INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING ECONOMIC DYNAMICS (MED2008)

Summary of All Sessions

# Date/Time Location Type Title Papers Organizer
1 August 23, 2008
1:00-1:00
N/A invited MED 4 5 Keshab Bhattarai
2 August 23, 2008
10:00-11:30
1 invited MED 0 4 Frank Agbola
3 August 23, 2008
12:00-13:30
1 contributed MED 1 4 Keshab Bhattarai
4 August 23, 2008
13:00-14:30
N/A invited MED 6 5 Keshab Bhattarai
5 August 23, 2008
14:30-16:00
1 invited MED 2 5 Keshab Bhattarai
6 August 24, 2008
8:30-10:00
N/A invited MED3 5 Keshab Bhattarai
7 August 24, 2008
10:30-12:00
N/A invited MED 5 5 Keshab Bhattarai
8 August 24, 2008
15:00-16:30
N/A invited MED 7 5 Keshab Bhattarai
9 August 24, 2008
16:30-18:00
N/A invited MED 8 5 Keshab Bhattarai
 

9 sessions, 43 papers


 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING ECONOMIC DYNAMICS (MED2008)

Complete List of All Sessions


Session 1: MED 4

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 1:00
 

The welfare effect of economic reform across Chinese provinces
JEL codes: C68, E21, R13.
   Presented by: Chun-Yu Ho, Boston University
   Discussant: Mohamed SAIDANE, University of Montpellier II
 

Optimal social security in a dynastic model with human capital externalities, fertility and endogenous growth
   Presented by: Siew Ling Yew, NUS
   Discussant: Agustin Perez-Barahona, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
 

The Effects of Globalization on International Business Cycle Co-movement
   Presented by: Jonathan Davis, Vanderbilt University
   Discussant: Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
 

Banking, Inside Money and Outside Money
   Presented by: Hongfei Sun, Queen's University
   Discussant: Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board
 

The Accomodation of Monetary Policy to Different Technology Shocks
   Presented by: Jing Han, The Ohio State University
   Discussant: Jing Han, The Ohio State University

Session 2: MED 0

Session Organizer: Frank Agbola, The University of Newcastle
Session type: invited
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Location: 1
 

Monetary policy rules and inflation process in open emerging economies: evidence for 12 new EU members
JEL codes: E52,E58,F31,P24
   Presented by: Borek Vasicek, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
   Discussant: Giulia Piccillo, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
 

Firm Growth and R&D of Intermediate Goods: A Dynamic Approach and Simulative Analysis
   Presented by: Hung-Bin Lin, Shu-Te University
   Discussant: Ya Chi Lin, National Chung Cheng University
 

Taiwan’s R&D and high-tech export: evidence from OECD countries
   Presented by: Ya Chi Lin, National Chung Cheng University
   Discussant: Hung-Bin Lin, Shu-Te University
 

Asset prices and Exchange rates: A time dependent approach
   Presented by: Giulia Piccillo, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
   Discussant: Borek Vasicek, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Session 3: MED 1

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: C, D, E
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Location: 1
 

A Chaotic-Dynamic View of Investment Risk in Emerging Economies
JEL codes: F43
   Presented by: Edgardo Jovero, University of Kent Canterbury
   Discussant: Cher Li, Univ. of Glasgow
 

Oil and the Great Moderation
   Presented by: Anton Nakov, Banco de España
   Discussant: Andrea Pescatori, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
 

Inflation-Output Gap Trade-off with a Dominant Oil Supplier
   Presented by: Andrea Pescatori, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
   Discussant: Edgardo Jovero, University of Kent Canterbury
 

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM AND ECONOMETRIC MODELS FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF FISCAL POLICY IN UK
   Presented by: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
   Discussant: Anton Nakov, Banco de España
 

Learning by Exporting? Firm-Level Evidence for UK Manufacturing and Services Sectors
   Presented by: Cher Li, Univ. of Glasgow
   Discussant: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull

Session 4: MED 6

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
 

NEW ACTORS OF THE GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET POLITICS
JEL codes: F59
   Presented by: Miroslava Filipovic, Singidunum University
   Discussant: Ouidad YOUSFI, EconomiX University of Paris X Nanterre
 

A Caveat of Excessive Reliance on Home Education
   Presented by: Katsunori Yamada, Osaka University
   Discussant: Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
 

Inspecting the Poverty-Trap Mechanism: A Quantile Regression Approach
   Presented by: Jens J. Krueger, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
   Discussant: Katsunori Yamada, Osaka University
 

Sovereign default and negotiation: endogenous recovery rates, interest rate spreads and credit ratings
   Presented by: Tamon Asonuma, Boston University
   Discussant: Miroslava Filipovic, Singidunum University
 

Optimal Financial Contracts in Leveraged Buy Out: a double-sided moral hazard model
   Presented by: Ouidad YOUSFI, EconomiX University of Paris X Nanterre
   Discussant: Jens J. Krueger, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Session 5: MED 2

