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LE NUOVE FRONTIERE DELLA POLITICA ECONOMICA 5 - Italy after EMU 
 
Monday, May 18th, 1998

Ministero del Tesoro
Direzione Generale del Tesoro
Il Parlamentino, I piano, scala D
via Pastrengo, 1
Roma

a conference organized by IGIER

Program

10:00-11:30

"Economic Policies to Foster Growth: Evidence from the European Union"
Michele Boldrin (Univ. Carlos III, Madrid and Univ. of Chicago)
Fabio Canova (Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and Univ. di Modena)

Discussants
Giuseppe Bertola (European University Institute - Firenze)
Lucrezia Reichlin (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles)

11:45-1:15
"Importing Jobs or Exporting Firms? A Close Look to the Labour Market Implications of Italys Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Flows"

Riccardo Faini (Univ. di Brescia)
Anna Falzoni (Univ. di Bergamo)
Rodolfo Helg (L.I.U.C. and Univ. Bocconi)
Marzio Galeotti (Univ. di Bergamo)
Alessandro Turrini ( Univ. di Bergamo)

Discussants
Giampaolo Galli (Confindustria)
Andr Sapir (European Commission and Univ. Libre de Bruxelles)

2:30-4:00

"Persistence and volatility in short term interest rates - some implications for the Euro?"
James Proudman (Bank of England)
Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou (Bank of England)
John Spicer (Bank of England)

Discussants
Vittorio Grilli (Ministero del Tesoro)
Marco Pagano (Univ. di Salerno)

4:15-5:45

"Which Role for the Bank of Italy in EMU"
Rony Hamaui (Banca Commerciale Italiana)
Marco Ratti (Banca Commerciale Italiana)

Discussants
Peter Garber (Brown Univ. - Providence)
Luigi Spaventa (Univ. La Sapienza, Roma)

Program by:
Francesco Giavazzi (Univ. Bocconi and IGIER)
Alessandro Penati (Univ. di Padova)
Guido Tabellini (Univ. Bocconi and IGIER)

The conference is made possible by a grant from BEAR STEARNS

Participation for invitation only