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    APF FRANKFURT (2004) CONFERENCE 

Re:  International Conference on

ASYMMETRIES IN TRADE AND CURRENCY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE 21st CENTURY

Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, GERMANY, July 28-31, 2004

 Update:  March 22, 2004

                                                        

Below is provided the list of conference participants (presenters and discussants). Complete sessions—including Plenary Sessions with keynote speakers and plenary session panelists will be added in due course.

Accordingly, the list of participants follows:

                       

            A.        LIST OF PRESENTERS:                                   

           
1.         “The Equity Premium Puzzle: A New Methodology”
                        Elie Appelbaum, York University and Parantap Basu
                        Elie Appelbaum <elie.a@dept.econ.yorku.ca>

             2.        “Financial Integration and Convergence in the European Union”
                        Bala Batavia, DePaul University
                        Bala Batavia <
bbatavia@depaul.edu>
                        and
P. Nandakumar, Indian Institute of Management at Kozhikode
                        P Nanda Kumar <
nanda@iimk.ac.in>

             3.        “Is Latin American Monetary Twin Volatility Caused by Monetary Influences?”
                        Ansgar Belke and Kai Geisslreither, University of Hohenheim
                        <geisslr@uni-hohenheim.de >

             4.        “The Future Strength of the Euro: A Political Economy Approach”
                        Jitendralal Borkakoti, Hertfordshire University
                        Jitendralal Borkakoti<j_borkakoti@hotmail.com>

             5.        "Electronic Commerce, Exchange Rate Volatility and Changes in Trade Patterns: Canada Under
                         NAFTA"
                        James Brox, University of Waterloo
                        Jim Brox <jbrox@watarts.uwaterloo.ca>

             6.        “Business Cycle Synchronization in the Enlarged EU: Comovements in the (Soon-To-Be) New
                        and Old Members”
                        Zsolt Darvas and György Szapáry, Magyar Nemzeti Bank
                        <darvaszs@mnb.hu>, <szaparygy@mnb.hu>
   
             7.        “Delusion of Access: The ftaa framework”
                        Germán A. de la Reza, UAM Azcapotzalco, Mexico
                        <dlreza@hotmail.com > , <delareza@servidor.unam.mx>

             8.        “Εconomic Asymmetries, Currency Areas and the Dynamics of Economic Integration”
                        G. Demopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business
                        N. Yannacopoulos, University of the Aegean
                        and A. Yannacopoulos, University of Pireaus
                        <demopoulos@aueb.gr>         

            9.         “Pension Fund Capitalism and Implications for the Operation of Capital and Financial Markets”
                        George Eaton, York University
                        George Eaton <geaton@yorku.ca>

            10.       “Business Cycle Transmission from the US to Germany – A Structural Factor Approach”
                        <Sandra.Eickmeier@bundesbank.de >, <s_eickmeier@gmx.net>

            11.       “Beyond OCA Criteria: The Effects of Monetary Union on Financial Development and Insurance”
                        George M. von Furstenberg, Indiana University
                        George M. von Furstenberg <vonfurst@indiana.edu>

            12.       “Dynamic Panel Empirical Evidence of Exchange Rate Regimes: A Precursor to Common Currency for   
                        the CSME?”
                        Edward Ghartey, University of West Indies
                        "GHARTEY, Edward" <edward.ghartey@uwimona.edu.jm>

            13.       “The Output Gap: Myths and Truths, Based on Evidence from New Zealand”
                        Michael Graff, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
                        Michael Graff <GraffM@rbnz.govt.nz>

            14.       “Canada’s Economic Costs of its Asymmetric Relationship with the United States”
                        Herbert Grubel, Simon Fraser University
                        Herbert Grubel <
herbert.grubel@shaw.ca>

            15.       “Rethinking Monetary Stabilization in the Presence of a Stock Market Bubble”
                        Marc Hayford and A.G. Malliaris, Loyola University Chicago
                        Marc Hayford <MHAYFOR@luc.edu>
                        Anastasios Malliaris <TMALLIA@luc.edu>

            16.       AID VERSUS TRADE: Comparing their Growth Effects for a Panel of Developing Countries”
                        Georgios Karras, University of Illinois at Chicago
                        George Karras <gkarras@uic.edu>

            17.       “ How Important are Nominal Shocks in Driving Real Exchange Rates?
                        Evidence from a Simple Open-Economy Macro Model”
                        Bernd Kempa, University of Essen
                       
Bernd Kempa <bernd.kempa@uni-essen.de>

            18.       The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Determination: Theory and    Evidence”
                        Alena Kimakova, York University
                        Alena.Kimakova@mail.atkinson.yorku.ca

            19.       “Asymmetrical Economic and Institutional Changes in The Western Balkans: Cooperation with the
                        European Union”
                        Alexander J. Kondonassis, University of Oklahoma
                        "Alexander J. Kondonassis"<ajk@ou.edu>
                        A.G. Malliaris, Loyola University of Chicago
                        Anastasios Malliaris <TMALLIA@luc.edu>
                       
and Christos C. Paraskevopoulos, York University
                        Christos C. Paraskevopoulos <chrisp@yorku.ca>

            20.       “The Patterns of Financial Liberalization under the Legal Framework of the WTO
                        General Agreement on Trade in Services: The Case of the Acceding Countries”
                        Anna Lanoszka , University of Windsor
                        Anna Lanoszka <alanos@soundtower.com>

            21.       "Asymmetries in US Banking: The Role of Black-Owned Banks"
                        Nicholas A. Lash, Loyola University Chicago
                        Nicholas Lash <nlash@wpo.it.luc.edu>

