65th International Atlantic Economic Conference

April 09 - 13, 2008 | Warsaw, Poland

E60-1 Public Finance I

Friday, 11 April 2008: 08:30-10:30
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Chair:
Frederick W. Derrick, Loyola University Maryland—USA
Government Size, Composition, Volatility and Economic Growth
António Afonso, ISEG/UTL and ECB—Germany; Davide Furceri, University of Illinois at Chicago—USA
External Debt, Policies and Growth in the Caribbean
Daniel O. Boamah, Central Bank of Barbados—Barbados
Sustainable Governance, Economic Development, and the Functions of Force
Martin C. McGuire, University of California-Irvine—USA
The ‘Road' to Successful Economic Development
Jack Pinkowski, Nova Southeastern University—USA
Discussants:
Daniel O. Boamah, Central Bank of Barbados—Barbados ; Åsa Hansson, Lund University—Sweden ; Jack Pinkowski, Nova Southeastern University—USA ; António Afonso, ISEG/UTL and ECB—Germany and Martin C. McGuire, University of California-Irvine—USA