TIMTED – 2014

Special Issue
The International Conference “Current Economic Trends in
Emerging and Developing Countries” (TIMTED – 2014)
Dear TIMTED conference
delegate,
In a few months, you can pack
your bags and travel to Timisoara
for the TIMTED 2014 conference!
We, The EastEast-European Center for
Research in Economics and
Business (ECREB) and The Faculty
of Economics and Business
Administration
(FEAA),
as
organisers, look
look very much forward
to meeting you in Timisoara and
to having a successful conference
with you.
Yours faithfully,
March 2014
No. 2
In this newsletter we include practical information on different
aspects regarding the
e TIMTED 2014 conference organization
organiz
and details of the past conference, in order to offer you an
insight of what we can offer through our event.
You can find in this issue:
Welcome to Timisoara!
TIMTED Conference - Scope
TIMTED Conference - Topics
TIMTED 2014
Keynote Speakers
Scientific Board
Partners
Deadlines
Conference Fee
Prizes
Social Programme
TIMTED 2013
For more details: www.ecreb.ro/timted2014/
or email [email protected] / [email protected]
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Welcome to Timisoara!
Timisoara is the third largest city in Romania and the most important
city in the Western region of the country. The city is settled on the Bega River
and it offers a vibrant cultural life. Frequently referred to as “Little Vienna”
Timisoara hosts musical and theatrical performances all year-round, a large
number of art galleries and museums, and a buzzing nightlife. A cosmopolitan
city, Timisoara shows the influence of Turkish, Austrians, Germans or Serbians,
who left their mark on different neighborhoods throughout the city. Timisoara
was the first city in Europe and second in the world, after New York, to use
electricity to illuminate its public streets.
If you travel by plane, the city has the third largest airport in Romania,
Traian Vuia International Airport, located 10 km from the city center. Regular
flights from/to the major European and domestic destinations are available (for
example, Barcelona, Bergamo, Bucharest, Dortmund, Forli, London, Madrid,
Milano, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stuttgart, Valencia).
If you prefer the train, there are direct trains daily from Budapest (5
hours), Belgrade (4 hours), Vienna (8 hours) and Munich (15 hours). Numerous
trains are available to Bucharest and most Romanian cities.
Numerous hotels are available in the neighbourhood of the conference
venue (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Timisoara). Some of
them are EURO Hotel, NH Hotel or Timisoara Hotel.
You can find more information about city highlights, attractions and
accommodation on: http://www.romaniatourism.com/timisoara.html
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TIMTED Conference - Scope
The East-European Center for Research in Economics and
Business (ECREB), The Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration and The Oeconomica Timisiensis Foundation are the
organizers of The International Conference “Current Economic Trends
in Emerging and Developing Countries” (TIMTED).
The conference addresses to all interested persons in the related
fields, both academics and professionals, from all over the world. The
goal of the conference is to offer a high quality scientific environment
for all participants, in order to meet, exchange and debate ideas,
opinions and expertise. Subsidiarily, the conference also encourages the
submissions of interdisciplinary research, i.e. economics and business
administration fields correlated with other areas, such as sociology,
politics, psychology etc.
TIMTED Conference - Topics
The main topics, although not limitative, are:
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accounting and auditing;
business information system;
finance, money, banking and capital
market;
growth and development;
heterodox economics;
macroeoconomics;
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management;
marketing;
microeconomics and industrial
economics;
public choice;
social and welfare economics
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Keynote Speakers
John Hudson is Professor of Economics at University of Bath (United
Kindom) and member of “Panel of Economic Advisors and the South West
Regional Development Agency” (SWRDA). Among his research interests
we can enumerate taxation, law abidance, bankruptcy, informational
asymmetry and signalling, and political economics interface. Professor
Hudson has published more than 60 papers in important journals such as
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Economic Journal, The
European Journal of Political Economy, The Journal of Public Economics or
Economics Letters. His book, “Business Regulation and Public Policy: The
Costs and Benefits of Compliance”, was designated by the American
Library Journal Choice as one of the outstanding books of the year. During
TIMTED conference, Dr. Hudson will present the lecture entitled “Aiding
Innovation to Stimulate Growth”.
Dennis Mueller is Professor Emeritus of University of Vienna (Austria), a
former Director of “International Institute of Management/Industrial
Policy” (Berlin, Germany) and honorary president of the “Public Choice
Society”, “Industrial Organization Society” and “Southern Economic
Association”. Some of Dr. Mueller’s research interests are industrial
economics, public choice, constitutional political economy. Professor
Mueller published papers in important journals such as American
Economic Review, Public Economics Review, Public Choice or Empirica. Dr.
Mueller will present the lecture entitled “Corporate Governance and the
State”.
John Oversby, from University of Reading (United Kindom) and Institute
of Education, is a science education consultant with more than 40 years of
experience in schools and universities, providing support and training for
science education professionals at all levels, from primary to university.
During TIMTED conference, Dr Oversby will conduct a workshop entitled
“Researching diagrams in learning”.
