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0. CONTENTS
1. Recent events: November 2000 Conference
7. Date of the next issue of the NL
The THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE of IEFS (UK) took place on Saturday 11th
November 2000 at the City University in London. It was a successful conference
with about 12 high-quality presentations. Many thanks to Jerry Coakley
for screening the papers and making the Programme and George Agiomirgianakis
and Dimitrios Asteriou for local organisation. The full Programme and papers
are now posted on our website: http://www.city.ac.uk/economics/iefs/iefs.htm
A selection of papers will be included in the collected volume titled:
Advances in International and Financial Economics: European Integration.
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Call for papers for the:
Papers related to European integration are actively solicited. However, more broadly based papers focusing on global markets are also relevant. Those with a focus on aspects of the new Digital/Dotcom economy and its implications are especially welcome.
It is envisaged that a selection of papers will be considered for publication
in a special issue of the Review of International Economics.
A provisional Programme of the Conference (together with invited Keynote
Speakers) will be posted on the Web by early March 2001. The Conference
fee (to include some lunches and dinners) will be Euro160. Accommodation
arrangements will also be posted on the website.
The deadline for submission of papers
(3 copies) is February 28, 2001 to:
Dr. George Agiomirgianakis (Theoretical papers) Dr. Dimitrios Asteriou (Empirical papers)
Department of Economics (the same address in City University)
City University, Northampton Square
London EC1V OHB
Session organisation: As noted in
past newsletters, it will be possible for individuals to arrange their
own sessions. If you wish to do so, please contact Dr. Tapan Biswas no
later than 28 February 2001 with the following information:
1) The topic of your session.
2) The names, affiliations and addresses of the 3-4 speakers.
3) Each speaker’s topic.
4) The sessions’ chair.
The session organiser is responsible for screening and selecting the
papers to be presented in the session, as well as contacting the speakers
and generally organising the session. The requested information to Dr.
Biswas by 28 February 2001 will assist in efficiently planning
of the conference as well as in quality control. Session organisers should
send to Dr. Biswas the full texts of papers by 31 April 2001.
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http://www.city.ac.uk/economics/iefs/iefs.htm
This has now been revamped and will contain updates on the Conferences, copy of the Newsletter etc.
Many thanks to Yannis Georgellis (who is also the new Webmaster) and
Chris Tsoukis for revamping the site.
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The usual reminder that the annual GBP5 fee for the Academic Year October 2000-October 2001 is now due. Members who have discharged this financial obligation please disregard this- those with shorter memories, please make your cheques payable to "IEFS" and forward to:
Dr. Keith Pilbeam (Treasurer IEFS).
Dept of Economics
City University
LONDON EC1V OHB, UK.
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a) A selection of papers from the 1st Annual IEFS
Conference at the City University (April 1999) has been accepted
for publication at the Review
of International Economics. Thanks to Tapan Biswas for streamlining
the local
refereeing process (ahead
of Prof. Kwan Choi’s own refereeing).
b) From the November 1999 IEFS mini-conference at
Brunel University (November 1999), a selection of 4 papers
will be published in the
Journal of Policy Modelling (thanks to George Agiomirgianakis for
organising this).
c) Finally, we are editing a collected volume of
papers presented at the November 2000 Conference. The overarching
theme will be "Advances in International
Economics and Finance" and it will encompass such topics as European
Integration, Labour and Capital Market
Integration, etc.
d) It is also envisaged that a selection of papers
from the forthcoming May 2001 Conference will be considered for
publication in a special
issue of the Review of International Economics.
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In its quest for raising external finance, the society has submitted
an application to ESRC. Thanks mainly go to Yannis Georgellis for a superb
job in compiling the application.
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7. DATE OF NEXT ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER
The next issue of the Newsletter will be published in March 2001
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And finally:
8. HAPPY XMAS AND HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE NEW YEAR 2001!
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(This Newsletter was compiled by Chris Tsoukis).