CALL FOR PAPERS


         CONFERENCE ON THE EURO AREA AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS


              Sponsored by The National Bank Of Slovakia



     The National Bank of Slovakia seeks papers for a conference
     to be held under the above title, in Bratislava, from
     lunchtime on 6 September to lunchtime on 8 September 2010.
     The intention is that the papers will provide the basis for
     a book to be published by a reputable English-language
     publisher.



     OVERVIEW:


     The conference aims to assess how membership of the euro
     area has affected countries' experience of the financial
     crisis and the recession; the issues facing recent and
     prospective entrants to the euro area; and the future of
     the euro area, in terms of monetary-fiscal policy
     coordination, financial regulation, monetary policy and
     asset prices, and other topics.



     SPEAKERS:


     Invited speakers include:


     - Francesco Giavazzi
     - Luigi Spaventa
     - Philip Lane
     - Michael Artis
     - Juan Francisco Jimeno
     - Martti Randveer
     - Lajos Bokros



     PROGRAM COMMITTEE:


     The programme committee, and the editors of the proposed
     book, are:


     - Miroslav Beblavy, Comenius University, Bratislava
     - David Cobham, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
     - Ludovit Odor, National Bank of Slovakia



     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


     Papers to be presented at the conference must be available
     for publication in the book, and should therefore not be or
     have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Complete
     papers must be submitted to the organisers by the end of
     July 2010; final revised versions of the papers, taking
     account of comments made at the conference and by the
     editors, should be submitted by the end of October 2010.
     The target would be for the book to be published in summer
     or autumn 2011.


     Authors of papers accepted for presentation will be
     provided with travel expenses and accommodation in
     Bratislava for the period of the conference.


     Proposals for papers should be sent (in the form of 1-2
     page abstracts) to:


     CONTACT:       Ludovit Odor
                    The National Bank of Slovakia
     Email:         MAILTO:Ludovit_Odor@nbs.sk


     by 30 November 2009. The organisers will aim to communicate
     their decisions to authors by 31 December 2009.

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Posted 10/30/09