Conference – 1992
Inflation, Disinflation and Monetary Policy
10-11 July 1992
A range of prominent international and Australian academic and policy economists participated in the 1992 conference. Two papers for the conference were written by economists from the Bank's Economic Group. Of the remaining five papers, one was written by Doug McTaggart from Bond University and four were written by well-known international economists: Max Corden from John Hopkins University, Charles Goodhart from the London School of Economics, Palle Schelde-Andersen from the Bank for International Settlements, and John Taylor from Stanford University.
Contents
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Introduction
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Reserve Bank of Australia -
The Great Inflation, The Great Disinflation,
and Policies for Future Price Stability
John Taylor, Stanford University
Discussion
Jeffrey Carmichael, Bond University -
The Cost of Inflation in Australia
Doug McTaggart, Bond University
Discussion
Arthur Grimes, Reserve Bank of New Zealand -
OECD Country Experiences with Disinflation
Palle Schelde-Andersen, Bank for International Settlements
Discussion
Bill Norton, Macquarie University
Michael Artis, University of Manchester -
Inflation and Disinflation in Australia: 1950-91
Glenn Stevens, Reserve Bank of Australia
Discussion
Richard Snape, Monash University -
Inflation, Indicators and Monetary Policy
Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Philip Lowe and Alison Tarditi, Reserve Bank of Australia
Discussion
Kunio Okina, The Bank of Japan
Mervyn King, Bank of England -
The Objectives for, and Conduct of, Monetary Policy in the 1990s
Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics
Discussion
John Pitchford, Australian National University -
A Perspective
Max Corden, The Johns Hopkins University
