Hong Kong's Linked Exchange Rate System: The Way Forward
| 9:15-10:15 | Keynote Speech "Monetary Policy in a Very Open Economy: Major Analytical Issues” Bennett McCallum , Carnegie Mellon University |
| 10:30-11:15 | "An Optimal Currency Basket to Minimize Output and Inflation Volatility: Theory and an Application to Hong Kong" Zihui MA (Samsung Economic Research Institute China) and Leonard K. Cheng (HKUST) Presented by Jenny Xu, HKUST |
| 11:15-12:00 | "A Workable Basket Link" Lok Sang HO, Lingnan University |
| 12:00-12:45 | "The Latin American Experience" Alicia GARCIA-HERRERO, BBVA |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | "Volatility of Macro Fundamentals across Exchange Rate Regimes: A Theoretical Exploration" Jimmy RAN (Lingnan University) and Hong WU (University of St Thomas, Minnesota) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | "Modern Currency Boards as Embedded Options" Yue MA (Lingnan University) and Shu-ki TSANG (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | "Problems with a Fixed exchange Rate Regime" LAW Ka-chung , Bank of Communications |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | "On Forex reserves in Asia" David COOK (HKUST) and James YETMAN (BIS) |
| 17:30 - 18:15 | "The Internationalisation of the Renminbi: Why China's Haste?" MA Guonan , Bank for International Settlements |