These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Par Osterholm (Uppsala University)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM
Session: Monetary Policy Transparency and Communication (AEA)
Presiding: Alan Blinder (Princeton University)

Imperfect Communication: When Should Central Banks Publish Their Forecasts?
Athanasios Orphanides (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Par Osterholm (Uppsala University)

The Role of Transparency as a Mechanism for Accountability
Carl Walsh (University of California, Santa Cruz)
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Do Markets Care Who Chairs the Central Bank?
Ken Kuttner (Oberlin College)
Adam Posen (Peterson Institute of International Economics)

Geography or skills: What explains Fed watchers' forecast accuracy of US monetary policy?
Michael Ehrmann (European Central Bank)
Helge Berger (Free University Berlin)
Marcel Fratzscher (European Central Bank)
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