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March 15-16, 2007 - JVI, Vienna, Austria
Jointly organized by the
DG ECFIN/European Commission and the Joint Vienna Institute
Thursday, March 15, 2007
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Antonio de Lecea, European Commission
 Opening Remarks
Eduard Hochreiter, Joint Vienna Institute
Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m. Session I. Governance, Institutions and Economic Growth
Chair: Clinton Shiells, Joint Vienna Institute
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Survey Lecture: Economic Governance and Sustained Growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason, University of Iceland Presentation
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Paper 1: Good Governance, Institutional Capacity and Economic Growth
Frank Barry, Trinity College, Dublin Paper Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Kurt Bayer, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, and JVI Board Member Presentation
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Coffee
11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Paper 2: Creating Incentive Structures for Good Governance
Anthony O'Sullivan, OECD Paper Presentation
Paper 3: The Evolution of Institutional Capacity on the Balkans - The Legacy of Yugoslavia
Peter Sanfey, EBRD Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Athanasios Vamvakidis, IMF Resident Representative in Croatia
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Buffet Lunch
2:15 p.m. Session II. External Drivers of Growth: Globalization and the EU
Chair: Antonio de Lecea, European Commission
2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Paper 1: Globalization: A Driver for Economic Growth or Economic Decline?
Eswar Prasad, Cornell University Paper 1 Paper 2 Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Vladimir Gligorov, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, WIIW
Presentation
Paper 2: Institutional Reform in Southeastern Europe: How Important is the EU Anchor?
Othon Anastasakis, St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford
Paper Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Gabriela Dragan, European Institute of Romania
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Note on Gravity and Integration: Determinants of International Trade in South-Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union?
Oxana Babetskaia-Kukharchuk, Czech National Bank
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Coffee
5:00 p.m. Session III. Monetary, Financial and Fiscal Institutions
Chair: Diana Dragutinovic, National Bank of Serbia
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Paper 1: Growth, Risks and Governance: the Role of the Financial Sector in the West Balkans
Max Watson, European Commission Paper Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Cristian Popa, National Bank of Romania
Paper 2: Fiscal Institutions for Stability and Economic Growth
Per E. Molander, Mapsec - Managing the Public Sector
Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Paper 4 Paper 5 Presentation
Lead Discussant:
Dimitri Demekas, IMF Presentation
7:30 p.m. Conference Dinner
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9:00 a.m. Session IV. Building Governance: The Accession Experience
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Overview Address:
Marek Dabrowski, CASE Paper Presentation
Panel Moderator and Chair:
Eduard Hochreiter, Joint Vienna Institute
9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The Accession Experience - Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Estonia - Andrus Säälik, Ministry of Finance, Presentation
Czech Republic - Marek Mora, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Slovakia - Elena Kohutikova, VUB Banka Bratislava
Hungary - Pal Gaspar, ICEG European Center
Slovenia - Darko Bohnec, Bank of Slovenia
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Coffee
12:00 p.m. Session V. Key Results - Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator and Chair:
Leslie Lipschitz, IMF Institute, and JVI Board Member
Panelists:
Josef Christl, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Joly Dixon, Statistics Commission, UK
Thorvaldur Gylfason, University of Iceland
Elena Kohutikova, VUB Banka Bratislava
1:45 p.m. End of Conference
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