: October 17, 2007| Call for Papers -- Ninth Jacques Polak Annual IMF Research Conference, November 13-14, 2008 The International Monetary Fund will hold the Jacques Polak Ninth Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 13-14, 2008. The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policy makers. Professor Jean Tirole will deliver the Mundell-Fleming lecture. |
| Exchange Rates -- Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference, November 15-16, 2007 The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research undertaken both by IMF staff and outside economists, and to facilitate an exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. The conference will feature research papers by prominent outside researchers as well as IMF economists, Mr. Stanley Fischer will deliver the Mundell-Fleming Lecture. An Economic Forum will conclude the conference. |
| Capital Flows -- Seventh IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference, November 9-10, 2006 The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. |
| Sixth IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Reforms, November 3-4, 2005 The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policy makers. |
| Fifth IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: Policies, Institutions, and Instability Washington, D.C., November 4-5, 2004 The International Monetary Fund will hold its Fifth Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 4-5, 2004. The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in international economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policy makers. |
| Fourth Annual IMF Research Conference: Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Cycles, November 6-7, 2003 The International Monetary Fund held its Fourth Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washington, DC, November 6-7, 2003. The conference intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in international economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policy makers. This year's conference was devoted to Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Cycles, which can be interpreted broadly to include the interaction between macroeconomic fluctuations and international capital flows. |
| Third Annual IMF Research Conference: Capital Flows and Global Governance, November 7-8, 2002 The Third Annual Research Conference of the International Monetary Fund took place in Washington, DC, on November 7 and 8, 2002. Speakers included scholars from universities and other research institutions as well as young researchers in the Fund. This year's conference discussed capital flows and global governance. The Mundell-Fleming lecture was delivered by Guillermo Calvo, Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank. A special issue of the IMF Staff Papers contains some papers presented at this conference |
| Second Annual IMF Research Conference -- November 29-30, 2001 This year's conference covered the economic consequences of large devaluations and currency crises, stabilization policies in emerging markets, and the political economy of economic reforms and IMF programs. The Mundell-Fleming lecture was delivered by the Fund's Chief Economist, Ken Rogoff, in honor of one of the pre-eminent scholars of modern international finance, Rudi Dornbusch. |
| First Annual IMF Research Conference -- November 9-10, 2000 The topics for this first conference include monetary and exchange rate policy in crisis situations, private sector involvement in crisis resolution, exchange-rate regimes and currency unions, and effects of adjustment programs. The Mundell-Fleming lecture was delivered this year by Prof. Maurice Obstfeld of the University of California, Berkeley. A Special Issue of the IMF Staff Papers, published in 2001 contains some papers presented at the conference. |