2011

The Economics and Management of Leisure, Travel and Tourism Workshop

November 28 – 29, 2011

Invited speakers: 

Geoffrey Crouch (La Trobe University)
Giacomo Del Chiappa (University of Sassari )
Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam)
Claudio Piga  (Loughborough University), Chair
Joanna Poyago-Theotoky  (La Trobe University)

Board Organizer: Thomas Barbiero


International Economics Workshop

Developments in International Monetary and Financial Economics

October 20 – 21, 2011, Department of Economics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Invited speakers:
Steve Ambler (UQAM and RCEA)
Lucio Sarno (City University, London UK)
Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada)

Board Organizer: Thomas Barbiero


Monetary Workshop

Zero Bound on the Interest Rates and New Directions in Monetary Policy

October 7 – 8, 2011, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Invited speakers:
Gauti Eggertson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé (Columbia University)

Board Organizer: Jurek Konieczny


Finance Workshop

May 30, 2011

Invited speaker: Hashem Pesaran (Cambridge University)

Board Organizer: Elettra Agliardi


Macroeconomics Workshop

Advances in Business Cycles and Economic Growth Analysis

May 21 – 22, 2011

Invited speakers:

Costas Azariadis (Washington University in St. Louis)
Philippe Aghion (Harvard University and University College London)
Leo Kaas (University of Konstanz)
Pietro Reichlin (University of Rome)
Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Board Organizer: Thanasis Stengos