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Conference on “Economic Policy, Growth and
Business Cycles”, June 20-21, 2005
Call for papers
Researchers working in the field of macroeconomics are invited to submit
a (draft) paper before May 3 to one of the organizers. The conference
will take place in Ghent. It starts on Monday 20 June at 9 am, and ends
on Tuesday 21 June at 1 pm. The conference is preceded by a doctoral
workshop in Matagne-la-Petite.
With contribution of:
Ben Heijdra (University of Groningen), A Life-Cycle Overlapping Generations Model of the Small Open Economy
Omar Licandro (European University Institute), Measuring Growth in the
Two-sector AK Model
Frank Portier (Université de Toulouse), When Can Changes in Expectations Cause Business Cycle Fluctuations in Neo-Classical Settings?
Victor Rios-Rull (University of Pennsylvania), Movements on the Price of
Houses
Organizers: David de la Croix [[email protected]] & Freddy Heylen
[[email protected]].
Scientific committee: Raouf Boucekkine (CORE & IRES), David de la
Croix (CORE & IRES), Hans Degryse (KUL), Freddy Heylen (UGent),
Paul Reding (FUNDP).
Participating Institutions:
CORE and IRES, Université catholique de Louvain
CES, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
GEQO, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Sherppa, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent
Funding: Belgian Science Policy (PAI/UAP program “Equilibrium theory
and optimization for public policy and industry regulation”)