Globalization Institute Events

EU Economic Integration: Lessons of the Past, and What Does the Future Hold?

March 18, 2010 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Sponsored by The European Union Studies Association, Economics Section and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

This event, which follows the March 17 conferrence The Euro and the Dollar in the Crisis and Beyond is by invitation only. If you would like to attend, please contact Mark Wynne.

Thursday March 18, 2010
8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m.	Welcome
	Organizers: Mark Wynne, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas David Mayes, University of Auckland Patrick M. Crowley, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi
9:00 a.m.	Session I: Macroeconomics and European integration
	Chair: David Mayes Discussant: Andrew Hughes Hallett, George Mason University
	Measuring Intermittent Synchronicity of Macroeconomic Growth in Europe Patrick M. Crowley Aaron P. Schultz, University of Connecticut
	EMU and the Dynamics of Regional Per Capita Income Inequality in Europe Florence Bouvet, Sonoma State University
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Session II: New Member States
	Chair: Patrick M. Crowley Discussant: Valeriano Martinez, Universidad de Cantabria
	Financial Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization among Potential EMU Members Jason Jones, Furman University Mark Witte, College of Charleston
	Europeanized Integration in the EU: New Member States and Monetary Union Alessandro Cagossi, West Virginia University
11:45 a.m.	Session III: EU Trade
	Chair: Janet Adamski, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Discussant: Jason Jones, Furman University
	Integration Effects and Trade Barriers: Does European Economic Integration Affect FDI? Valeriano Martinez, Universidad de Cantabria Marta Bengoa, City College at City University of New York
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
	Luncheon Speaker Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
2:00 p.m.	State of the Union: Some Comments Antonio de Lecea, Minister, Economic and Financial Affairs, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
2:15 p.m.	Session IV: ECB Monetary Policy and Its Effect
	Chair: Mark Wynne Discussant: David Mayes
	Does the ECB React to the State of Fiscal Policy in Europe? A Real-Time Analysis Andrew Hughes Hallett John Lewis, De Nederlandsche Bank
	Evaluating the Monetary Policy of the European Central Bank Jim Lee, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Patrick M. Crowley
3:30 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	Session IV: Other Aspects of European Integration
	Chair: Michael Butler, Texas Christian University Discussant: Florence Bouvet
	Creating an EU Level Supervisor for Cross-Border Banking Groups: Issues Raised by the U.S. Experience with Dual Banking David Mayes María J. Nieto, Banco de España Larry Wall, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
	Reverse Engineering the European Union's Integration: A Work in Progress William Lawless, Paine College
5:00 p.m.	Concluding Comments Mark Wynne, David Mayes, Patrick M. Crowley
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn