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  EcoMod2004
International Conference on Policy Modeling
Conference
   

June 30-July 2, 2004
Paris
      June 30, 2004
Registration 8:00
  Lionel Fontagné CEPII
University of Paris I
Opening Session 9:00
Pierre-Yves Hénin University of Paris I
Ali Bayar EcoMod Network
Brussels University
Macroeconomic Dynamics and Monetary Policy Plenary Session I 9:15
André Dramais European Commission Chair
Macroeconomic Dynamics and Credit Risk: A Global Perspective Hashem Pesaran University of Cambridge
Monetary Transmission in the Euro Area: Does the Interest Rate Channel Explain All? Ignazio Angeloni ECB
Benoit Mojon ECB
    Parallel Sessions 11:00 - 12:30
  Regional Modelling Session 1  
  Alejandro Cardenete   Chair  
Fiscal Equalisation and Efficiency Sophia Levtchenkova      
Jeffrey D Petchey    
Regional Policy, Regional Inequalities and Enlargement of the European Union Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez      
J.Andrés Faina-Medin    
Multiplier Decomposition Within Regional SAMs: the Case of Andalusia Carmen Lima      
Alejandro Cardenete    
  Forecasting and Projection Methods Session 2  
  Wojciech Charemza   Chair  
Kalman Filter Estimation of Property Price Bubbles in Seoul Qin Xiao      
Randolph Tan Gee Kwang    
State Space Models, Vector Autoregression and Bayesian VAR: a Competition for the Forecasting of French Economic Variables Alain Maurin      
Jean Gabriel Montauban  
Optimal Timing and Supply-Side Effects of Monetary Policy: the Case of Poland and Russia Wojciech Charemza
Svetlana Makarova
  Public Economics Session 3  
  Vicente Paqueo   Chair  
Addiction and Smoking Behaviour in Italy Silvia Tiezzi      
Assessing Sustainability of Fiscal Policy in France: an I(2) Analysis Jean Boissinot      
Clotilde L’Angevin    
Brieuc Monfort    
Social Sector Expenditures and Rainy-Day Funds Vicente Paqueo      
Christian Gonzalez    
Monetary Issues Session 4
Timo Wollmershaeuser   Chair
Currency Substitution, Portfolio Diversification and Money Demand Miguel Lebre de Freitas  
Regime Dependence between the Official and Parallel Foreign Currency Markets for US Dollars in Greece Georgios Kouretas  
Angelos Kanas  
Sterilized Foreign Exchange Market Interventions in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Exchange Rate Model Timo Wollmershaeuser  
Robert Schmidt    
Macroeconometric Modeling Session 5
Balázs Egert   Chair
Econometric Modelling of the Inflation Process in the Transition Economies. With application to the Baltic states Boriss Siliverstovs  
Niklas Ahlgren  
Mikael Juselius    
Dynamics of Loans in Polish Banking System Jan Gadomski  
Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates in Acceding Countries: How Large is Our Confidence (Interval)? Balázs Egert
Kirsten Lommatzsch    
Impact and Scenario Analysis Session 6
Ginta Uzulina   Chair
Impacts of the Euro-Tunisian Agreements of Free Exchange : Evaluation by a Computable General Equilibrium Model in 1996 Haykel Hadj Salem  
Dutch AG-MEMOD model; Baseline Projections and Crop Policy Simulation Myrna Van Leeuwen  
Andrzej Tabeau  
Statistical Model for Evaluating Decisions in the Context of the Common Agricultural Policy Ginta Uzulina  
Parallel Sessions 14:00 - 15:30
Growth Session 1
Raul Barreto   Chair
Preference Dynamics and Potential Growth, Getting the Work Done by Friday Andre Kolodziejak  
Jan Peil    
