The conference aims at bringing together both recent theoretical developments and empirical analysis with applications ranging from international finance (exchange rate crises), monetary policy (transparency), macroeconomics (coordination problems), banking (crises), market microstructure (asset...

The first day will provide an overview on the global economy. Special regional contributions will be presented in an initial session: World, USA, Asia,Europe. The second session will be dedicated to investigating changes in the financial markets and their potential impact on the global economy -...

Starting in 2007, the first new EU member states (NMS) will also join the Euro Area. Although the adoption of the Euro by the NMS completes the recent eastern Enlargement of the EU, there are still many open questions concerning the accession to the Euro Area. Several policy issues (economic...

Relevant topics include issues such as • The role of the Euro in a changing international environment • The viability of the US current account deficit • Multilateral exchange rate regimes and policy coordination • Financial and exchange rate crises • Re-regionalization: the role of...

Relevant topics include issues such as • The role of the Euro in a changing international environment • The viability of the US current account deficit • Multilateral exchange rate regimes and policy coordination • Financial and exchange rate crises • Re-regionalization: the role of...