XIV Seminar of the ESPE Journal Special Edition “Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty”

On the occasion of its fourteenth special edition, Banco de la República´s Ensayos sobre Política Económica (ESPE) journal invites you to the seminar on Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty. It will take place on the 20th of October of this year, in the Auditorium of Banco de la República´s Museum of Art in Bogotá.

The event will be attended by Todd Walker, professor of the Department of Economics at Indiana University, as a special guest and 7 lecturers (2 of them national and 5 international).

Agenda

	Opening by Dr. Hernando Vargas, Deputy Technical Governor of Banco de la República
Session I
Moderator: Dr. Jorge Toro, Chief Officer of Monetary Policy and Economic Information, Banco de la República
	On the Importance of Policy Coordination Guest Lecturer: Todd Walker, Professor of the Department of Economics at Indiana University, United States
	Questions from the audience
	What is the fiscal stress in Euro Area? Evidence from a joint monetary-fiscal structural model Eddie Gerba, London School of Economics y Banco de España
	Questions from the audience
	Coffee Break
Session II
Moderador: Dr. Hernán Rincón, Investigador Principal de la Subgerencia de Estudios Económicos, Banco de la República
	Asymmetric fiscal multipliers for public expenditure and taxes in Colombia Norberto Rodríguez, Banco de la República, Colombia
	Questions from the audience
	Reglas fiscales para exportadores de commodities: una aplicación para Perú Gustavo Ganiko, Fiscal Council of Peru
	Questions from the audience
	Eficiencia y crecimiento económico en Latinoamérica: el caso de Colombia Emili Tortosa-Ausina, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, España
	Questions from the audience
	Lunch
Session III
Moderator: Dr. Oscar Valencia, Researcher from the Department of Macroeconomic Models, Deputy Management of Economic Studies, Banco de la República
	Fiscal policy and the cycle in Latin America: the role of financing conditions and fiscal rules Rene Orozco, OECD
	Questions from the audience
	Public savings and the effectiveness of sterilized foreign exchange intervention Juan Camilo Medellín, Fedesarrollo, Colombia
	Questions from the audience
	Determinants and effects of fiscal stabilization: New evidence from Time-Varying Estimates Davide Furceri, FMI
	Questions from the audience
	Closing Ceremony