Human Capital Accumulation and Wage Inequality with Scale-Independent North -South Technological Diffusion Alvaro Aguiar  
Oscar Afonso    
A Model of State Infrastructure with Decentralized Public Agents: Theory and Evidense Raul Barreto  
Energy and Environmental Policy Session 2
Susmita Dasgupta   Chair
Effects of Green Tax Reforms in Spain. A New Analytical Approach
Integrating Micro and Macro-Economic Models
Xavier Labandeira  
José M. Labeaga  
Miguel Rodriguez    
A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment of Clean Development Projects Hans Kremers  
Claudia Kemfert
Truong Truong    
The Economics of Regional Poverty-Environment Programs: an Application for Lao PDR Susmita Dasgupta  
Piet Buys
Kexnneth M. Chomitz    
Uwe Deichmann    
Craig M. Meisner    
David R. Wheeler    
Modeling: New Developments Session 3
Christian Muller   Chair
Relationship Between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices: Empirical Evidence from Bahrain's Financial Markets Rizwan Tahir  
Ahmed A. Ghani  
European Monetary Union and Fiscal Policy Sustainability Bodo Herzog  
Interpretation of Cointegration Coefficients - A Paradox, a Solution and Empirical Evidence Christian Muller    
Public Finance Session 4
Can Erbil   Chair
Intergovernmental Finance and Local Government System in Turkey: Experiences and Lessons to be Learned from Poland Serap Bindebir  
Explaining Efficiency Differences of New Zealand Secondary Schools Robert Alexander  
Mohammad Jaforullah  
Revealing Turkey´s Public Debt Burden - A Transparent Payments Approach Can Erbil
Ferhan Salman    
Macroeconometric Modeling Session 5
Ferdy Adam   Chair
A Long-run Macroeconomic Model of the Austrian Economy
(A-LMM)
Thomas Url  
Josef Baumgartner  
Helmut Hofer    
Serguei Kaniovski    
Andreas U. Schuh    
A Macroeconometric Model for the Republic of Macedonia Vesna Bucevska  
Modelling a Small Open Economy: What is Different? The Case of Luxembourg Ferdy Adam  
EU Enlargement Session 6
Jean-Louis Brillet   Chair
Tourism and EU Accession in Malta and Cyprus Adam Blake    
M. Thea Sinclair  
The Impacts of EU Accession for Malta Ali Bayar  
The Consequences of EU Accession for Poland - Simulations Using the MacSim System Jean-Louis Brillet  
Anna Kruszewska    
Parallel Sessions 16:00 - 18:00
Labor Market Issues Session 1
André Dramais   Chair
Do Labour Taxes (and their Composition) Affect Wages in the Short and the Long Run? Alfonso Arpaia  
Giuseppe Carone  
Why Do Firms hire so Few Top Skilled Workers? A Model of Knowledge Transfer Within Firms Aurora Amélia Castro Teixeira  
Pedro Cosme da Costa Vieira  
Unions, Wages and Productivity. The Spanish Case, 1986-2000 Blanca Sanchez-Robles  
Nuria Sanchez-Sanchez,
Pablo Coto Millan
Goodwin “Growth-Cycle” Model and the NAIRU André Dramais
Energy and Environmental Policy Session 2
Michael Kohlhaas   Chair
Green Accounting and Climate Change Problem: A New Evidence from the Turkish Economy Olfa Jaballi  
Sebnem Sahin  
Are Economic Goals and Goals of Environmental Protection Compatible? Explaining Paths to a Sustainable Economy Helmut Maier  
Quantification of Scenarios for Long-Term Economic and Transport Trends with ASTRA Michael Krail  
Wolfgang Schade  
Economic, Environmental and International Trade Effects of the EU Directive on Energy Tax Harmonization Michael Kohlhaas    
Martin Cames    
Jochen Diekmann    
Dieter Schumacher    
Katja Schumacher    
Trade Issues Session 3
Tran Van Hoa   Chair
