THE 59th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
London, England
9-13 March 2005

Monetary and Financial Topics
Friday 09h00 - 11h15
Organizer: Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin, University Of Castilla-La Mancha

Chair: Inmaculada Carrasco, University of Albacete

Iris Biefand-Frisancho Mariscal, University of West England Bristol and Peter Howells, University of West England Bristol, Monetary Policy Transparency: Too Good to be True?

Inmaculada Carrasco, University of Albacete and Agustin Alvarez Herranz, Universidad De Albacete, Credit Cooperatives and Regional Development: A Study for the Spanish Regions

Cristobal Gonzalez, Universidad De Valencia, Gloria M. Soto, Universidad De Murcia, and Roman Ferrer, Universidad De Valencia, Incidence of the Interest Rate Risk for Spanish Firms

Pedro Luis Contreras Melgares, University of Cuenca, Market Power Effects of Financial Consolidation in Spain

Discussants: Oscar Alfranca, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and Marta Pascual Saez, University of Cantabria