May 29 - 30, 2012

Graduate Center Masterclasses

The Relationship between Oil Markets and the Macro Economy: Theory and Empirics

Date

May 29 - 30, 2012
Di 14:00-18:30/Mi 09:00-12:30

Location

Eleanor-Dulles-Raum

DIW Berlin im Quartier 110

Room 5.2.010

Mohrenstraße 58

10117 Berlin

Speakers

Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan

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Program

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Contents

A brief history of oil markets and oil price shocks
The determinants of the price of oil
Flow supply shocks versus flow demand shocks
The role of speculation and expectations in oil markets
How are oil price shocks transmitted to oil-importing economies?
Nonlinearities in the Oil-Macro Relationship
How should policy makers respond to oil price shocks?
Forecasting the price of oil