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Session JEL code: C, D, E
Date: August 23, 2008
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: 1
 

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: Marius Jurgilas, Elon University
 

Exact prediction of inflation and unemployment in Japan
   Presented by: Ivan Kitov, Russian Academy of Sciences
   Discussant: Eren Inci, Sabanci University
 

Monetary policy under a currency board
   Presented by: Marius Jurgilas, Elon University
   Discussant: Marilena Giannetti, University of Rome
 

Temporary Migration and Foreign Direct Investment
   Presented by: Marilena Giannetti, University of Rome
   Discussant: Ivan Kitov, Russian Academy of Sciences
 

The Stability of Downtown Parking and Traffic Congestion
   Presented by: Eren Inci, Sabanci University
   Discussant: Ramon Maria-Dolores, Universidad de Murcia

Session 6: MED3

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
 

Foreign Direct Investment and Host Country Policies: A Rationale for Using Ownership Restrictions
JEL codes: F23;L24;L5;D82
   Presented by: Bilgehan Karabay, Central Bank of Turkey
   Discussant: Antonio Noriega, Banco de Mexico
 

Public investment and non linear effects of fiscal deficits
   Presented by: Alexandru Minea, University of Orleans
   Discussant: Steffen Henzel, ifo Institute for Economic Research
 

Inflation persistence and change in inflation persistence: An international study
   Presented by: Antonio Noriega, Banco de Mexico
   Discussant: Roberto Piazza, University of Minnesota
 

Learning Trend Inflation - Can Signal Extraction Explain Survey Forecasts?
   Presented by: Steffen Henzel, ifo Institute for Economic Research
   Discussant: Alexandru Minea, University of Orleans
 

Default Probabilities and International Risk Free Rate: the Role of Bubble Equilibria
   Presented by: Roberto Piazza, University of Minnesota
   Discussant: Bilgehan Karabay, Central Bank of Turkey

Session 7: MED 5

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
 

Household Welfare, Precautionary Saving, and Social Insurance under Multiple Sources of Risk
JEL codes: J0, H0
   Presented by: Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board
   Discussant: Ravshanbek Dalimov, National University of Uzbekistan
 

Contributions to The Estimation of Mixed-State Conditionally Heteroscedastic Latent Factor Models : A Comparative Study
   Presented by: Mohamed SAIDANE, University of Montpellier II
   Discussant: Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
 

Non-renewable energy resources as input for physical capital accumulation: A new approach
   Presented by: Agustin Perez-Barahona, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
   Discussant: Mohamed SAIDANE, University of Montpellier II
 

The Persistence of Differences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mixes and Profits Between Firms in a Rapidly Changing Environment
   Presented by: Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
   Discussant: Agustin Perez-Barahona, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
 

On Evolution of Industrial Clusters
   Presented by: Ravshanbek Dalimov, National University of Uzbekistan
   Discussant: Ivan Vidangos, Federal Reserve Board

Session 8: MED 7

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
 

Optimal Monetary Policy with Wealth Effect and Cost Channel
JEL codes: E4,E5
   Presented by: Roberta Cardani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
   Discussant: Cristiano Cantore, University of Kent
 

The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
   Presented by: Raphael Auer, Swiss National Bank
   Discussant: Katsufumi Fukuda,
 

Loan Supply and the Financial Propagation Mechanism
   Presented by: Cristiano Cantore, University of Kent
   Discussant: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute
 

A Fully-Endogenous Growth Model Based on Human Capital Accumulation with Heterogenous Firms
   Presented by: Katsufumi Fukuda,
   Discussant: Raphael Auer, Swiss National Bank
 

Technology Adoption, Turbulence and the Dynamics of Unemployment
   Presented by: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute
   Discussant: Roberta Cardani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Session 9: MED 8

Session Organizer: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Session type: invited
Date: August 24, 2008
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
 

A Two-Sector Small Open Economy Model with Monopolistically Competitive Non Traded Markets
JEL codes: E20; E62; F31
   Presented by: Romain Restout, University Paris 10, Economix and ENS-LSH, Gate
   Discussant: Romain Restout, University Paris 10, Economix and ENS-LSH, Gate
 

Lumpy capital, labor market search and employment dynamics over business cycles
   Presented by: Zhe Li, University of Toronto
   Discussant: Pei-Shih Weng, National Central University
 

Asymmetry and Long Memory in Dynamics of Interest Rate Volatility
   Presented by: Pei-Shih Weng, National Central University
   Discussant: Georg Duernecker, European University Institute
 

Dual Poverty Trap
   Presented by: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
   Discussant: Zhe Li, University of Toronto
 

On the Effects of Fair-Trade on the Welfare of the Poor
   Presented by: Nikolai Stähler, Deutsche Bundesbank
   Discussant: Romain Restout, University Paris 10, Economix and ENS-LSH, Gate

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