Baltic Sea Colloquium in International Economics Preliminary Program Host: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego Kozminski University Warsaw, Poland Thursday Feb. 07, 2013 Friday Feb. 08, 2013 Sponsored by
Location: Room A 119 Thursday, February 7th, 2013 13:00 13:15 Registration 13:15 13:30 Introductory Remarks Session 1 Chair: Tino Berger 13:30 14:00 Georg Stadtmann (European University Viadrina) & Oliver Hutengs (European University Viadrina) Age effects in the Okun s law in CEE countries Discussant: Robert E. Krainer (University of Wisconsin Madison) 14:00 14:30 Carsten Croonenbroeck (European University Viadrina) Phillips curve based inflation forecasts in Europe Discussant: Tino Berger (University of Cologne) 14:30 15:00 Lunch
Session 3 Chair: Oliver Hutengs 15:15 15:45 Oskar Kowalewski (Kozminski University) Market Discipline During Crisis: Evidence from Bank Depositors in Transition Countries Discussant: Dorota Skala (University of Szczecin) 15:45 16:10 Tino Berger (University of Cologne), Bernd Kempa (Münster University) Time varying equilibrium rates in small open economies: Evidence for Canada Discussant: Georg Stadtmann (European University Viadrina) 16:10 16:30 Coffee Break: Refreshments Session 4: Introduction of the School and its Departments 16:30 17:30 Dorota Dobija (Kozminski University) 19:30 Conference Dinner at Restaurant U Kucharzy ul. Ossolińskich 7, Warszawa
Friday, February 8th, 2013 Session 5 Chair: Oskar Kowalewski 09:00 09:45 Hauke Vierke (Münster University), Tino Berger (Univeristy of Cologne) Estimating the Natural Rate of Employment in Hours Discussant: Oliver Hutengs (European University Viadrina) 09:45 10:30 Aneta Hryckiewicz (Goethe University of Frankfurt and Kozminski University) Government interventions restoring or destroying financial stability in the long run? Discussant: Carsten Croonenbroeck (European University Viadrina) 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break: Refreshments Session 6 Chair: Carsten Croonenbroeck 11:00 11:45 Robert E. Krainer (University of Wisconsin Madison) Is there a stock market channel for bank lending in the Euro area Discussant: Hauke Vierke (Münster University) 11:45 12:30 Dorota Skala (University of Szczecin) 12:30 13:30 Lunch and Farewell Safety net, shareholder structure and risk in Central European banks Discussant: Oskar Kowalewski (Kozminski University)
Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Dorota Dobija serves as a Prorektor for Research at Kozminski University. She received her Ph.D. from the Cracow University of Economics, and her Habilitation from the Kozminski University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her research centers in the field of corporate governance, emerging markets and economics of standardization. http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/facultyresearch/faculty search/faculty/?id=122 Dr. hab. Oskar Kowalewski serves as a professor and director of the Center for Corporate Governance at the Kozminski University in Warsaw. He is a research fellow of the Financial Institutions Center at the Wharton School and currently visiting professor at the European University Viadrina. His primary research focuses on financial system development, banking, and corporate governance. Jørgen Drud Hansen serves as a professor at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense. Previously we worked as a professor for European Economics at the Euro Faculty Vilnius Centre, Vilnius University, Lithuania. He served as a Chief Editor of the Baltic Journal of Economics. He was previously affiliated to the Aarhus School of Business and joined the SDU in 2009. His research focuses in international trade and the economics of European economic integration. http://www.sdu.dk/ansat/joe Georg Stadtmann is a professor of Macroeconomics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and full professor of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on international macroeconomics, models of heterogeneous agents, and expectation building in financial markets. http://www.wiwi.europa uni.de/de/lehrstuhl/fine/makro/lehrstuhlinhaber/index.html
Find your way from the Hotel Polonia Palace to the university Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego ul. Jagiellońska 57/59, 03 301 Warszawa Directions: Go to the train stop Centrum direction Praga the stop is in front of the Hotel. Take the train 18 or 20 direction Żerań FSO and get out at the train stop Pimot or Batalionu Platerówek (it is the 12 th or 13 th train station from Centrum and the train takes approx. 20 min the University will be on the left hand side you cannot miss it) The train ticket costs 4,60 zł (1 euro) for 40 min. or 2,60 zł (0.50 cents) for 20 min. You can buy it in any kiosk e.g. in the Hotel Lobby Taxi (Address above)
Find your way from the hotel to the restaurant Restauracja u Kucharzy (Ossolińskich 7) (close to the Old City in front of the Bristol Hotel and the Presidential Palace)
Area around the hotel: Polonia Palace http://www.poloniapalace.com/
List of Participants: Sorted by Name Name Vorname Institution E Mail Berger Tino University of Cologne tino.berger@wiso.uni koeln.de Bielig Andreas Warsaw School of Economics post@andreasbielig.de Böing Tobias European University Viadrina boeing@europa uni.de Croonenbroeck Carsten European University Viadrina croonenbroeck@europa uni.de Dobija Dorota Kozminski University dobija@kozminski.edu.pl Hansen Jørgen University of Southern Denmark joe@sam.sdu.dk Hryckiewicz Aneta Goethe University and Kozminski University ahryckiewicz@kozminski.edu.pl Hutengs Oliver European University Viadrina hutengs@europa uni.de Kempa Bernd Münster University bernd.kempa@uni muenster.de Kowalewski Oskar Kozminski University kowalewski@europa uni.de Krainer Robert E. University of Wisconsin Madison rkrainer@bus.wisc.edu Skala Dorota University of Szczecin dskala@wneiz.pl Stadtmann Georg European University Viadrina stadtmann@europa uni.de Tselauri Leila European University Viadrina euv06079@europa uni.de Vierke Hauke Münster University hauke.vierke@wiwi.uni muenster.de List of Participants: Sorted by Institution Name Vorname Institution E Mail Böing Tobias European University Viadrina boeing@europa uni.de Croonenbroeck Carsten European University Viadrina croonenbroeck@europa uni.de Hutengs Oliver European University Viadrina hutengs@europa uni.de Stadtmann Georg European University Viadrina stadtmann@europa uni.de Tselauri Leila European University Viadrina euv06079@europa uni.de Hryckiewicz Aneta Goethe University and Kozminski University ahryckiewicz@kozminski.edu.pl Dobija Dorota Kozminski University dobija@kozminski.edu.pl Kowalewski Oskar Kozminski University kowalewski@europa uni.de Kempa Bernd Münster University bernd.kempa@uni muenster.de Vierke Hauke Münster University hauke.vierke@wiwi.uni muenster.de Berger Tino University of Cologne tino.berger@wiso.uni koeln.de Hansen Jørgen University of Southern Denmark joe@sam.sdu.dk Skala Dorota University of Szczecin dskala@wneiz.pl Krainer Robert E. University of Wisconsin Madison rkrainer@bus.wisc.edu Bielig Andreas Warsaw School of Economics post@andreasbielig.de