ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ "XENOPHON: ECONOMISTS AT WORK IN ATHENS 2017"

Υπό την αιγίδα του Τμήματος Οικονομικής Επιστήμης έλαβε χώρα το Σάββατο, 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2017 το Συνέδριο "XENOPHON: ECONOMISΤS AT WORK IN ATHENS 2017 με διοργανωτές την Καθηγήτρια Εύη Παππά, European University Institute και τον Καθηγητή Πλούταρχο Σακελλάρη, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

XENOPHON: ECONOMISTS AT WORK IN ATHENS 2017

16 December 2017

Sponsored and hosted by the Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

Organizers:    Evi Pappa | European University Institute
                       Plutarchos Sakellaris | Athens University of Economics and Business

Venue:  Athens University of Economics and Business – ACEin

              Kefallinias 46 (2^nd floor), 112 52 Athens

Contact persons:        Olga Bati (obati@aueb.gr)

                                    Kalli Ralli (kralli@aueb.gr)

8:30 – 9:00     Registration

9:00 – 11:00   Session I – Chair Plutarchos Sakellaris

• Tasos Xepapadeas (AUEB): Regional Climate Change Policy under Positive Feedbacks and Strategic Interactions (with William Brock)
• Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown): Folklore

11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break                       

11:30 – 13:30 Session II Chair Tryphon Kollintzas

• George Alogoskoufis (Fletcher School-Tufts, AUEB): Unemployment Persistence, Inflation and Monetary Policy, in a Dynamic Stochastic Model of the “Natural Rate”
• George Skiadopoulos (Queen Mary-London, Piraeus): A New Predictor of U.S. Real Economic Activity: The S&P 500 Option Implied Risk Aversion§ (with R. Faccini, E. Konstandinidi, and S. Sarantopoulou-Chiourea)

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 17:00 Session III – Chair Evi Pappa

• Petros Varthalitis (Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin): Fiscal consolidation and its cross-country effects (with A. Phillipopoulos and V. Vassilatos)

17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break

17:30—18:30  Session III continued

• Romanos Priftis (Bank of Canada): The Macroeconomic Effects of Quantitative Easing in the Euro Area: Evidence from an Estimated DSGE Model (with S. Hohberger and L.Vogel)

End of conference

(Paper Presentations 45 minutes, general discussion 15 minutes)