Anna Morgante - Dean, Faculty of Economics, "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University
Piergiorgio Landini - Head, Department of Economics, "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University
Alberto Bagnai - Department of Economics, local organizer
10:00-11:00 - Keynote speech: Roberto Frenkel (University of Buenos Aires and CEDES), Lessons from a comparative analysis of financial crises.
11:00-11:15 - Coffee break
11:15-13:15 - First session
Chairman: Jan Van Hove (KU Leuwen, Belgium),Chair of the INFER Board
Osinska, Joanna (Ministry of Finance, Poland) "EMU: the (post-)crisis perspective. Literature survey and implications for the euro-candidates" (with Andrzej Toroj, Elzbieta Bednarek, Joanna Neza-Bojanowska, Katarzyna Wacko, Dariusz Witkowski; working paper version; discussant: Francesco Farina)
16:30-16:45 - Coffee break
16:45-18:45 - Third session
Chairman: Alberto Bagnai (Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Italy)
Ryan, Geraldine (University College Cork, Ireland) "Real economic activity leading indicators: should we have paid more attention?" (with Edward Shinnick; discussant: Zuzana Studnicka)
Studnicka, Zuzana (KU Leuwen) "How distinct is distance? An international trade perspective" (with Jan Van Hove, Filip Abraham; discussant: Elias Soukiazis)
Friday June 22, evening
20:30 - Gala dinner
Saturday June 23, morning
9:00-11:00 - Fourth session
Chairman:
Presbitero, Andrea (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy) "External imbalances and financial fragility in the euro area" (with Pietro Alessandrini, Michele Fratianni, Andrew Hughes Hallet; presented in Voxeu.org; working paper version; discussant: Václav Zdarek)
Van Hove, Jan (KU Leuwen) "The global crisis and dynamics in European trade" (discussant: Andrea Presbitero)
Zdarek, Václav (University of Warwick) "Sovereign debt crises, multiple equilibria outcomes and debt dynamics - a brief survey of approaches and possible solutions" (discussant: Jan Van Hove).
11:00-11:15 - Coffee break
11:15-13:00 - Round table: Assessing the costs of euro break-up.
13:00-13:30 - Closing speech: Ugo Panizza (UNCTAD), Debt, Debt Crises, Politics, and Currency Unions.
13:30 - Buffet lunch
The workshop will feature (parallel) sessions of two hours, featuring three papers each. There will be about 30 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion/questions. Each author will be asked to discuss a paper. The conference rooms will be equipped with PCs and projectors for PPT presentations.