Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University) Topics: 1. Monetary Policy in the EU 2. Fiscal Policy in the EU

Gilles Saint-Paul (University of Toulouse) Topics: - Explaining the divergence in the unemployment experience of different countries in recent years - The role of shocks and institutions - The role of a more volatile environment - Is there a unique natural rate of unemployment? - The...

Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University) Lecture I: Overview, intertemporal models of the current account, global current account imbalances. Challenges to the canonical model. Lecture II: Sovereign Risk and Investment for Emerging markets. Lecture III: Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy; Speculative...

Jonas Dovern and Jens Hogrefe (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) Empirical Methods in Macroeconomics (module I) Topics: 1. Introduction to Econometrics 2. The Classical Multiple Regression Model 3. Properties of the OLS Estimator 4. Hypothesis Tests 5. Selection of Explanatory Variables 6....

Marvin Goodfriend (Carnegie Mellon University) Topics: 1) The New Neoclassical Synthesis; Overview and Implications for Optimal Monetary Policy 2) International Aspects of Monetary Policy 3) Monetary History of the United States 4) Central Bank Lending 5) The Future of Monetary Policy 6) Banking...

Focal Challenges 2008: - Dealing with Climate Change - Reconstructing the Welfare Systems Essential Issues 2008: - Creating and Disseminating Knowledge, - Creating Security, - Spreading the Benefits of Globalization, - Tackling Inequality, - Promoting Social Cohesion, - Promoting Health.

The theme of the congress is 'People, Food and Environments: Global Trends and European Strategies'. This Congress theme suggests that Agricultural Economics is a dynamic field capturing elements relevant to agriculture and its environment in a wider sense with a focus on human well-being. The...

Geert Bekaert (Columbia University) Outline: Session 1: • Globalization and its Effects on the Economy • The Case for International Diversification Session 2: • Global Asset allocation • Review Mean Variance Optimization • CAPM • Home Bias Session 3: • Currencies • Optimal...

Holger Wolf (Georgetown University Washington) Part I: Preliminaries: Concepts, History, And Institutions Part II: The Current Account Part III Exchange Rate Determination and Pricing Part IV Exchange Rate Regimes Part V: Financial Integration Part VI Policies and Issues

The seminar seeks contributions discussing both the origin of risks and income fluctuation in agriculture as well as possible solutions. The intention is to discuss the appropriate mix of policy and private risk management instruments and their joint impact on farm-level risk and income...