CONFERENCE "XENOPHON: ECONOMISTS AT WORK IN ATHENS 2017"

The Department of Economics of Athens University of Economics and Business hosted the Conference  "XENOPHON: ECONOMISTS AT WORK IN ATHENS 2017.”  The conference was organized by Professor Evi Pappa, European University Institute and Professor Plutarchos Sakellaris, Athens University of Economics and Business and took place on Saturday, 16 December 2017.

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)