3rd NIFIP International Conference on Macroeconomic policy in times of crisis 2013

Con­fer­ence Theme

Since the emer­gence of the cur­rent (finan­cial, eco­nomic, sov­er­eign debt) cri­sis, the debate on ade­quate macro­eco­nomic poli­cies has been (re)brought to the cen­ter of aca­d­e­mic and polit­i­cal dis­cus­sion. In par­tic­u­lar, at the euro­zone, mon­e­tary and fis­cal poli­cies have been chal­lenged by reces­sion, grow­ing unem­ploy­ment and pub­lic debt, spe­cially in periph­eral countries.

In NIFIP´s 3^rd inter­na­tional con­fer­ence, we would like to pro­vide a stim­u­lat­ing venue for the dis­cus­sion of top­ics related to the present world eco­nomic con­di­tions. The dis­cus­sion can be approached fom dif­fer­ent angles, such as the diag­no­sis of the eco­nomic sit­u­a­tion, eval­u­a­tion of adopted or pro­posed eco­nomic pol­icy mea­sures, and per­spec­tives for the future, namely con­cern­ing effec­tive ways out of this crisis.

Con­fer­ence Topics

Although papers are invited on all areas of eco­nom­ics, spe­cial empha­sis will be given on areas such as:

• The role of cen­tral banks and mon­e­tary policy
• The role of fis­cal policy
• The con­duct of mon­e­tary pol­icy under zero bound conditions
• The role of, and prospects for, eco­nomic growth
• The eco­nomic and polit­i­cal con­di­tions for sus­tain­able mon­e­tary unions
• Reform­ing the euro zone
• Aus­ter­ity ver­sus growth
• New devel­op­ment paradigms

Presentations

There will be at least one Ple­nary Ses­sion with Invited Speak­ers and sev­eral Par­al­lel Ses­sions. In par­al­lel ses­sions, accepted papers will be grouped into ses­sions with three to four papers. Each paper pre­sen­ta­tion con­sists of 20‐minute talks, fol­lowed at the end by a period for dis­cus­sion and debate.

Publications

We intend to pub­lish a book in an inter­na­tional edi­tor, with a selec­tion of papers of the present and the 2^nd NIFIP Con­fer­ence. All avail­able papers will be con­sid­ered for publication.

Sub­mis­sion Rules

Abstracts and pre­sen­ta­tions are in English.

The first page of the abstracts (300 words max­i­mum) must include:

• Name(s) of the author(s)
• Affil­i­a­tion
• Insti­tu­tional Address
• E-​mail
• Title
• Key words
• JEL Codes

• Abel L Costa Fer­nan­des (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Anas­ta­sios Karasavvoglou (KIT – Greece)
• Andreea Stoian (Bucharest Uni­ver­sity of Eco­nomic Stud­ies – Romania)
• António Por­tu­gal Duarte (FEC-​U. de Coim­bra– Portugal)
• Argentino Pes­soa (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Cristina Nico­lescu (West Uni­ver­sity Timisoara – Romania)
• Fran­cisco Veiga (U. Minho– Portugal)
• António Afonso (ISEG-​UTL– Portugal)
• Jesus Fer­reiro (U. of Bil­bao – Spain)
• João Fer­reira do Ama­ral (ISEG-​UTL– Portugal)
• João Sousa Andrade (FEC-​U. de Coim­bra– Portugal)
• Kosta Josi­fidis (U. of Novi Sad – Serbia)

• Linda Veiga (U.Minho– Portugal)
• Lobont Oana (West Uni­ver­sity Timisoara – Romania)
• Manuel Duarte Rocha (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Matti Viren (U. of Turku – Finland)
• Nico­leta Moldovan (West Uni­ver­sity Timisoara – Romania)
• Óscar Afonso (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Paulo Mota (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Pedro Bação (FEC-​U. de Coim­bra– Portugal)
• Pedro Cosme (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Pedro Leão (ISEG-​UTL– Portugal)
• Rui Hen­rique Alves (FEP-U.P. — Portugal)
• Sofia Cerqueira de Gou­veia (UTAD– Portugal)