Product Differentiation and Trade: An Example From the Bovine Meat Sector Sophie Drogue  
Stephan Marette  
Priscila Ramos    
Using Flexible McFadden Export Supply and Import Demand Functions for Bilateral Trade Policy Analysis Etti Maria Winter  
Klaus Frohberg  
Export Supply and Trade Reform: The Turkish Evidence Utku Utkulu
Dilek Seymen
Aydin Ari
ASEAN+3 Free Trade Agreement and Its Impact on Asia-Europe Trade and Economic Relations: A New Modelling Approach Tran Van Hoa  
Monetary Issues Session 4
Alvaro Aguiar   Chair
An Attempt to Modelize the ECB Monetary Policy Blanca Sanchez-Robles  
Adolfo Maza Fernandez    
Price Convergence in the European Union Countries Pawel Gajewski  
Jakub Kowalski    
Modelling of Structural Changes in Demand for Money Cointegration Relations Hannu Koskinen
Effects of Labor Market Reform on the Efficiency of Monetary Policy Alvaro Aguiar  
Ana Paula Ribeiro    
Finance Session 5
Konrad Richter   Chair
The Dependency of Extreme Returns on Stock Indices Across Borders in Bull and Bear Periods Angi Rosch  
Harald Schmidbauer  
Asset Pricing with Idiosyncratic Consumption Risk and Limited Participation Andrei Semenov  
High-Order Consumption Moments and Asset Pricing Andrei Semenov
Revenue Equivalence Revisited: Bounded Rationality in Auctions Konrad Richter
Regional Modeling Session 6
David Laborde CIREM - CEPII Chair
Trade Liberalization, Agglomeration and Public Policies: the Case of the European Regional Policies Susana Iranzo
GreenMod: A New Modeling Platform for Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis at the Regional, National, and Sectoral Levels Ali Bayar
Frédéric Dramais
Cristina Mohora
Masudi Opese
The Impact of Multilateral Liberalisation on European Regions: a CGE Assessment David Laborde CIREM - CEPII
Sébastien Jean CEPII
July 1st, 2004
Is Agriculture the Key to Unlock the WTO Doha Round?
A Glance at the Recent Results of CGE Modeling
Plenary Session II 9:00 - 10:30
Lionel Fontagné CEPII
University of Paris I
Chair
Jean-Christophe Bureau INRA
Aziz Elbehri US Dpt of Agriculture
Robert Koopman US ITC
Frank Vantongeren Wageningen University Agricultural Economics Research Institute
Parrallel Sessions 11:00 - 12:30
Agricultural Issues Session 1
Bruno Henry de Frahan Chair
Modelling the Impact of Sugar Reform on Belgian Agriculture Jeroen Buysse
Bruno Fernagut
Olivier Harmignie
Bruno Henry de Frahan
Ludwig Lauwers
Philippe Polomé
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Jef Van Meensel
Explorations of Structural Change in Agricultural Industries Martin Cloutier
Robin Rowley
Francis Declerck
Impact of the "Everything but Arms" Initiative on the EU Sugar Sub-Sector Marcel Adenauer
Kamel Louhichi
Bruno Henry de Frahan
Heinz Peter Witzke
Tax Policy Session 2
Knud Jorgen Munk Chair
Economic Growth and Optimal Income Tax Evasion Oscar Mauricio Valencia Arana
Should Countries Control International Profit Shifting? Xavier Wauthy
Susana Peralta
Tanguy Van Ypersele
Tax-Tariff Reform with Costs of Tax Administrations Knud Jorgen Munk
Trade Issues Session 3
Mario Larch Chair
Pricing to Market in Norwegian Seafood Exports Tor Hugo Hauge
Frank Asche
Voluntary Export Restraints (VERs) and the Question of Quality Upgrading Ahmed El-Shaarawi
The Home Market Effect in Models with Multinational Enterprises Mario Larch
Monetary Issues Session 4
Karsten Staehr Chair
Quantifying the Effects of Abandoning National Monetary Policy Oliver Holtemoller
