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

Monetary Policy Issues in (an Enlarged) EMU
Saturday 09h00 - 11h15
Organizer: Sylvia Kaufmann, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Chair: Sylvia Kaufmann, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Katerina Smidkova, Czech National Bank and Ales Bulir, International Monetary Fund, Would Fast Sailing towards the Euro Be Smooth? What Fundamental Real Exchange Rates Tell Us About the Acceding Countries

Martin Leschke, University of Bayreuth and Thorsten Polliet, Barclays Capital and Business School of Finance and Management, Inflation Projections in ECB Monetary Policy Making: A Critical Assessment

Ronald MacDonald, University of Strathclyde and Cezary Wojcik, Warsaw School of Economics, Catching-Up, Inflation Differentials, and Credit Booms in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union: Some Implications for EMU and New EU Member Countries

Helmut Wagner, University of Hagen, Fiscal Issues in the New EU Member Countries: Prospects and Challenges

Discussants: Helmut Wagner, University of Hagen, Cezary Wojcik, Warsaw School of Economics, Thorsten Polliet, Barclays Capital and Business School of Finance and Management, and Katerina Smidkova, Czech National Bank