Jacob Goldfield: "Did the Three Year LTROs Really Cause the Yield Decline?"4/20/2012Inaugural Conference "European Crisis: Historical Parallels and Economic Lessons"The JRC inaugural conference took place on April 19 and April 20, 2012. Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, gave a keynote public talk at 4:30 P.M. on Thursday at the Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Benoit Coeure, Executive Board member of the European Central Bank, gave a keynote address at 9:30 A.M. on Friday. Leading economist (including this year's Nobel Prize winner, Chris Sims) and historians gave presentations.