Oil and the Euro Area Economy GERT PEERSMAN and Ine Van Robays Discussant: Michel Beine
Session 2 CESifo Distinguished Affiliate Prize
3-Step Analysis of Public Finances Sustainability: The Case of the European Union CHRISTOPHE RAULT and Antonio Afonso
The Price of Liquidity: Bank Characteristics and Market Conditions Falko Fecht, Kjell G. Nyborg & JÖRG ROCHOLL
Testing Real Time Rationality KRISZTINA MOLNAR and Zoltan Reppa
Session 3
Microfoundations of Staggered Wage Contracts LEIF DANZIGER Discussant: Gernot DOPPELHOFER
The Effects of Monetary Policy on Unemployment Dynamics Under Model Uncertainty. Evidence From the US and the Euro Area CARLO ALTAVILLA and Matteo Ciccarelli Discussant: Gert PEERSMAN
Session 4
The Euro and Inflation Uncertainty in the European Monetary Union GUGLIELMO MARIA CAPORALE and Alexandro Kontonikas Discussant: Timo WOLLMERSHAEUSER
Does the Canadian Economy Suffer from Dutch Disease? MICHEL BEINE, Charles Bos and Serge Coulombe Discussant: Guglielmo CAPORALE
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Session 5
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Real estate bubbles and credit booms: a comparative transatlantic perspective DANIEL GROS
Does Volatility Help Predict Exchange Rates? The Economic Valuation of a New Specification YIN-WONG CHEUNG and Giorgio Valente Discussant: Christophe RAULT
The Determinants of Economic Growth in European Regions GERNOT DOPPELHOFER, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Martin Feldkircher Discussant: Carlo ALTAVILLA
A Convex Hull Approach to Counterfacutal Analysis of Trade Openness and Growth MICHAEL FUNKE and Marc Gronwald Discussant: Frank WESTERMANN
Securitization of Mortgage Debt, Asset Prices and International Risk Sharing MATHIAS HOFFMANN and Thomas Nitschka Discussant: Yin-Wong CHEUNG
Credit Market Imperfections, Financial Market Regulation and Business Cycles in Eastern Europe FRANK WESTERMANN und Katja Drechsel Discussant: Claudia BUCH