The Fiscal and Monetary History of Argentina Universidad Di Tella Buenos Aires, Argentina August 18, 2015 2:45-3:00 PM Opening Remarks Fernando Álvarez (Institute Research Council, Becker Friedman Institute) Andy Neumeyer (Chairman of the Economics Department, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) 3:00 – 3:30 PM The Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America: The conceptual framework Tim Kehoe (University of Minnesota) 3:30 – 4:30 PM The Monetary and Fiscal History of Argentina: The conceptual framework and the period 1960-1990, part I Juan Pablo Nicolini (Minneapolis Fed and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) Discussants: Roberto Cortés Conde (Universidad de San Andrés) and Roque Fernández (Universidad del CEMA) 4:30 – 5:00 PM Coffee Break 5:00 – 5:30 PM The period 1960-1990, part II Discussants: Pablo Gerchunoff (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and José Luis Machinea (Argentine Economist, former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean –CEPAL- and former Minister of Economy of Argentina) 5:30 – 6:00 PM The period 1991-2001 Discussants: Mario Vicens (former President of the Association of Banks, former Secretary of the Treasury of the Nation and former Board member of the Central Bank of Argentina) and Pablo Guidotti (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) 6:00 – 6:30 PM The period 2002-2014 Discussants: Daniel Artana (Chief Economist at the Foundation for Latin American Economics Research –FIEL- and Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and José María Fanelli (Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad –CEDES- and CONICET) 6:30 – 7:00 PM Coffee Break 7:00 - 8:00 PM Panel Discussion Fernando Álvarez (Institute Research Council, Becker Friedman Institute) Discussants: Gerardo della Paolera (Universidad de San Andrés) Domingo Cavallo (former Minister of Economy of Argentina) Carlos Alfredo Rodríguez (Universidad del CEMA) Alieto Guadagni (National Academy of Education of Argentina)