INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING ECONOMIC DYNAMICS (MED2008)

Summary of All Sessions

#Date/TimeLocationTypeTitlePapersOrganizer
1August 23, 2008
11:00-13:00
Meeting Room contributed MED13
2August 23, 2008
14:00-17:00
Meeting Room contributed MED24
3August 24, 2008
11:00-13:00
Meeting Room contributed MED33
4August 24, 2008
14:00-17:00
Meeting Room contributed MED43
 

4 sessions, 13 papers


 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING ECONOMIC DYNAMICS (MED2008)

Complete List of All Sessions


Session 1: MED1

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Ramon Maria-Dolores, Universidad de Murcia
Session type: contributed
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Location: Meeting Room
 

Sovereign default and negotiation: endogenous recovery rates, interest rate spreads and credit ratings
JEL codes: E43, F32
   Presented by: Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
   Discussant: Siew Ling Yew, NUS
 

Optimal Financial Contracts in Leveraged Buy Out: a double-sided moral hazard model
   Presented by: Ouidad YOUSFI, EconomiX University of Paris X Nanterre
   Discussant: Pei-Shih Weng, National Central University
 

Banking, Inside Money and Outside Money
   Presented by: Hongfei Sun, Queen's University
   Discussant: Ramon Maria-Dolores, Universidad de Murcia

Session 2: MED2

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Hongfei Sun, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Location: Meeting Room
 

The Persistence of Differences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mixes and Profits Between Firms in a Rapidly Changing Environment
JEL codes: J24 L25
   Presented by: Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
   Discussant: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
 

Econometric and Stochastic General Equilibrium Models for Evaluation of Economic Policies
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   Presented by: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
   Discussant: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute
 

Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment
   Presented by: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute
   Discussant: Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
 

The Effects of Globalization on International Business Cycle Co-movement
   Presented by: Jonathan Davis, Vanderbilt University
   Discussant: Hongfei Sun, Queen's University

Session 3: MED3

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Jonathan Davis, Vanderbilt University
Session type: contributed
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Location: Meeting Room
 

Optimal social security in a dynastic model with human capital externalities, fertility and endogenous growth
JEL codes: H55; J13; O41
   Presented by: Siew Ling Yew, NUS
   Discussant: Bilgehan Karabay, Central Bank of Turkey
 

Asset prices and Exchange rates: A time dependent approach
   Presented by: Giulia Piccillo, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
   Discussant: Jonathan Davis, Vanderbilt University
 

Dual Poverty Trap
   Presented by: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
   Discussant: Hongfei Sun, Queen's University

Session 4: MED4

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
Session type: contributed
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Location: Meeting Room
 

TERM STRUCTURE AND THE ESTIMATED MONETARY POLICY RULE IN THE EUROZONE
JEL codes: C32, E30, E52
   Presented by: Ramon Maria-Dolores, Universidad de Murcia
   Discussant: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
 

Foreign Direct Investment and Host Country Policies: A Rationale for Using Ownership Restrictions
   Presented by: Bilgehan Karabay, Central Bank of Turkey
   Discussant: Siew Ling Yew, NUS
 

Asymmetry and Long Memory in Dynamics of Interest Rate Volatility
   Presented by: Pei-Shih Weng, National Central University
   Discussant: Katsuya Takii, Osaka University

This program was last updated on 2008-08-16 3:25:12 EDT