Call For Papers
Fiscal Policy and Coordination in Europe

The National Bank of Slovakia is seeking papers for a conference to be held in Bratislava on 13-14 September 2012.

TOPICS: The conference papers should address issues such as: the effect of fiscal policy rules in the European Union and in the Euro Area on the motivation to implement prudent fiscal policies; the development of fiscal policies in Europe; debt dynamics; the modelling of sovereign spreads; interactions between sovereigns and financial institutions; the effects of sovereign or financial crises on different sectors of the economy; the modelling of interactions between fiscal policy and macroeconomic performance; monetary-fiscal interactions; and approaches to fiscal consolidation.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Members of the programme committee are:
Jarko Fidrmuc, Zeppelin University
Julius Horvath, Central European University
Martin Suster, National Bank of Slovakia

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

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Proposals for papers should be sent (in the form of 1-2 page abstracts) to Martin Suster at the National Bank of Slovakia, e-mail martin.suster@nbs.sk, by 15 March 2012. The programme committee will aim to communicate its decisions to authors by early April 2012.