Hungary’s Eurozone Entry Date: Wh at Do the Markets Think and What If They Change Their Mind? Andras Rezessy
Attila Csajbok
Inflation Dynamics and Nominal Adjustment in the Baltic States Karsten Staehr
Jaan Masso
Developing Countries Session 5
David Stifel Chair
Impact Assessment of Thailand’s Promotion of Strategic Export Industries: A Computable General Equilibrium Model (CGE) Approach Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
Economic Effects of Information Technology Oriented Joint Ventures in China: A CGE Analysis Lars Wang
Hidekazu Itoh
Rice Prices, Agricultural Input Subsidies, Transactions Costs and Seasonality: A Multi-Market Model Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) for Madagascar David Stifel
Jean-Claude Randrianarisoa
Macroeconometric Modelling Session 6
Khusnia Muradova Chair
On the “Response-Diffusion” Model in US Economic Safety Problem Vladimir Baranov
Viktor Dvurechenskikh
China_QEM: A Quarterly Macroeconometric Model o f China Xinhua He,
Haiying Wu
Shiguo Liu
Ling Wang
Uzbek Macroeconomic Model with Elements of Market Equilibrium (New Edition) Khusnia Muradova
Parallel Sessions 14:00 - 15:30
Agricultural Issues Session 1
Steve Harrison Chair
An Alternative Markup Pricing and Protection Rate: Evidence From Wheat in Iran Mohammad Bakhshoodeh
M Zibael
Land Contract as a Two-sided Occupational Choice: New Evidence of Risk -Sharing in India Tiziana Brancaccio
Designing, Developing and Testing Financial Models for Non-industrial Private Forestry Steve Harrison
Nick Emtage
John Herbohn
Tyron Venn
Energy and Environmental Policy Session 2
Burkhard Schade Chair
Trade-Off Between Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in India Vijay Ojha
Future Emissions of Air Pollutants in Indonesia: SO2 and NOx Armi Susandi
Evaluating Economic Feasibility and Technical Progress of Environmentally Sustainable Scenarios by a Backcasting Approach with ESCOT Burkhard Schade
EU Enlargement Session 3
Christian Muller Chair
Add Value Model for Romanian’s Export Products Adriana Grigorescu
Constantin Bob
Tax Harmonization and Public Expenditures Restructuring in Romania, in the Process of Preparation for the EU Accession – A CGE Modeling Exercise Ali Bayar
Peter Cornelisse
Peter van der Hoek
Cristina Mohora
Despite or Because - Lessons of German Unification for EU Enlargement? Christian Muller
Ulrich Busch
Monetary Issues Session 4
Roselyne Joyeux Chair
Modeling Credit Aggregates Maria Teresa Valderrama
Sylvia Kaufmann
Stability of Final Objective of the European Monetary Authorities Frédérique Sibi
Interest Linkages Between the US, UK, French and German Interest Rates: A Test of the German Dominance Hypothesis Roselyne Joyeux
Developing Countries Session 5
Erdal Atukeren Chair
Structural Reforms, Macroeconomic Policies and the Future of Kazakhstan Economy Gilles Dufrenot
Alain Sand
The Effectiveness of Malaysian Capital Outflow Controls of 1998 Jarita Duasa
Interactions Between Public and Private Investment: Evidence from Developing Countries Erdal Atukeren
Macroeconometric Modeling Session 6
Olena Bilan Chair
Disinflation Simulation with Disaggregated Output Gap Model for Hungary Viktor Varpalotai
Modeling Monetary Policies in China (PRC) Duo Qin
Xinhua He
Pilipinas Quising
Shiguo Liu
Modelling Inflation Dynamics in Transition Economies: The Case of Ukraine Olena Bilan
Boriss Siliverstovs
Parallel Sessions 16:00 - 18:00
TROLL: Software Demonstration Session 1
Energy and Environmental Policy Session 2
Marc Vielle Chair
The Cost of Sectoral Differentiation of Climate Policy: The Case of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Steffen Kallbekken
Ottar Maestad
Nathan Rive
A General Equilibrium Analysis of Climate Change Impacts: Methodology and Early Results Roberto Roson
An Empirical Study on the Nuisance Facilities Impact on the Property Value Yoshiki Kago
A Two-level Computable Equilibrium Model to Assess the Strategic Allocation of Emission Allowances Within the European Union Marc Vielle
Laurent Viguier
Alain Haurie
Alain Bernard
Trade Issues Session 3
David Laborde CIREM-CEPII
The Sustainable Cooperative Tariffs: a Political Economy Perspective Mehdi Racem
Intra-Industry Trade and Input Demand Kurt Kratena
New Keynesian Open Economy Models versus the Six Major Puzzles in Internation al Macroeconomics Stefan Ried
National Interests, Coalitions and Rules of Decision in Multilateral Trade Negotiations David Laborde CIREM-CEPII
Antoine Bouët CEPII
University of Pau and the Pays d'Adour
Growth Session 4
Hasan Kirmanoglu Chair
Non-linearities in Specialization and Growth Massimo Tamberi
Luca De Benedictis
Marco Gallegati
A Simple Politico-Economic Model to Predict Vote and Growth in France Eric Dubois
ICT in a Model of Technology Embedded in Investment Sebastian de Ramon
Individualism and Growth Volatility Hasan Kirmanoglu
Nejat Anbarci
Developing Countries Session 5
Ya Ping Yin Chair
Lebanon – Between Market Liberalization and Fiscal Consolidation: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Imperfect Competition Joey Ghaleb
Sebastien Dessus
Roads out of Poverty? Assessing the Link between Aid, Public Investment, Growth and Poverty Reduction Pierre Richard Agenor
Nihal Bayraktar
Karim El Aynaoui
Reforming the Sri Lankan Employee Provident Fund - A “Historical” and “Counterfactual” Simulation Perspective Ya Ping Yin
Kanakaratnam Arjuna
Public Finance Session 6
Carlos Martinez-Mongay Chair
Cyclical Asymmetry in Fisca l Policy, Debt Accumulation and the Treaty of Maastricht Fabrizio Balassone
Maura Francese
Does the Growth and Stability Pact Provide an Adequate and Consistent Fiscal Rule? Mauro Visaggio
Fiscal Convergence Before Entering the EMU Luca Onorante
Sustainability of EU Public Finances Carlos Martinez-Mongay
Fernando Ballabriga
July 2nd, 2004
Parallel Sessions 9:00 - 10:30
Regional Modeling Session 1
Maurizio Baussola Chair
A Supply-Side Regional Econometric Model of Wales James Foreman-Peck
Laurian Lungu
Measuring Changes in Regional Competitive ness Over Time – a Shift-Share Regression Exercise Oliver Fritz
Gerhard Streicher
Aggregate Demand and Supply and the Labour Market Within a Regional Econometric Model Maurizio Baussola
Laura Barbieri
Labor Market Issues Session 2
Niven Winchester Chair
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the French Work-Sharing Reform Camille Logeay
Sven Schreiber
Discrete Working Time Choice in an Applied General Equilibrium Model Stefan Boeters
Michael Feil
Nicole Gurtzgenn
Capital-Skill Complementarity and Rising Wage Inequality in the UK Niven Winchester
David Greenaway
Sectoral Issues Session 3
Gulay Gunluk-Senesen Chair
Is China’s Rising Service Sector Leading to Cost Disease? Duo Qin
Pricing Policy for Urban Transport in Europe: Looking for an Efficient Solution Rita Castellani
Structural Change in Import Dependency of Production: Turkey, 1973 -1996 Gulay Gunluk-Senesen
Umit Senesen
Monetary Issues Session 4
Efrem Castelnuovo Chair
