Thursday 27th

Friday 28th

Saturday 29th

 

   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:00  -  13:00 

   
     

 

Panel

LACEA Network in Inequality and Poverty (NIP)

Open by invitation only. Please register by emailing: Prof. Sebastian Galiani at sgaliani@udesa.edu.ar

 

Panel

Journal Economia

Open by invitation only. Please register by emailing: Mrs. Magdalena Balcells at magdalena.balcells@gmail.com

 

 

 

13:00 - 14:00

Registration

 

 

 

     

14:00 - 15:30

 
     
 

CS1

Monetary Policy Rules

 

CS2

Education Economics

 

CS3

Industrial Location

 

CS4

Economic Theory

 

IS1

Celso Furtado and Latin American and Caribbean Trends and Perspectives

 

Panel

Network in Inequality and Poverty

 

IS2

Roundtable on Privatization and Welfare

 

IS3

Exchange Rate Regimes

 

IS4

The Real Effects of Globalization

 

Panel

Journal Economia

 

IS5

América Latina: la Economía Política de lo Posible (Amérique Latine, Révolutionnaire, Libérale, Pragmatique)

 

IS6

Understanding Reform

 

IS9

Public Debt in History

 

 

 

     

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

 

 

 

     

16:00 - 18:00

 
     
 

CS5

Money, Inflation and Interest Rates in Latin America

 

CS6

Trade Theory and Policy

 

CS7

Banking Crises

 

CS8

Labor Markets I

 

IS7

Growth, Equity and Poverty in the World and in Latin America (presentation of main results of the World Development Report and the Latin American Flagship for 2005)

 

IS42

Brazil, China and India: A Triple Alliance in World Trade?

 

IS8

Political Institutions and Economic Outcomes

 

IS31

Allocation of Global Savings: Trends and Anomalies

 

IS45

The Life Cycles of Human Creativity: From Leonardo Da Vinci to Paul Samuelson

 

IS48

Economic, Intellectual and Political History of Latin America

 

Panel

Journal Economia

 

IS10

Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a Currency Union

 

IS11

Energy Integration in Latin America – Myths and Reality

 

 

 

     

18:15 - 19:00

 
     
 

Keynote

Keynote:  "How to Avoid Self-fulfilling Debt Crises", by Daniel Cohen

 

 

 

19:00 - 21:00

 
     
 

Cocktail

Cocktail & Presentation of the Latin American Development Forum Series: The Future of Reforms in Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:00 - 08:45

Registration

 

 

 

     

08:45 - 09:10

Opening Ceremony

 

 

 

     

09:15 - 10:45

 
     

 

Double Keynote

Keynote I:  "The Informal Sector",  by Jose Scheinkman

Keynote II:  "In Honor to Rudi Dornbusch", by José De Gregorio

 

CS9

Financial Integration

 

CS11

EU Issues in Accesion and Reforms

 

IS12

Health and Economics in Mexico: Report of the Mexican Commission on Macroeconomics and Health

 

IS13

Impact of Rich Countries’ Policies on Poverty

 

IS38

Issues in Country Risk and Ratings in Emerging Economies

 

IS46

Policy Complementarities

 

IS15

Pharmacoeconomics: Advances and Challenges

 

IS49

International Capital Flows, Dollarization, and Defaults

 

LACEA Presidential Address

"Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Public Policy in Latin America", by Mariano Tommasi

 

 

 

     

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee Break

 

 

 

     

11:15 - 13:15

 
     
 

CS12

Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Dynamics

 

CS13

Regional Trade Agreements

 

CS14

Economic Growth and Openness

 

IS16

Real and Monetary Integration in European and Latin American EMES

 

IS17

New Perspectives on Sovereign Debt

 

IS18

Emerging Capital Markets in Turmoil: What Have We Learned?

 

CS15

Migration and Remittances

 

IS19

Social Security in the 21st Century: Challenges and Policy Directions for a Dynamic Latin America

 

CS16

Returns on Human Capital

 

CS17

Discrimination

 

CS18

Environmental Economics

 

IS20

How Sustainable is the Current Economic Recovery in Latin America?

 

IS21

Basel II, Windows and Latin America: Would Linux Have Been Better?

