CESifo-Delphi Conferences

Managing EU Enlargement

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich

14-15 December 2001

Scientific Organisers: Helge Berger, International Monetary Fund and CESifo Thomas Moutos, Athens University of Economics and Business and CESifo Hans-Werner Sinn, Ifo Institute for Economic Research and CESifo

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Friday, 14 December 2001
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome & Introduction
09:15 - 10:00	Keynote speech on Managing EU Enlargement RICHARD BALDWIN
10:00 - 11:00	Enlarging the Union in Europe and Beyond: Towards flexible and democratic integration via FOCJ REINER EICHENBERGER & Bruno S. Frey Discussant: ALFONS WEICHENRIEDER
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	The Euro, EU Enlargement and ERM II Heather D. Gibson & EUCLID TSAKALOTOS Discussant: HELGE BERGER
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	EU enlargement: Economic implications for countries and industries Arjen Lejour, RUUD DE MOOIJ & Richard Nahuis Discussant: CHRISTIAN KEUSCHNIGG
14:30 - 15:30	The Political Economy of EU Enlargement: Or, Why is Japan not a Candidate Country? Antonis Adam & THOMAS MOUTOS Discussant: MARGARITA KATSIMI
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00	EMU, Enlargement and Structural Reform Andrew Hughes Hallett & SVEND HOUGAARD JENSEN Discussant: RUUD DE MOOIJ
17:00 - 18:00	Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Jobs, Investment and Welfare in Present Member Countries Ben J. Heijdra, CHRISTIAN KEUSCHNIGG & Wilhelm Kohler Discussant: ANSGAR BELKE
Saturday, 15 December 2001
09:00 - 10:00	The Repercussions of EU Enlargement for the Equilibrium Value of the Euro JEROME L. STEIN Discussant: EUCLID TSAKALOTOS
10:00 - 11:00	Who Needs an External Anchor? DANIEL GROS Discussant: RAJI JAYARAMAN
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	Optimal Union Membership Under Dynamic Tax Competition Hyun Park & APOSTOLIS PHILIPPOPOULOS Discussant: EFRAIM SADKA
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	On the Dynamics of Factor Mobility and Regional Economic Integration MICHAEL BURDA Discussant: SASCHA O. BECKER
14:30 - 15:30	The Political Economy of Migration and EU Enlargement: Lessons from Switzerland Jaime de Melo, Florence Miguet & TOBIAS MÜLLER Discussant: MARTIN WERDING
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee
19:00	Dinner at the restaurant "Seehaus im Englischen Garten"