Annual Research Conference Call for Papers

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IMF Research Bulletin

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Sixteenth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference

“Unconventional Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies”

November 5–6, 2015

The International Monetary Fund will hold the Six teenth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washing-

ton, DC on November 5–6, 2015. The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics and

to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Unconventional Monetar y and Exchange Rate Policies.” The Program Committee wel-

comes empirical and theoretical studies on a wide range of issues related to the theme of the conference. Possible topics include

(without being exclusive):

• Direct and collateral effects of unconventional monetar y policy

• Spillovers of unconventional monetary policy to other countries

• Asynchronous unconventional monetary policy

• Exit strategies and risks of unwinding quantitative easing

• Money nancing of scal decits

• Exchange rate policy at the zero lower bound of interest rates

• Monetary policy in the context of high public debt

• QE as a policy tool in normal times

Interested contributors should submit a draft paper or a detailed t wo-page proposal by June 12, 2015 (e-mail to ARC@imf.org).

Please use the contact author’s name as the name of the le. The Program Commit tee will evaluate all proposals in terms of original-

ity, analytical rigor, and policy relevance and will contact the authors whose papers have been selected by July 3, 2015. A 15-page

work-in-progress draft will be required by August 14, 2015. Travel and hotel expenses of presenting authors will be covered by the

conference organizers. Further information on the conference program will be posted on the I MF website (www.imf.org).

Staff Discussion Notes

Staff Di scussion Notes showcase new policy-related ana lysis and research by IMF depart-

ments. ese papers are generally brief a nd written in nontechnical lang uage, and are aimed

at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues . For more information on this ser ies

and to download the papers in t his series, please visit: www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/createx/

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