CFP - Transition Economics Conference - Sofia, Bulgaria

Dennis McConnell - UMaine, U.S.A. (mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:38:39 EST

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Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:38:39 EST
From: "Dennis McConnell - UMaine, U.S.A." <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Subject:      CFP - Transition Economics Conference - Sofia, Bulgaria
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           Call for Papers  - International Conference
        Restructuring Transitional Economies in the 90's:
  Enterprise Behavior and Financial Intermediaries Adjustments
                 in Emerging Market Environments
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             East-West Economic and Financial Centre
                         Sofia, Bulgaria
                       October 10-14, 1996
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Topic:       Microeconomics and financial intermediaries of tran-
             sition
Language:    English
Deadlines:   March 31 - abstract;  June 30 - paper.
Information: Malinka Koparanova, Director
             East-West Economic and Financial Centre
             PO Box 1373, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
             Fax: (359-2) 63994689
             E-mail: mailto:mkoparanova@sf.cit.bg
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                       Preliminary Program
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Session 1: Enterprise  restructuring:  empirical  evidence   from
           Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania
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Keynote issues:  Simon Commander, Senior Economist, Economic
                 Development Institute, World Bank

Speakers: * Garabed Minassian, Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, * Saul Estrin, London Business School * Janos Kollo, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sci- ences * Gheorghe Zaman, Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy of Sciences ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 2: Trade competitiveness and restructuring: theoretical and empirical results for Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Hungary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote issues: Alexander Dimitrov, Director, Institute of Eco- nomics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Speakers: * Malinka Koparanova, Institute of Economics and East-West Eco- nomic and Financial Centre * Lina Takla, London Business School * Laszlo Halpern, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences * Miroslav Singer, CERGE and Institute of Economics, Czech Acade- my ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 3: Privatization and restructuring: lessons from the CEE countries ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote issues: Jan Svejnar, Director, Institute of Economics, Czech Academy of Sciences

Speakers: * Gheorge Oprescu, Bucharest Polytechnic University, * Jan Mladek, Director, the Czech Institute for Applied Economics Studies * Maria Prochaska, Centre for Democracy, Sofia * Joel Turkewitz, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 4: Panel on financial intermediaries in the transition: problems and solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote issues: Victor Borun, Fordham University, New York

Speakers: * Rumen Dobrinsky, Executive Director, 21 Century Foundation, Sofia * Marton Vagi, Budapest University of Economics, Hungary * Amado da Silva, Director, Centre for Applied Studies, Catholic University of Portugal * Marek Belka, Director, Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 5: Panel on capital markets in a transitional environment ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote issues: Stephen Hall, Imperial College, London

Speakers: * Malinka Koparanova, Institute of Economics and East-West Eco- nomic and Financial Centre, Sofia * Jean-Louis Brillet, INSEE, Paris * Katerina Smidkova, Institute of Economics, Czech National Bank * Laszlo Szakadat, Budapest University of Economics, Hungary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 6: Banking sector restructuring and enterprise restruc- turing: causality, necessity, or vicious circle. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote issues: Zdravko Balijozov, Head of Monetary and Econom- ic Analysis Department, Bulgarian National Bank

Speakers: * Pavel Soukup, Institute of Economics, Czech National Bank * Rebecca Emerson, Bank of England, UK * Christopher Allen, Sussex University, UK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Session 7: Round table discussion on the restructuring of the transitional economies: summarising of the conclusions from the panel discussions

Chairman: Saul Estrin, London Business School, UK *****************************************************************