Conferência "10 Years Of The Euro: Adjustment In Capital And Labour Markets"

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Universidade do Minho
Escola de Economia e Gestão
Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas

7 e 8 de Maio

"10 Years Of The Euro: Adjustment In Capital And Labour Markets"

Conference Program


7th May

14h 00m: Opening Session: Jorge Braga de Macedo (Universidade Nova, Lisbon)

“The Treasury and the Bank 20 Years After”

15h 00m: Parallel Sessions 1

Session C1
[C1.1] Lorenzo Pozzi (Tinbergen Institute): “Have Euro Area Government Bond Risk Premia Converged to Their Common State?”, co-written with Guido Wolswijk (European Central Bank)
[C1.2] Birgit Schmitz (IIW Institute for International Economics, U Bonn): “Current Account Imbalances and Financial Integration in the Euro Area”, co-written with Alan Ahearne (U Brussels and U Galway) and Jurgen von Hagen (U Bonn, Indiana U, and CEPR)
[C1.3] Miguel St. Aubyn (ISEG, UTL): “Adjusting to the Euro: the Contrast Between Portugal and Spain”, co-written with Vítor Gaspar (Bureau of European Policy Advisers)

Session L1
[L1.1] Luís Aguiar-Conraria (U Minho): “Business Cycles Synchronization Across the Euro Area”, co-written with Maria Joana Soares (U Minho)
[L1.2] Andreas Sachs (ZEW): “Labour Market Institutions and Structural Reforms: A Source for Business Cycle Synchronisation?”, co-written with Frauke Schleer (U Gieβen)
[L1.3] Martin Seneca (Central Bank of Iceland): “Monetary Policy and Welfare in a Monetary Union with Labour Market Heterogeneity”

17h 30m: Plenary Lecture: Frank Smets (European Central Bank)

“Wage and Labour Cost Dynamics in the European Union - Findings from the Wage Dynamics Network”

8th May

9h 00m: Parallel Sessions 2

Session C2
[C2.1] Gabriel Fagan (European Central Bank): “Macroeconomic Adjustment to Monetary Union”, co-written with Vítor Gaspar (Bureau of Economic Policy Advisers)
[C2.2] Ricardo Sousa (U Minho): “Wealth, Money Demand and Policy Rule: Evidence From the Euro Area”
[C2.3] Andrzej Torój (Ministry of Finance, Poland, and Warsaw School of Economics): “Macroeconomic Adjustment and Heterogeneity in the Euro Area”

Session L2
[L2.1] Francesco Furlanetto (Norges Bank): “The Unemployment Correlation Puzzle”, co-written with Tommy Sveen (Norges Bank)
[L2.2] Helena Marques (U Manchester): “Migration Creation and Diversion in the European Union: is Central and Eastern Europe a ‘Natural’ Member of the Single Market for Labour?”
[L2.3] Ine Van Robays (U Gent): “Oil and the Euro Area Economy”, co-written with Gert Peersman (U Gent)

11h 00m: Parallel Sessions 3

Session C3
[C3.1] Séverine Menguy (U Paris X - Nanterre): “Heterogeneity in Inflation Persistence and Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union”
[C3.2] Jan Fidrmuc (University of Brunel, CEPR): “The Theory of Optimal Fiscal Unions”
[C3.3] Christoph Fischer (Deutsche Bundesbank): “Price Convergence in the EMU? Evidence From Micro Data”

Session L3
[L3.1] Erwan Gautier (Banque de France): “Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan”, co-written with P Du Caju (National Bank van Belgie), D Momferatou (European Central Bank) and M Ward-Warmedinger (European Central Bank)
[L3.2] Roberta Zizza (Bank of Italy): “The Euro and Firm Restructuring”, co-written M. Bugamelli (Bank of Italy) and Fabiano Schivardi (U Cagliari)
[L3.3] Pietro Cova (Bank of Italy): “Demand Shocks and Equilibrium Relative Prices in the Euro Área”

14h 00m: Plenary Session

Michael Ehrmann (European Central Bank): “Convergence and Anchoring of Yield Curves in the Euro Area”, co-written with Marcel Fratzscher (European Central Bank), Refet Gürkaynat (Bilkent U and CEPR), Eric Swanson (FRB San Francisco)
Vincenzo Galasso (U Bocconi): “The Euro and Structural Reforms”, co-written with Alberto Alesina (Harvard U) and Silvia Ardagna (Harvard U)
Julian Messina (U Girona): “The Effects of Employment Protection and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence From a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries”, co-written with F. Cingano (Banca d’Italia), M. Leonardi (U Milano) and G. Pica (U Salerno)

16h 00m: “Adjustment in Capital and Labour Markets Under the Euro: Views From Outside”

John Driffill (Birkbeck College, U London)
Harry Flam (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University)
Christopher Meissner (U California, Davis)

18h 00m: Closing Session: Portuguese Minister of Finance Fernando Teixeira dos Santos