WORKSHOP IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 26-27 OCTOBER 2010 Sala Del Consiglio Edificio Ricerca “Monetary Policy, International Trade and Finance" Invited Lecturers: Gianmarco Ottaviano (University of Milan ―Bocconi‖) Cem Payaslioglu (Eastern Mediterranean University) Ester Faia (Goethe University of Frankfurt) Tommaso Proietti (University of ―Tor Vergata‖ Rome) Robert Waldmann (University of ―Tor Vergata‖ Rome) Alessandra Pelloni (University of ―Tor Vergata‖ Rome) Stefano Herzel (University of ―Tor Vergata‖ Rome) SCIENT IFI C CO MMITTE E: Barbara Annicchiarico E-mail: [email protected] Giancarlo Marini E-mail:[email protected] WORKSHOP IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 26-27 OCTOBER 2010 Sala Del Consiglio Edificio Ricerca Programme and Papers: Day 1: 26 October 2010 10.00 — Prof. Giovanni Piersanti (University of Teramo) 10.00-13.00 : Session 1: Issues in International Economics 10.00-11.00: Research Projects “Military Expenditure and Growth” Leonardo Di Stefano “Time Preferences and Migration Duration” Majlinda Joxhe “Hire a Migrant: What Are the Signals that We Should Look at?” Benedicte Perez “Generalized Smooth Transition Regression Models for Macro Data” Emilio Zanetti Chini 11.00-13.00: Papers 11.00-11.30 -:”Pharmaceutical Innovation and Parallel Trade” Anna Rita Bennato 11.30.-12.15— Robert Waldman 12.15-13.00 - “Socially Responsible Portfolio Management” Stefano Herzel 13.00 Lunch WORKSHOP IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 26-27 OCTOBER 2010 Sala Del Consiglio Edificio Ricerca Programme and Papers: 15.15: Cem Payaslioglu (Eastern Mediterranean University) 15.15-18.00 Session 2 : Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Open Macroeconomics 15.15-16.00 Reasearch Projects: “Optimal Taxation of Capital Income in a Second Best Monetary Economy” Maurizio Fiaschetti “Shadow Rates and Consistent EMP Measurements” Paolo Canofari “Designing a Transfer Mechanism for a Federal Economy : Theory and Practice”Antra Bhatt Allem Hagos Abishek Gon 16.00-18.00: Papers 16.00-16.30: “Estimating Household Financial Balance Sheets in Latin America” Marìa Belén Zinni 16.30-17.15 “Exit Strategies” Ester Faia 17.15-18.00: Alessandra Pelloni WORKSHOP IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 26-27 OCTOBER 2010 Programme and Papers: Day 2: 27 October 2010 10.00: Chair: Prof. Giancarlo Marini (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”) 10.00-13.30 Session 3: New Economic Geography 10.00-10.45: Tommaso Proietti 10.45-11.30: Research Projects ―Asymmetries in Trade Costs and New Economic Geography‖ Eleonora Iacorossi ―Measuring Quality of Products in International Trade‖ Enrico Marvasi ―Risk Taking, Amplification Effects and Efficiency‖ Antonio Di Ruggiero 11.30-13.00 : Papers 11.30-12.00 “The demand for High Quality in International Trade ―Alessandro Borin 12.00 –12.45—‖Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs‖ Gianmarco Ottaviano 12.45–13.00: Conclusions 13.00 : Buffet Lunch