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2. Call for Papers, special issue of the Review of International Economics.
The second Pan-European IEFS Conference was held between 17-20 May 2001 at the University of Macedonia, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Its theme was on "Finance, Trade and Factor Mobility Issues in the Global Economy". It was jointly organised by the University of Macedonia and IEFS-UK.
A total of 56 papers were presented by authors representing universities and academic institutions from 15 European countries and the USA, on a wide variety of topics ranging from International Trade to Factor Mobility and International Finance. Invited lectures were delivered by Professor Kwan Choi (Iowa State University, President of IEFS), Professor Ioannis Leventakis (Athens University of Economics and Business) and Professor Mark Taylor (Warwick Business School, Warwick University).
A selection of papers will appear on a special issue of the Review of International Economics - see below Call for Papers under item 2.
On behalf of IEFS and IEFS-UK, Professor Kwan Choi, Dr. Tapan Biswas (Hull University, President), Dr. George Agiomirgianakis (City University, Secretary) and Dr. Keith Pilbeam (City University, Treasurer) greeted the Conference, noting its organisational as well as scientific success. There was ample opportunity for networking amid the various very enjoyable social events. Those culminated in the visit to the archaeological site of ancient Vergina on Sunday 20 May. Our warmest thanks go to the local organising committee (Professors Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Costas Karfakis, Harry Papapanagos, Athanasios Noulas and Yannis Hadjidimitriou) and to Mrs Nadia Stavropoulou, Secretary of the Public & International Relations Office of the University of Macedonia, for doing such a superb organisational job. We are also grateful to the Commercial Bank of Greece, the National Bank of Greece and the Prefecture of Thessaloniki for providing generous financial sponsorship. Some photos are already available from our web site (http://www.city.ac.uk/economics/iefs/iefs.htm previous events)
The next Pan-European Conference is planned for May 2002 - see Forthcoming
Events below.
2. Call for Papers, special issue of the Review of International Economics.
A special volume of the Review of International Economics will be devoted to the publication of selected proceedings from the May 2001 Conference. It will be edited by Professors Costas Karfakis (Macedonia University) and Nicholas Sarantis (London Guildhall University).
The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2001. Papers should be sent in TRIPLICATE (hard copies please, no-email submissions will be accepted) to:
Prof. Nicholas Sarantis, Department of Economics, London Guildhall University, 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY, United Kingdom. For information only, use E-mail: saran@lgu.ac.uk
Criteria by which papers will be selected for publication are as follows:
a) Papers must have been presented at the joint Macedonia/IEFS-UK Conference at Macedonia University Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2001.
b) All papers including the two papers by the keynote speakers will be reviewed by two referees: one that could be a conference participant and another non-participant (outsider). Papers will then be selected on scientific merit, as judged by the editors and on the basis of the reviewers' comments.
c) Papers that are empirical should be applied to more than two countries. Country-specific papers will not be accepted due to the international character of the journal.
d) It is envisaged that about 10 papers will be collected, possibly including the two papers by the keynote speakers.
e) All papers must have incorporated the comments received by the conference participants.
f.) The most important criterion of the selection process will be the
high
quality of the paper.
2.) Our annual Conference will take place in May 2002 somewhere in Europe (possibly in Crete).
(Prepared by Chris Tsoukis, Michael Arghyrou and Tapan Biswas)