Call for Papers: SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD (SOEGW) SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

                    CONFERENCE AND CALL FOR PAPERS

          SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD (SOEGW)
                   SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

                      Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
                         June 12 - 15, 2008

                        http://www.soegw.org


     CONFERENCE INFORMATION:

     The SOEGW conference is a biennial international meeting
     assembling a group of leading economists to present and
     discuss their research on issues concerning small open
     economies in the fast-changing globalized world. The
     conference will focus on international trade in goods and
     services, including international finance and international
     monetary and fiscal policies. Since small open economies
     are facing challenges which bypass the usual borders of
     international economics, we also invite papers in other
     areas, including business cycles analysis, economic
     geography, general equilibrium, growth, industrial
     organization, labour economics, quantitative methods and
     regional development. We expect 150 high quality
     presentations. The first conference took place in Rimini,
     Italy, in August 2006.


     PLENARY SESSIONS:

     Michael Devereux, University of British Columbia
     Peter Howitt, Brown University
     David Laidler, University of Western Ontario and C.D.
     Howe Institute
     David Longworth, Bank of Canada
     Arnold Zellner, Graduate School of Business, University
     of Chicago


     SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

     Elettra Agliardi (Bologna), David Andolfato (Simon Fraser),
     Corrado Benassi (Bologna), John Burbridge (Waterloo), Jerzy
     (Jurek) D. Konieczny, chair (Wilfrid Laurier), Gary Koop
     (Strathclyde), Jean-Paul Lam (Waterloo), Paolo Manasse
     (Bologna), Gianluigi Pelloni (Bologna), Daniel Schwanen
     (Centre for International Governance Innovation), Pierre
     Siklos (Wilfrid Laurier) and Thanasis Stengos (Guelph).


     SPONSORS:

     The conference is sponsored by the Rimini Center for
     Economic Analysis: http://www.rcfea.org and by the
     Review of Economic Analysis; http://www.rofea.org.

     Financial support for the conference has been provided by:
     Centre for International Governance Innovation, Faculty of
     Economics - Rimini, University of Bologna, Department of
     Economics, University of Waterloo, Laurier Centre for
     Economic Policy, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid
     Laurier University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research
     Council of Canada, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid
     Laurier University.


     SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

     Authors should submit an extended abstract of up to 500
     words, to:

                    http://www.soegw.org

     Please create an account and submit the abstract using the
     "proposal submission" link.

     Proposals for sessions, consisting of three papers, are
     particularly welcome. If you are interested in submitting
     a session please send the session topic, paper titles and
     names of authors to and arrange for the abstracts to be
     sent to:

     Email:         MAILTO:secretary@soegw.org


     STUDENT SUBMISSIONS:

     We welcome paper submissions from graduate students. For
     students whose papers are accepted the registration fee
     will be waved. The organizers will cover the cost of all
     meals at the conference. We also have a limited fund for
     travel support.


     DEADLINES:

     The EXTENDED deadline for submissions is March 25, 2008.
     The authors will be notified no later than April 15, 2008
     whether their papers have been accepted.


     FEES:

     There are no submission fees. The registration fee for the
     conference is $CAN100 (plus 5 percent GST) = $105. The fees
     include all meals at the conference site.


     FURTHER INFORMATION:

     Detailed information is available at the conference
     website:

                    http://www.soegw.org

     or contact:

     Email:         MAILTO:secretary@soegw.org
     Contact:       Jerzy (Jurek) D. Konieczny
                    Department of Economics
                    Wilfrid Laurier University
                    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3C5
     Tel:           (519) 884 1970 ext 2238
     Fax:           (519) 888 1015
     Email:         MAILTO:jurek@wlu.ca
Posted 2/23/08