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.
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Welcome |
Organizers: Mark Wynne, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas David Mayes, University of Auckland Patrick M. Crowley, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi |
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9:00 a.m. | Session I: Macroeconomics and European integration |
Chair: David Mayes Discussant: Andrew Hughes Hallett, George Mason University |
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Measuring Intermittent Synchronicity of Macroeconomic Growth in Europe Patrick M. Crowley Aaron P. Schultz, University of Connecticut |
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EMU and the Dynamics of Regional Per Capita Income Inequality in Europe Florence Bouvet, Sonoma State University |
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10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m.
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Session II: New Member States |
Chair: Patrick M. Crowley Discussant: Valeriano Martinez, Universidad de Cantabria |
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Financial Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization among Potential EMU Members Jason Jones, Furman University Mark Witte, College of Charleston |
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Europeanized Integration in the EU: New Member States and Monetary Union Alessandro Cagossi, West Virginia University |
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11:45 a.m.
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Session III: EU Trade |
Chair: Janet Adamski, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Discussant: Jason Jones, Furman University |
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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 |
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12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
Luncheon Speaker Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics |
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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 |
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Does the ECB React to the State of Fiscal Policy in Europe? A Real-Time Analysis Andrew Hughes Hallett John Lewis, De Nederlandsche Bank |
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Evaluating the Monetary Policy of the European Central Bank
Jim Lee, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Patrick M. Crowley |
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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 |
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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 |
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Reverse Engineering the European Union's Integration: A Work in Progress William Lawless, Paine College |
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5:00 p.m. | Concluding Comments Mark Wynne, David Mayes, Patrick M. Crowley |
5:15 p.m. | Adjourn |