Stability Properties of the Nominal Income Targeting Rule in the Open Economy Baotai Wang
A Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy in Spain: Evidence from Bank Balance Sheets Rafaela Pizarro-Barcelo
Regime Shifts and the Stability of Backward Looking Phillips Curves in Open Economies Efrem Castelnuovo
General Equilibrium Modeling Session 5
Alexandre Gohin CEPII
INRA
Development of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model for Fisheries Christos Floros
Pierre Failler
Economic Evaluation of the Release of Genetically Modified Organisms in New Zealand Adolf Stroombergen
Kel Sanderson
Andy Heinemann
Evaluating the Market and Welfare Impacts of Agricultural Policies in Developed Countries: Comparison of Partial and General Equilibrium Measures Alexandre Gohin CEPII
INRA
Giancarlo Moschini
Microsimulation Models Session 6
Gerlinde Verbist Chair
Costs and Benefits of Merger Control in the Netherlands 1998 -2002, An Applied Game Theoretic Analysis of Prices Bas Postema
Peter Van Bergeijk
Marie Goppelsröder
Farming System Modelling in Tropical Agriculture Using the Software “Olympe” Eric Penot
O. Deheuvels
Ph. Le Grusse
M. Lebars
J.M. Attonaty
Capital Gains Taxation Under Different Tax Regimes, Asset Pricing and Investment Decisions - a Monte-Carlo-Ssimulation of the Influence of Tax Systems on Dividend and Timing Behaviour Caren Sureth
Dirk Langeleh
Taxes and Redistribution. An International Comparison Using EUROMOD, the Euro pean Microsimulationmodel Gerlinde Verbist
Parallel Sessions 11:00 - 12:30
Labor Market Issues Session 1
Michael Grimm
Gender and Ethnicity in the New Zealand Labour Market Robert Alexander
Murat Genc
Mohammad Jaforullah
Digital Sector and Foreign Direct Investment - A Case of India Madhu Bala
Linking Representative Household Models with Household Surveys for Poverty Analysis: A Comparison of Alternative Methodologies Pierre -Richard Agenor
Derek H. C. Chen
Michael Grimm
Money and Finance Session 2
Vincent Touzé Chair
Should Central Banks React to Exchange Rate Movements? An Analysis of the Robustness of Simple Policy Rules under Exchange Rate Uncertainty Timo Wollmershaeuser
Real Effects of Nominal Shocks: a 2-Sector Dynamic Model with Slow Capital Adjustment and Money-in-the-Utility Peter Benczur
INGENUE v.2: a World OLG-CGE Model with Imperfect Financial Markets, Exchange Rates and Stochastic Lifetime Vincent Touzé
Michel Aglietta
Jean Chateau
Gilles Le Garrec
Michel Juillard
Jacques Le Cacheux
Trade Issues Session 3
Elena Ianchovichina Chair
MFA Quota Removal and Global Textile and Cotton Trade: Estimating Quota Trade Restrictiveness and Quantifying Post-MFA Trade Patterns Aziz Elbehri
An International Input-Output Analysis on the Effects of Free Trade Agreements in Asia Takashi Yano
Hiroyuki Kosaka
Duty Drawbacks, Competitiveness and Growth: Should China Reform its Duty Drawback System? Elena Ianchovichina
Monetary Issues Session 4
Willi Semmler Chair
A Policy-Sensible Core -Inflation Measure for the Euro Area Stefano Siviero
Giovanni Veronese
Inflation Uncertainty and Risk Premium in Interest Rates: Case of Turkey Selahattin Bekmez
Cem Mehmet Baydur
Esat Bakimli
Monetary Policy Rules with Nonlinear Philips Curve and Endogenous Nairu Willi Semmler
Wenlang Zhang
Developping Countries Session 5
Denise Konan Chair
A Dynamic Multisectoral Analysis of Jordan's Trade Liberalisation Omar Feraboli
Is WTO Dispute Settlement System Biased Against Developing Countries? An Empirical Analysis Fabien Besson
