Academic Module: Regional Monetary Integration
Authors: Peter B. Kenen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, and Ellen E. Meade, Associate Professor of Economics, American University
May 2, 2008
This module features teaching notes by Peter B. Kenen and Ellen E. Meade, coauthors of Regional Monetary Integration, along with other resources to supplement the text. In the book, the authors seek to explain why governments contemplate regional monetary integration and why some country groups are more likely than others to exercise that option, and to be successful at doing so.
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CFR Meetings (Video, Audio, Transcripts)
Presider:
Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time InternationalSpeakers:
Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, Columbia University, James Grant, Founder and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:15 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Peter Mandelson, Commissioner for External Trade, European UnionPresider:
Richard Medley, Chairman, Medley Capital Management
7:30-7:45 a.m. - Breakfast
7:45-8:45 a.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central BankPresider:
Jeffrey Rosen, Deputy Chairman, Lazard
5:30-7:00 p.m.
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Speaker:
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Minister of Economy and Finance, ItalyPresider:
Jacob A. Frenkel, Vice Chairman, American International Group, Inc., Chairman, Group of Thirty
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Speaker:
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central BankPresider:
William J. McDonough, Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
This meeting is on the record.
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