            22.       “Asymmetries in Information Gained from Energy Product Prices”
                        M. E. Malliaris, Loyola University Chicago
                        and S. G. Malliaris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                        Mary Malliaris <MMALLIA@wpo.it.luc.edu>

            23.       "The East Asian Dollar Standard, Fear of Floating, and Original Sin"
                        Ronald McKinnon, Stanford University
                        Ronald McKinnon <mckinnon@stanford.edu >
                        and Gunther Schnabl, Tuebingen University & Catholic University Leuven
                       
Gunther Schnabl <gunther.schnabl@uni-tuebingen.de>

.           24.       “The Internationalization of the Euro: Trends, Challenges and Risks”
                        George Michalopoulos, University of Macedonia
                        Michalopoulos George <gmich@uom.gr>

            25.       Prospects of a Monetary Union between Canada and the US:  An Empirical Investigation”
                       
Leo Michelis, Ryerson University
                        Leo Michelis <
michelis@ryerson.ca>

            26.       "The Inclusion of the Central and Eastern European (Accession) Countries into the Euro-Area"
                        Ibolya Mile, Institute for Economic Research Halle
                       
"Mile, Ibolya" <Ibolya.Mile@iwh-halle.de>

            27.       “Soundness and Structure of International Banking”
                        Edward Nissan, The University of Southern Mississippi
                        Edward Nissan <Nissan@cba.usm.edu>

            28.       “How to Enter a Monetary Union”
                        Volker Nitsch, Freie Universität Berlin
                        Volker Nitsch <vnitsch@wiwiss.fu-berlin.de >

            29.       “Free Trade and Poverty”
                        Fernando A. Noriega-Ureña    
                        "Fernando Antonio Noriega Urena (24596)" <
fnoriega@cueyatl.uam.mx>

            30.       “Monetary Policy Limitations in Countries with Weak Currencies: Mexico’s in   the Nineties “
                        Noemi Levy Orlik, UNAM
                       
Noemi Levy <levy@servidor.unam.mx>

            31.       “From Export Lead to Debt Lead Growth: The Limits of the ‘Tyrannical Auctioneer’ and Monetary
                        Policy”
                       
Etelberto Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Xochimilco
                        Etelberto Ortiz Cruz <orce1301@cueyatl.uam.mx>

            32.       Funded Pensions after the Bear Market: was it a Fatal Attraction?”
                       
Jozef Pacolet,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
                        jef pacolet <
jozef.pacolet@hiva.kuleuven.ac.be>

            33.       “Heterogeneity of Transmission Mechanism: A Challenge for EMU Monetary Rules”
                        Alexis Penot, Bank of Canada
                        Alexis Penot <apenot@wanadoo.fr>

            34.       “ Exchange Rate Regime Switching in Favorable Period : Lessons from Asia for Central and Eastern
                        European Countries”
                        Christelle Puibasset,  University of Aix-Marseille 2
                        Christelle Puibasset <puibasset@yahoo.fr>

            35.       “Endogenous Asymmetries, Ex Post Breach and Regulatory Substitution in Multilateral Contracting: 
                        The Effectiveness of the Multilateral Platform for Liberalization of Trade in Goods and Services”
                        Reza Rajabiun, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
                        REZA RAJABIUN<r.rajabiun@excite.com>

            36.       “The balance of Payments Stages 'hypothesis': A Reappraisal”

                        Brahim Razgallah, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
                        RAZGALLAH Brahim <BRazgallah@etu.u-paris2.fr>

            37.       “Foreign Participation in the Mexican Banking System: Credit Creation and Economic Growth”
                        Carlos A. Rozo and Elizabeth Diaz, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-
                        Xochimilco, México D.F., México
                        Carlos A. Rozo <rozo@cueyatl.uam.mx >

            38.       “Asymmetries in Trade and Currency Arrangements in the 21st Century”
                        Dominick Salvatore, Fordham University
                        <
SALVATORE@FORDHAM.EDU>

            39.       “The Future of Monetary Integration in Southern Africa: Lessons from the European Monetary Union?”
                        D. Sparks, Citadel University and Richard Dutu, University of Paris X, Nanterre           
                        Richard Dutu <richard.dutu1@vnumail.com>

            40.       “The Evolution of Currency and Banking Crises”          
                        Brenda Spotton Visano, York University
                        Brenda Spotton Visano <
spotton@yorku.ca>

            41.       "Global Economic Convergence"
                        George K. Zestos  and Ling Yin, Christopher Newport University
                        George Zestos  <gzestos@cnu.edu>

           

 

            B.        LIST OF DICUSSANTS                        

                        "Sven W. Arndt" <sven.arndt@claremontmckenna.edu >
                        John Smithin <jsmithin@yorku.ca>
                        Evrard Claessens <claessensblomme@hotmail.com>
                       
Volbert Alexander <vwl5@wirtschaft.uni-giessen.de >
                       
"Alexander J. Kondonassis" <ajk@ou.edu>
                        George M.von Furstenberg <
vonfurst@indiana.edu>
                        Panayiotis Korliras <Korliras@aueb.gr>
                        Ross E Catterall <r.e.catterall@apu.ac.uk >
                        George Bitros <Bitros@aueb.gr>
                        Gunther Schnabl <
gunther.schnabl@uni-tuebingen.de>
                       
Loef Hans-Edi <loef@wap-erver.fb5.uni-siegen.de>
                        Volker Nitsch <vnitsch@wiwiss.fu-berlin.de>
                       
Dominick Salvatore <SALVATORE@FORDHAM.EDU>
                        Anastasios Malliaris <TMALLIA@luc.edu>