72nd International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 20 - 23, 2011 | Washington, USA

302 O50-1 Economywide Country Studies

Sunday, 23 October 2011: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
Taghi Ramin, William Paterson University—USA
Assessing global vector autoregressions for forecasting
Neil R. Ericsson, Federal Reserve Board—USA; Erica L. Reisman, Federal Reserve Board—USA
Early retirement in Europe: Housing equity, marital status, and ill health
Nick Horsewood, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom; John Doling, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom; Kees Dol, Delft University—Netherlands
Macroeconomic impacts of the EU-membership in the NMSs: nominal and real convergence
Viktoria Vasary, University of Pannonia—Hungary; Peter Halmai, University of Pannonia—Hungary
Post-crisis challenges of post-communist economies
Vladimer Papava, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies—Georgia
Discussants:
Viktoria Vasary, University of Pannonia—Hungary ; Nick Horsewood, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom and Vladimer Papava, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies—Georgia