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JSPS EU-Japan Joint Workshop

JSPS EU-Japan Joint Workshop
Titel: “East Asian and European Monetary Integration during the Global Financial and Economic Crisis”
Date: February 28th 2013
Venue: University of Leipzig
Organizers: Gunther Schnabl (IEP, University Leipzig) and Akira Kohsaka (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Program
Thursday 28th February 2013
9:00 - 9:15 | Opening Remarks Akira Kohsaka (Kwansei Gakuin University) |
Session 1 | Chair: Gunther Schnabl (Leipzig University) |
09:15 - 10:45 | Fumiharu Mieno (Kyoto University) The Development of the East Asian Bond Markets since the Asian Crisis Discussant: Andrea Fracasso, University of Trento |
10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:15 – 12:45 | Gunther Schnabl (Leipzig University and CESifo) and Timo Wollmershäuser (University of Munich, CESifo and ifo Institute for Economic Research) Fiscal Divergence and Current Account Imbalances in Europe Discussant: Mamoru Nagano (Seikei University) |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
Session 2 | Chair: Akira Kohsaka (Kwansei Gakuin University) |
14:00 – 15:30 | Volker Nitsch (University of Darmstadt and CESifo) and Helge Berger (IMF) Wearing Corset, Losing Shape: The Euro’s Effect on Trade Imbalances. Discussant: Yukiko Fukagawa (Waseda University) |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 – 17:30 | Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University) On the Asymmetric Impact of the GFC on East Asian Currencies and Its Implications for Regional Monetary Integration Discussant: Lukas Vogel (European Commission) |
17:30 – 17:45 | Concluding remarks Gunther Schnabl (Leipzig University) |
20:00 | Dinner, Weinstock am Markt |