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Conference Program |
7th May
13h 00m: Registration
14h 00m: Opening Session Room: B1 Jorge Braga de Macedo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
“The Treasury and the Bank 20 Years After”
15h 00m: Parallel Sessions 1
Session C1 Chair: Francesco Franco (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Room: 2104 [C1.1] Lorenzo Pozzi (Tinbergen Institute): “Have Euro Area Government Bond Risk Premia Converged to Their Common State?”, co-written with Guido Wolswijk (European Central Bank) [C1.2] Gabriel Fagan (European Central Bank): “Macroeconomic Adjustment to Monetary Union”, co-written with Vítor Gaspar (Bureau of Economic Policy Advisers) [C1.3] Miguel St. Aubyn (ISEG, UTL): “Adjusting to the Euro: the Contrast Between Portugal and Spain”, co-written with Vítor Gaspar (Bureau of European Policy Advisers)
Session L1 Chair: Pedro Lains (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) Room: 2102 [L1.1] Luís Aguiar-Conraria (U Minho): “Business Cycles Synchronization Across the Euro Area”, co-written with Maria Joana Soares (U Minho) [L1.2] Andreas Sachs (ZEW): “Labour Market Institutions and Structural Reforms: A Source for Business Cycle Synchronisation?”, co-written with Frauke Schleer (U Gieβen) [L1.3] Martin Seneca (Central Bank of Iceland): “Monetary Policy and Welfare in a Monetary Union with Labour Market Heterogeneity”
17h 00m: Coffee Break
17h 30m: Plenary Lecture Room: B1 Frank Smets (European Central Bank)
“Wage and Labour Cost Dynamics in the European Union - Findings from the Wage Dynamics Network”
20h 00m: Conference Dinner
8th May
9h 00m: Parallel Sessions 2
Session C2 Chair: Manuel Martins (Universidade do Porto) Room: 2104 [C2.1] Birgit Schmitz (IIW Institute for International Economics, U Bonn): “Current Account Imbalances and Financial Integration in the Euro Area”, co-written with Alan Ahearne (U Brussels and U Galway) and Jurgen von Hagen (U Bonn, Indiana U, and CEPR) [C2.2] Ricardo Sousa (U Minho): “Wealth, Money Demand and Policy Rule: Evidence From the Euro Area” [C2.3] Andrzej Torój (Ministry of Finance, Poland, and Warsaw School of Economics): “Macroeconomic Adjustment and Heterogeneity in the Euro Area”
Session L2 Chair: José Varejão (Universidade do Porto) Room: 2103 [L2.1] Francesco Furlanetto (Norges Bank): “The Unemployment Correlation Puzzle”, co-written with Tommy Sveen (Norges Bank) [L2.2] Helena Marques (U Manchester): “Migration Creation and Diversion in the European Union: is Central and Eastern Europe a ‘Natural’ Member of the Single Market for Labour?” [L2.3] Ine Van Robays (U Gent): “Oil and the Euro Area Economy”, co-written with Gert Peersman (U Gent)
10h 30m: Coffee Break
11h 00m: Parallel Sessions 3
Session C3 Chair: Pedro Bação (Universidade de Coimbra) Room: 2104 [C3.1] Séverine Menguy (U Paris X - Nanterre): “Heterogeneity in Inflation Persistence and Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union” [C3.2] Christoph Fischer (Deutsche Bundesbank): “Price Convergence in the EMU? Evidence From Micro Data” [C3.3] Pietro Cova (Bank of Italy): “Demand Shocks and Equilibrium Relative Prices in the Euro Área”
Session L3 Chair: Ana Rute Cardoso (Institute for Economic Analysis, Barcelona) Room: 2103 [L3.1] Erwan Gautier (Banque de France): “Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan”, co-written with P Du Caju (National Bank van Belgie), D Momferatou (European Central Bank) and M Ward-Warmedinger (European Central Bank) [L3.2] Roberta Zizza (Bank of Italy): “The Euro and Firm Restructuring”, co-written with M. Bugamelli (Bank of Italy) and Fabiano Schivardi (U Cagliari) [L3.3] Miguel Portela (U Minho): “Employment and exchange rates: the role of openness and technology”, co-written with F. Alexandre (U Minho), P. Bação (U Coimbra) and J. Cerejeira (U Minho)
12h 30m: Lunch
14h 00m: Plenary Session Room: B1 Michael Ehrmann (European Central Bank): “Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area”, co-written with Marcel Fratzscher (European Central Bank), Refet Gürkaynat (Bilkent U and CEPR), Eric Swanson (FRB San Francisco) Vincenzo Galasso (U Bocconi): “The Euro and Structural Reforms”, co-written with Alberto Alesina (Harvard U) and Silvia Ardagna (Harvard U) Julian Messina (U Girona): “The Effects of Employment Protection and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence From a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries”, co-written with F. Cingano (Banca d’Italia), M. Leonardi (U Milano) and G. Pica (U Salerno)
15h 45m: Coffee Break
16h 00m: Plenary Session Room: B1 “Adjustment in Capital and Labour Markets Under the Euro: Views From Outside”
John Driffill (Birkbeck College, U London) Harry Flam (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University) Christopher Meissner (U California, Davis)
18h 00m: Closing Session Room: B1 Portuguese Minister of Finance, Fernando Teixeira dos Santos
“Euro @ 10: lições da experiência portuguesa”
“Euro @ 10: lessons from the Portuguese experience”
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