Mehdi Racem
Assessing the Benefits of Telecommunications Liberalization to Tunisia Ari Van Assche
Denise Konan
Finance Session 6
Yunus Aksoy Chair
Quantifying the Risk of Deflation Lutz Kilian
Simone Manganelli
Are Real Interest Differentials Caused by Frictions in Goods or Assets Markets, Real or Nominal Shocks? Alex Luiz Ferreira
Interest Rates and Output in the Long Run Yunus Aksoy
Miguel Leon-Ledesma
Parallel Sessions 14:00 - 15:30
Labor Market Issues Session 1
Cristina Cattaneo Chair
A Political Preference Analysis for Informal Labor Force in Turkey Selahattin Bekmez
Omer Faruk Colak
International Migration to Germany: A CGE-Analysis of Labour Market Impact Michael Kohlhaas
Herbert Brucker
The Determinants of Actual Migration and the Role of Wages and Unemployment in Albania: an Empirical Analysis Cristina Cattaneo
Energy and Environmental Policy Session 2
Sergey Paltsev Chair
Is There an Economic System in the Nature? Results of a Hedonic Approach Including a Vision to Explain and Meet Problems of Human Societies Helmut Maier
Factors Determining Environmental Kuznets Curve: SustainabilityAssessment and Implications for Policy Makers Nicola Cantore
Vania Paccagnan
Air Pollution Health Effects: Toward an Integrated Assessment Sergey Paltsev
John Reilly
Trent Yang
Trade Issues Session 3
Patrick Watson Chair
The Effect of Trade Partners Economic Stability on Economic Development of Latvia Ilga Karlsone
Ilmars Skards
Ella Skvorcova
Would MERCOSUR´s Exports to the EU Profit from Trade Liberalisation ? Some General Insights and a Simulation Study for Argentina Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
Evaluating the Impact of Tariff Removals and Terms-of-Trade Changes on the Trinidad & Tobago Economy Patrick Watson
Kyren Greigg
Business Cycles Session 4
Pedro Perez-Vazquez Chair
Specialisation Patterns and the Synchronicity of Regional Employment Cycles in Europe Ansgar Belke
Jens H. Heine
Prediction of Business Cycle Turning Points in Germany Ulrich Fritsche
Vladimir Kouzine
The International Business Cycle in a Changing World:Volatility and the Propagation of Shocks Pedro Perez-Vazquez
Denise Osborn
Michael Artis
Public Finance and Growth Session 5
Durmus Özdemir Chair
The Quality of Brazilian Fiscal Adjustment, 1999 - 2001 Santiago Herrera
Fernando Blanco
Financial System Development, Regulation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Russia Ulrich Thiessen
The Peace Dividend: A Case for Turkey and Greece Durmus Özdemir
Ali Bayar
Leonidas Paroussos
Finance Session 6
Romulo Chumacero Chair
An Empirical Study of the Impact of Finance on Production and Growth Hong Nguyen
Michael O. Mensah
Accounting for Estimation Risk in CAPM -generated Forecasts of Firm Earnings Growth Salvatore Terregrossa
Firms’ Dynamic Adjustment to Target Capital Structures during Transition Ralph De Haas
Marga Peeters
Quantifying the Costs of Investment Limits for Chilean Pension Funds Romulo Chumacero
Solange Berstein
Modeling the Labor Market and Poverty in Developing Countries Plenary Session IIII 16:00 - 17:00
Katheline Schubert University of Paris I Chair
Incorporating Poverty and Income Distribution Analysis in Economywide CGE Models Sherman Robinson IFPRI
Globalization, Growth and Poverty in Senegal: A Micro Simulation Approach in a Dynamic Context Nabil Annabi University of Laval
Fatou Cisse
John Cockburn
Bernard Decaluwé
Closing Ceremony 17:00 - 17:15
Ali Bayar EcoMod Network
Brussels University