Past Conferences

	Venice Summer Institute Workshop on "Global Interdependence, Decoupling and Recoupling" Venice International University, San Servolo, 22 - 23 July 2011
	Programme
	Friday, 22 July 2011

09:00 - 09:15	Welcome Remarks YIN-WONG CHEUNG (University of California, City University Hong Kong), FRANK WESTERMANN (University of Osnabrück)
	Session 1 Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung
09:15 - 10:15	Keynote Lecture: China, the US and Europe after the Great Recession: Has Anything Changed? MICHAEL P. DOOLEY (University of California Santa Cruz)
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
	Session 2: Evidence from Trade Linkages Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung
10:30 - 11:15	The Rise of South-south Trade: Does it Mean Less Dependence from the North? Evidence from Emerging Asia GABOR PULA (European Central Bank) and Tuomas A. Peltonen Discussant: Justino De La Cruz (U.S. International Trade Commission)
11:15 - 12:00	Estimating Foreign Value-added in Mexico’s Manufacturing Exports Justino De La Cruz, Robert B. Koopman, ZHI WANG (U.S. International Trade Comission) and Shang-Jin Wei Discussant: Volker Nitsch (Darmstadt University of Technology)
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch Break

	Session 3 Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung
13:30 - 14:30	Keynote Lecture: International Roles of Currencies LINDA GOLDBERG (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
14:30 - 14:45	Coffee Break
	Session 4: Measurement Issues Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung
14:45 - 15:30	Measuring International Spillovers During Economic Expansions and Slowdowns Marco J. Lombardi, ROSSELLA CALVI (European Central Bank) and Filippo di Mauro Discussant: Andreas Steiner (University of Osnabrück)
15:30 - 16:15	Building a Synchronous Common Cycle Index for the EU Area GIANLUCA CUBADDA (University of Rome), Barbara Guardabascio, Alain Hecq Discussant: Carlo Altavilla (University of Naples Parthenope)
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break
	Session 5: Evidence from Business Cycles Chair Person: Frank Westermann
16:30 - 17:15	No Coupling, No Decoupling, Only Mutual Dependence: Business Cycles in Emerging vs. Mature Economies PIERRE L. SIKLOS (Wilfrid Laurier University) Discussant: Xing Wang Qin (SUNY, Buffalo State College)
17:15 - 18:00	Globalization vs. Regionalization Hideaki Hirata, M. Ayhan Kose and CHRISTOPHER OTROK (University of Virginia) Discussant: Claudia Buch (Tübingen University)
19:30	Conference Dinner

	Saturday, 23 July 2011
	Session 6: Income, Savings and Consumption Chair Person: Frank Westermann

09:15 - 10:15	Keynote Lecture: China's Saving NELSON C. MARK (University of Notre Dame)
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break
	Session 7: Evidence from the Balance of Payments Chair Person: Frank Westermann
10:30 - 11:15	The Penn Effect EIJI FUJII (Kwansei Gakuin University) Discussant: Ralph De Haas (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
11:15 - 12:00	The Euro's Effect on Trade Imbalances H. Berger and V. NITSCH (Darmstadt University of Technology) Discussant: Jarko Fidrmuc (Zeppelin University)
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch and End of Conference

Venice Summer Institute Workshop on

"Global Interdependence, Decoupling and Recoupling"

Venice International University, San Servolo, 22 - 23 July 2011

Programme

Friday, 22 July 2011

Session 1 Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 2: Evidence from Trade Linkages Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 3 Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 4: Measurement Issues Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 5: Evidence from Business Cycles Chair Person: Frank Westermann

Saturday, 23 July 2011

Session 6: Income, Savings and Consumption Chair Person: Frank Westermann

Session 7: Evidence from the Balance of Payments Chair Person: Frank Westermann

Venice Summer Institute
Workshop on

Session 1
Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 2:
Evidence from Trade Linkages
Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 3
Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 4:
Measurement Issues
Chair Person: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 5:
Evidence from Business Cycles
Chair Person: Frank Westermann

Session 6:
Income, Savings and Consumption
Chair Person: Frank Westermann

Session 7:
Evidence from the Balance of Payments
Chair Person: Frank Westermann