74th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 04 - 07, 2012 | Montréal, Canada

147 E60-4 4256

Friday, October 5, 2012: 4:15 PM-6:15 PM
Chair:
Åsa Hansson, Lund University—Sweden
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Government bonds and their investors: What are the facts and do they matter?
Jochen Andritzky, International Monetary Fund—USA
Do the poor in urban Asia pay more for food? Evidence from Vietnam
John Gibson, University of Waikato—New Zealand; Bonggeun Kim, Seoul National University—Korea, Republic of (South)
Duration of unemployment in the EU: A re-evaluation of the Oswald thesis
Nick Horsewood, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom
The rise and fall of universal banking
Sergio Masciantonio, Bank of Italy—Italy; Andrea Tiseno, Bank of Italy—Italy
Unconditional convergence in China and India: The new technological frontiers
Marine Hadengue, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada; Thierry Warin, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada
Discussants:
Thierry Warin, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada ; Jochen Andritzky, International Monetary Fund—USA ; Bonggeun Kim, Seoul National University—Korea, Republic of (South) ; Nick Horsewood, University of Birmingham—United Kingdom and Sergio Masciantonio, Bank of Italy—Italy