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Scientific Board
Scientific coordinators
Mihai Mutascu – West University of Timisoara, Romania
Alexandru Minea – Université d’Auvergne, France
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Honorary scientific board
Francesco Forte – Professor Emeritus, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Dennis Mueller – Professor Emeritus, University of Vienna, Austria
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Scientific board members
Oscar Afonso – University of Porto, Portugal
Nikolaos Apergis – University of Piraeus, Greece
Dimitrios Asteriou – Hellenic Open University, Greece
Alberto Bagnai – University of Pescara, Italy
Thierry Baudasse – University of Orleans, France
Sebastian Coll – University of Cantabria, Spain
Jean-Louis Combes – University of Auvergne, France
Xavier Debrun – International Monetary Found, USA
Alain Desdoigts – University of Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée, France
Loretti Dobrescu – University of New South Wales, Australia
Abel Costa Fernandes – University of Porto, Portugal
Liliana Harding – University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
John Hudson – University of Bath, United Kingdom
Jacob A. Jordaan - Utrecht School of Economics, Netherlands
Frederic S. Lee – University of Missouri – Kansas City, USA
Francesco Magris – University of Tours, France
Claude Martin – University “Pierre Mendes” of Grenoble, France
Gonçalo Monteiro – University of Buffalo, USA
Paulo Tavares Mota – University of Porto, Portugal
Dorin Militaru – France Business School, France
Gareth Myles – University of Exeter, United Kindom
Bogdan Negrea – Academy of Economic Studies Bucarest, Romania
Ioana Negru – Anglia Ruskin University, United Kindom
Nikolay Nenovsky – Bulgarian National Bank and ICER, Bulgaria
Marta Orviska – Matej Bel University, Slovak Republic
Antoine Parent – University of Nancy 2, France
Carmen Pintilescu – Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
René Tapsoba – International Monetary Fund, USA
Alexandru Todea – Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Camelia Turcu – University of Orleans, France
Patrick Villieu – University of Orleans, France
Marcel Voia – University of Carleton, Canada
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Partners
International Network For Economic Research - INFER;
Núcleo de Investigação em Finanças Públicas e Política Monetária - NIFIP
Deadlines
• April 20, 2014 – Deadline for submission of full papers
• April 27, 2014 – Notification of review process outcomes
• May 17, 2014 – Fee payment and registration
The paper should be submitted in word or pdf version at [email protected].
Conference Fee
The conference fee is €100 per participant and it includes the attendance to all
conference sessions, the conference bag, conference materials, coffee breaks, together with
the participation at the Gala Dinner. PhD participant students pay a reduced conference fee of
€50.
The conference fee should be paid only after the acceptance of the paper for
presentation at the conference. Fee payment and registration should be made until the 17th of
May 2014, in order to be included in the conference program. Once the registration is made,
there will be no refund in the case of cancellation. A substitute participant will be accepted
(his/her name will be required) before the 30th of May 2014. An additional fee of €30 will be
paid at the conference desk.
Prizes
Two prizes will be awarded for the best papers of the conference:
• TIMTED 2014 PhD Student Prize – €250 (best paper written by PhD student/s);
• TIMTED 2014 Young Researcher Prize – €250 (best paper written by Researcher/s under
40 years old).
The winners will be selected by a jury composed of members of the scientific board.
The prizes will be announced formally on the 13th of June, during the traditional Romanian
evening.
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Social Programme
We are happy to announce you that the social
programme is already scheduled and it will take place on Friday
evening and Saturday (13-14 June 2014). We will spend the night
in Orsova. Orsova is a port city on the Danube river, located in
the south-western region of Romania. It is situated just above
the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the
Danube. On Friday, a traditional Romanian evening will be
organized, allowing our participants to network and develop new
relationships. On Saturday, a cruise on Danube will offer the
chance to explore and see the Dubova Golf, the statue of
Decebalus, the king of Dacia, Tabula Traiana, a Roman memorial
plaque, the Iron Gates, which separate Romania from Serbia, or
the Tricule Fortress, built in the XVth century to stop the Otoman
expansion to west. We will have lunch on the boat and return to
Timisoara on Saturday evening.
An additional fee of €30/participant will be charged for
the social programme (the fee will be paid at the conference
desk). The social programme is optional. The fee covers the trip
from Timisoara to Orsova and back, the traditional Romanian
evening, the Danube cruise and the lunch on the boat. The
accommodation in Orsova will be provided by the Meridian
Hotel, for a reduced price of €20/night/person (double room) or
€40/night/person (single room) paid separately, by every
participant who wants to attend the social programme.
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Last year, TIMTED 2013 took place between the 6th and the 8th of June, at
the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Timisoara. The conference
gathered participants from 10 countries and they were affiliated to more than 20
different universities. Nine parallel sessions were organized, focusing on certain
topics such as corporate finance, capital markets, development and emerging
countries etc. The invited keynote speakers were Francesco Forte (Professor
Emeritus of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Gareth Myles (Professor of
Economics at University of Exeter, United Kingdom), Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez
(Associate Professor at University of A Coruna, Spain) and Liliana Harding
(Lecturer, East Anglia University, United Kingdom)
The participants had the opportunity to exchange and debate ideas during
the plenary sessions and coffee breaks, at the reception dinner held on the first
night, at the Academic Networking Event held on Friday, and during the Danube
Cruise held on Saturday. The environment created offered on one hand high
quality scientific discussions and on the other hand a relaxed and pleasant
atmosphere, which helped establish close relationships and future research
partnerships.
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We hope that you find great value in
our conference and we look forward to
meeting you in Timisoara, on the 12th of
June, at the Faculty of Economics and
Business Administration.
Yours sincerely,
The 2014 TIMTED Organizing Committee
Eas t- Eur o pe an Ce n ter f o r Re se ar c h i n E co n o m i cs a nd Bu s ine ss ( E C REB)
F acu l ty o f Eco n om i cs a nd Bu s in es s Ad m i ni s tr a ti o n
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