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

Applied Economics
Thursday 15h45 - 17h45
Organizer: Nicholas Apergis, University of Macedonia

Chair: Dimitrios Kyrkilis, University of Macedonia and Black Sea

Sophia Eleftheriou, Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Center and Costas Katrakilidis, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Dynamic Linkages Between FDI Inflows and Domestic Investment: A Panel Cointegration Approach

Katerina Lyroudi, University of Macedonia, Nicholas Apergis, University of Macedonia, and Dimitrios Angelidis, University of Macedonia, Consumption and Budget Deficits: Neural Networks vs. Parametric Models

Dimitrios Kyrkilis, University of Macedonia and Black Sea and Pantelis Pantelidis, University of Piraeus, EU Enlargement and FDI in the New Central and Eastern European Member States

Eleni Raptou, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and Konstantinos Mattas, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Smoking Expendiatures

Discussants: Eleni Raptou, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Dimitrios Kyrkilis, University of Macedonia and Black Sea, Nicholas Apergis, University of Macedonia, and Sophia Eleftheriou, Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Center