9th INFER Annual Conference 2007

Special Topic:

Monetary and Economic Integration in Europe

October 12 - 14, 2007 at Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

 

Conference Objectives Keynote Speakers Participants Submission of Papers Publication of Papers Best Paper Award

Programme
Registration Location Travel Accommodation Further Information Useful Links

 

Conference Objectives

The INFER Annual Conference provides an opportunity for everybody interested in economics to exchange ideas. Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers across all areas of economics, including this year’s special topic “Monetary and Economic Integration in Europe”.

Researchers are also encouraged to organise their own sessions either under this year’s special topic or a topic of their own choosing. Keynote speakers will be invited to speak on this year’s special topic.

Keynote Speakers

Lucio Sarno, Warwick University, UK (Homepage)

Andrew Hughes Hallett, George Mason University, USA (Homepage)

Jürgen Kröger, European Commission (Homepage)

Participants

The conference is open to anybody involved in economics and finance issues, including both young and experienced researchers, post-doctoral students, and professionals from business, government and non-governmental institutions.

Submission of Papers

The deadline for the submission of papers was May 2nd, 2007.

All papers will be peer reviewed. Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than June 30, 2007.

Paper presenters are expected to discuss one other paper during the conference. The discussant assignments will be made by the conference committee at a later date.

Publication of Papers

A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in one or more INFER volumes in due course after the workshop. For details of possible publication outlets use the link on publications.

Programme

The preliminary conference programme (schedule) can be downloaded here.

The updated version of the preliminary book of abstracts can be downloaded here (0.5 MB).

Friday, 12th October 2007  
19.00 – 19.10 Registration James France Building Building – Reception Area
19.10 – 19.15 Welcome Address by
Christian Richter (Conference Organiser)
Michael Pickhardt (Chair of INFER)
19.15 – 20.15 Keynote Address 1 James France Building – Room CC013
  Jürgen Kröger (European Commission)
“Experiences with the Economic and Monetary Union: What Lessons for adjusment in the new Member States?”
20.15 – 20.30 Break  
20.30 – 21.50 Parallel Sessions A (6 tracks) James France Building
22.00 Welcome Reception Bradgate – Edward Herbert Building

 

Saturday, 13th October 2007
9.00 – 9.10 Coffee James France Building
9.10 – 11.10 Parallel Sessions B (6 tracks) James France Building
11.10 – 11.30 Break James France Building
11.30 – 12.30 Keynote Address 2 James France Building – Room CC013
  Andrew Hughes Hallett (George Mason University)
"Fiscal Sustainability and Risk under Alternative Monetary Policy Arrangements"
12.30 – 13.30 Buffet Lunch James France Building Building – Reception Area
13.30 – 15.30 INFER General Meeting I James France Building – Room CC013 
15.30 – 15.45 Break James France Building
15.45 – 17.45 Parallel Sessions C (5 tracks) James France Building
19.30 Conference Dinner
 		Bradgate – Edward Herbert Building

 

Sunday, 14th October 2007
9.00 – 9.10 Coffee James France Building
9.10 – 11.10 Parallel Sessions D (6 tracks) James France Building
11.10 – 11.30 Break James France Building
11.30 – 12.30 Keynote Address 3 James France Building – Room CC013
  Lucio Sarno (Warwick University)
"The Economic Value of Exchange Rate Predictability"
12.30 – 13.30 Buffet Lunch and Working Group Fair James France Building – Reception Area
13.30 – 15.30 Parallel Sessions E (5 Tracks) James France Building
15.30 - 15.40 Break James France Building
15.40 – 17.40 INFER General Meeting II James France Building – Room CC013
17.40 Closing of the Conference and Farewell by the INFER Board James France Building – Reception Area

Best Paper Award

A best paper award will be available for the best paper presented by a young economist under the age of 30. The award consists of €250 in cash and a book voucher worth €250.

Registration

To register for the Annual Conference, please fill in the registration form and mail or fax it to the INFER office address given on the form.

The registration fee is EUR 100.00 for private or institutional INFER members and EUR 250.00 for all others. (The annual fee for private members is EUR 25.00. Please, feel free to join and register as member.) The registration fee includes: If  you are  interested in becoming a member of INFER please, fill in the membership application form for private persons html or pdf or for institutions html or pdf. Please, find further information regarding the membership here.

Location

The INFER annual conference will be held at Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, a lively town in the heart of the midlands between Nottingham and Leicester. Loughborough is very much characterised by its University: the UK’s major sports university. It has excellent sport and conference facilities, good restaurants and pubs and very nice surroundings. More information can be found at www.lboro.ac.uk

Travel

Getting to Loughborough is easy: either with a low cost airline to East Midlands airport or by train from London St. Pancras to Loughborough. If you are arriving at East Midlands airport, there is a direct bus service to Loughborough. For links to these low cost airlines and the train service see below.

Accommodation

Primarily we recommended accommodation provided by the University’s conference centre. Unfortunately this conference centre is booked out.

Please find various Bed and Breakfast hotels and guest house accommodation following this link:
http://www.bedandbreakfast-directory.co.uk/results.asp?town=Loughborough&county=Leicestershire&country=England

Further Information

This website will provide updated information concerning registration details, downloadable registration forms, etc. The preliminary program will be posted here by early-September, 2007.

Questions may be directed to the workshop organiser, Dr Christian Richter, at c.r.richter@lboro.ac.uk or christian.richter@uni-klu.ac.at.

Useful Links

Low cost airlines flying to East Midlands airport from all over Europe:

Regular Airlines:

Train Connection:

Bus Service to Loughborough from East Midlands airport:

Please note: If you take the airline shuttle service bus, you have to change at the terminal station (Loughborough train station) to the “University Shuttle” bus which will take you straight to Loughborough University.

National bus: