Parallel Session III   Saturday 23rd: 14.15 – 16.00

Track A

Public Finance & Business Cycle

Track B

Central Banks

Track C

Labour

Track D

Market Analysis

Track E

International Trade Issues

Chair: Erdal Atukeren

Chair: Iris Biefang-Frisancho

Chair: Helena  Marques

Chair: Pia Weiss

Chair: Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

The Information Content of Elections and Varieties of the Partisan Political Business Cycle

[Cameron  Shelton]
Why are federal central banks more activist?



[Hein Roelfsema]
Vicious And Virtuous Circles: The Political Economy of Unemployment


[Ruthira Naraidoo]
Equilibrium Nonexistence in Spatiual Competition with Quadratic Transportation Costs

[Manuel Saez]
The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the EU: Its Potential Impact on Chile’s Export Industry

[Sebastian  Vollmer]
Public Finance, Private Investments and External Disequilibrium in Transition Countries

[Aleksander  Aristovnik]
Reserve Pools




[Risto  Herrala]
Bargaining and on the Job Search



[Roberto Bonilla]
On Monopoly Power and Ramsey Taxation



[Sheikh Selim]
Relating Productivity and Trade: A Chicken and Egg Analysis


[Eleanor Doyle]
Politico-Economic Determinants of the Crowding-in Effects of Public Investments in Developing Countries

[Erdal Atukeren]
Monetary Policy Transparency and Uncertainty



[Iris Biefang-Frisancho]
Manufacturing Wages in the Enlarged EU: a New Economic Geography Approach


[Helena  Marques]
Entry Deterrence in Markets with Endogenous Consumer Switching Costs



[Pia Weiss]
Determinants of Trade Patterns: the Importance of Technological Innovation


[Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso]

Discussant:

Please try to read all papers in your session. Chairs may assign discussants within sessions upon mutual agreement.

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