SECOND IEFS (UK) NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2000

Contents:

A. Third Annual Conference of IEFS-UK.

B. Pan-European Conference

C. New IEFS Web-site address

D. Urgent Reminder: Membership Fees Now Due!!

E. Publications

F. External Funding from ESRC

G. Membership

H. Date of Next Newsletter

A. THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE International Economics and Finance Society - UK

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            Saturday 11th November 2000, 9.30-17.30,

            City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK.

Fee:             GBP30 (members), GBP35 (non-members)

            Free for postgraduate students

 

Provisional Programme

9:00 -  9:30                  Registration and welcome from IEFS and City University

9:30 - 10:45                International Finance Chair: Jerry Coakley

 

1.) Neil Kellard (Guildhall), Paul Newbold/ Tony Rayner (Nottingham) “Cointegration between Spot and Futures Rates: Market Efficiency or Covered Interest Arbitrage”.

2) Manolis Kavussanos A Alizadeh-M (CUBS) “The Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure and Risk Premia in Dry Bulk Shipping Freight Markets”.

3.) Jerry Coakley/ Ana-Maria Fuertes(Guildhall) Ron Smith (Birkbeck) “Properties of PPP Panel Estimators”.

 

10:45 -11:00               Coffee

11:00 -12:50               Finance  Chair: Michael King

 

1.) Hosein Piranfar, (Schiller International, London),“Stock Returns in the Shadow of Devaluations”

2.) Momtchik Pojarliev Wolfgang Polasek (Basel) “Applying Multivariate Time Series Forecasts for Active Portfolio Management”.

3.) Gabrielle Wanzenried (Bern) “On the Strategic Use of Corporate Debt - Empirical Evidence from Europe”.

4.) Michael R. King (London School of Economics) “The Preferences of Institutional Investors for Macroeconomic Policy”.

 

12:50 - 2:00                  Lunch

2.00 -  3:20                Macro  Chair: Gonzalo Camba-Mendez

 

1.) Mark Holmes (Loughborough) “Exchange Rates and Economic Convergence in the European Union”.

2.)  Stephanie Pamies (Birmingham)  “International Spillovers, Asymmetries and the Design of Interregional Insurance”.

3.) Gonzalo Camba-Mendez Ana Lamo & Diego Rodriguez (ECB) “Estimating Underlying Quarterly Deficit Ratios and their Components for European Economies”

 3:20 -   3:35                  Tea

 3:35 -   5:20                 Trade & Labour Chair: Gianluigi Pelloni

 

1.) Keshab Bhattarai (Hull)   “Welfare Gains to Small Asian Economies from a Global Free Trade”

2.) Lilia Cavallari (La Sapienza, Rome)”Inflationary Performance in a Monetary Union with Unionized Labour Markets”

3.) Giovanni Gallipoli (UCL London, UK), Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa, Italy), “Macroeconomic Effects of Employment Reallocation: A Review and an appraisal from an Economic Perspective”.

4.)  Somesh K. Mathur (JMI College, Delhi) “Pattern of International Trade, New Trade Theories and Evidence from Gravity Equation Analysis”

 

For further information/updates see   http://www.city.ac.uk/economics/iefs/iefs.htm

 

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B. Pan-European Conference:

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            Jointly Organised by IEFS-UK & Macedonia University

            Thessaloniki, Greece, May 17-20, 2001.

Main Theme  "Finance, Trade and Factor Mobility Issues in a Global Economy"

Suggested Keynote Speakers:

·       Professor Barry Eichengreen

·       Prof. Paul De Grauwe

·       Prof. Papademos Governor Bank of Greece

·       Prof. Kwan Choi Editor of Review of International Economics

 

Paper submission:

-3 HARD copies of papers to be sent by January 31 2001 to:

Dr George Agiomirgianakis                               Dr. Dimitrios Asteriou         

(Theoretical papers)                                               (Econometrics and Applied papers)

 

Please send the papers to the address:

Department of Economics                  

City University                              

School of Social Sciences               

Northampton Square                        

London EC1V OHB                           

Tel   00-44-(0)20-7477-8591                

Fax:  00-44-(0)20-7477-8580   , Emails: G.M.Agios@city.ac.uk   ;  D.Asteriou@city.ac.uk

 

·       Papers on the new Dotcom economy especially welcome

·       Provisional Programme on Web by early March

·       Fee: 100 euros IEFS members (includes lunch + dinner), 116 euros Non IEFS members

An inclusive fee of 250 euros including accommodation is being investigated. More on this issue will be available on our Website.

 

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C. New IEFS Web-site address:

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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. Yannis Georgellis is the new Webmaster. Please send your comments to: Yannis.Georgellis@brunel.ac.uk

 

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D. Urgent Reminder: Membership Fees Now Due!!

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The annual £5 fee for the Academic Year October 2000-October 2001 is now due. Please note the advantages of membership including reduced Conference fees, regular newsletter, etc

Cheques payable to IEFS and should be sent to:

            Dr. Keith Pilbeam (Treasurer).

            Dept of Economics

            City University

            Northampton Square

            LONDON EC1V OHB   

 

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E. Publications

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I.) We are planning to edit a collected volume of papers to be published by December 2000 by a reputable publisher. The overarching theme of the book will be "Advances in International Economics and Finance". Papers should be related to one of the following more specific categories:

·       Developments in International Trade;

·       Financial Markets, Interest and Exchange rates;

·       Capital Mobility, Current Account Adjustment

·       Currency Crises;

·       Foreign Direct Investment;

·       Labour Mobility and Migration;

·       International Debt;

·       European Integration.

The volume will contain some papers specially written for it and a selection of the papers that will be presented at the November 2000 Conference.

 

Authors who wish their papers to be considered for publication in the volume (whether or not intended for presentation at the November 2000 Conference) should indicate this when submitting. Please send THREE copies to:

 

Econometrics and Applied papers:  Professor Jerry Coakley  Department of Economics  London Guildhall University  31 Jewry St EC3N 2EY Email:  jcoakley@econ.bbk.ac.uk

Theoretical papers:  Dr. Chris Tsoukis  School of Economic Studies Hull University Hull HU6 7RX, UK.  email: c.tsoukis@econ.hull.ac.uk

 

  

II.) We are envisaging that a selection of the Macedonia Conference papers will be published possibly as a special issue of the RIE. Costas Karfakis and Jerry Coakley have agreed to act as guest editors.

 

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F. External Funding from ESRC

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Yannis Georgellis is preparing our submission to the ESRC.

 

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G. Membership: Current position: 82 members

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We encourage existing Members to be actively involved in the work of the society/Executive Committee and to speak to other colleagues about our activities, Conferences etc to expand our membership.

 

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H. Date of Next Newsletter: January 2001

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(This newsletter was prepared by George Agiomirgianakis and Jerry Coakley)

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