68th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 08 - 11, 2009 | Boston, USA

O10-4 Economic Development II

Friday, October 9, 2009: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Chair:
António Afonso, ISEG/UTL and ECB—Germany
Non-Farm Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Farmers in Rural Bulgaria
Diana Traikova, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)—Germany; Gertrud Buchenrieder Sr., Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)—Germany; Judith Möllers, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)—Germany
Dynamics of Product Specialization in East Germany
Axel Werwatz, Technische Universität Berlin—Germany; Bernd Görzig, DIW Berlin—Germany; Martin Gornig, DIW Berlin—Germany; Ramona Pohl Voshage, Research Data Center Berlin-Brandenburg—
Romania's Real Convergence to the EU: Progress and Challenges
Monica Raileanu Szeles, Transilvania University of Brasov—Romania
Financial Development, Gender, and Entrepreneurship
Fernanda Llussa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCT—Portugal
Innovation, Economic Growth, and Convergence – Perspectives for Romania
Moisa Altar, Romanian - American University—Romania; Judita Samuel, Romanian - American University—Romania; Adam Altăr – Samuel, Romanian - American University, Bucharest—Romania
Discussants:
Moisa Altar, Romanian - American University—Romania ; Bernd Görzig, DIW Berlin—Germany ; Fernanda Llussa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCT—Portugal and Monica Raileanu Szeles, Transilvania University of Brasov—Romania