 

IS22

Reforming Latin American Economies - Book Presentation

 

 

 

     

13:15 - 14:30

Lunch

 

 

 

     

14:30 - 16:30

 
     
 

CS19

Optimal Foreign Assets Holdings

 

CS20

Aid Flows to Developing Countries

 

CS21

Public Economics

 

IS23

Financial Perspectives for Latin America: a View from the Market

 

IS24

Foreign Banks in Emerging Economies

 

IS25

Diversification of Exports and Fostering Productivity

 

CS22

Development and Reforms in Emerging Economies

 

IS26

Questions & Answers: On the Future of Global Development Thinking

 

CS23

Child Labor and Health

 

CS24

Social Security Regimes in Latin America

 

CS25

Income inequality

 

IS50

Innovation and Intellectual Property: Challenges for Development

 

IS28

Microfinance in Developing Countries

 

IS29

Economic Issues on Regional Integration in Mercosur and CAN

 

 

 

     

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

 

 

 

     

17:00 - 18:30

 
     
 

IS30

Labor and Demographic Economics

 

IS32

IPES 2006 - The Politics of Policies

 

IS33

Firm Entry and Performance in Emerging Market Economies

 

IS47

Foreign Direct Investment and Geography

 

 

 

     

18:45 - 20:15

 
     

 

Double Keynote

Keynote I:  "Innovation, Diffusion, and Trade", by Jonathan Eaton

Keynote II:  "It's not How Much but What You Export that Matters", by Dani Rodrik

 

 

 

     

21:00

Dinner at the Embassy of Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30 - 10:30

 
     
 

CS26

Monetary Policy and Inflation Dynamics

 

CS27

Interest Rates in Brazil

 

CS28

Latin American Trade and Regional Integration

 

CS29

Dollarization, Pass-Through and Balance Sheets

 

CS30

Sudden Stops

 

CS31

Exchange Rate Regimes

 

CS32

Banking Sector Issues in Emerging Markets

 

IS34

Lessons from the Argentinean Debt Restructuring

 

CS33

Financial Market Failures

 

CS34

Crime and Corruption

 

CS35

Industrial Organization I

 

CS36

Economic Growth

 

IS35

Fiscal Rules, Investment and Growth

 

IS36

Investor Protection in Latin America

 

 

 

     

10:30 -11:00

Coffee Break

 

 

 

     

11:00 - 13:00

 
     
 

CS37

Capital Markets

 

CS38

Fiscal Policy in Emerging Economies

 

CS39

The Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Reforms

 

CS40

Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America

 

CS41

Rural Economics in Latin America

 

IS37

Policymaking Processes and Public Policies

 

IS14

Trade, Growth and Political Economy Issues in Latin America

 

IS39

Reforms in Latin American Central Banks

 

IS40

Governance in International Financial Institutions

 

CS42

The Economics of Corruption

 

CS43

Industrial Organization II

 

CS44

Global Economic History

 

IS51

China's Integration in the World Economy

 

IS52

The Economic Consequences of Terrorism

 

 

 

     

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

 

 

 

     

14:30 - 16:30

 
     
 

CS45

Inflation Targeting in Latin America

 

CS46

Capital Flows

 

CS47

Real Exchange Rates

 

CS48

Sovereign Risk

 

CS49

Labor Markets II

 

IS43

International Remittances and Development: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

 

CS50

Political Economy and Institutions

 

Double Keynote

Keynote I:  "Implications of the Eaton-Kortum Model of International Trade", by Fernando Alvarez

Keynote II:  "Beyond Social Policy: An Open-Economy Social Contract in Latin America", by Nancy Birdsall

 

CS51

Economic Growth and Business Cycles in Latin America

 

CS52

Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries

 

CS53

On the Argentinean Crisis

 

CS54

Latin American Economic History

 

CS55

Ratings and Bond Markets in Emerging Economies

 

IS44

New Perspectives on Finance and Growth in Latin America

 

 

 

     

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

 

 

 

     

17:00 - 18:00

 
     
 

Keynote

Keynote: "Global Imbalances and Adjustment", by Maurice Obstfeld

 

 

 

     

18:00 - 19:00

 
     
 

Round Table

Closing Roundtable: "Ten Years of LACEA Conferences"