Commodity Price Volatility, Past and Present
29-30 November 2012
Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics
& the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University
| Session 3: The Lucky Country | |
| 9:30-10:20 | Nigel Stapledon (University of New South Wales) “Australia’s Major Terms of Trade and Resource Shocks, 1850-2012: Sources and Impacts” |
| 10:20-10:45 | Coffee |
| 10:45-11:35 | Tim Robinson (Reserve Bank of Australia) ”The Lucky Country: Macroeconomic Consequences of Commodity Price Booms”, with Tim Atkin, Mark Caputo and Hao Wang |
| 11:35-12:25 | Bob Gregory (The Australian National University) “Terms of Trade and Living Standards in a Little Corner of Paradise” |
| 12:25-1:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Relative Price Volatility | |
| 1:30-2:20 | Kenneth Clements (The University of Western Australia) “Understanding World Metal Prices”, with Mei-Hsiu Chen and Grace Gao » view paper [PDF,890KB] |
| 2:20-3:10 | James Holloway (Reserve Bank of Australia) “Commodity Price Volatility through the Historical Lens of Financial Markets”, with Michelle Wright » view paper [PDF,1.13MB] |
| 3:10-3:30 | Coffee |
| 3:30-4:20 | Shuping Shi (The Australian National University) “Testing for Explosive Behavior in Relative Price Measures: Implications for Inflation Expectations”, with Vipin Arora and Pedro Gomis-Porqueras » view paper [PDF,467KB] |
| 4:20-5:10 | John Simon (International Monetary Fund) “Commodity Prices and Monetary Policy” » view paper [PDF,1.17MB] |
| 5:10 | Conference wrap up and drinks |
Conference RSVP: rossana.pinto@anu.edu.au