THE 64th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Savannah, Georgia
7-10 October 2007

PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES
Monday 13h45 - 15h45
Organizer: M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—The Netherlands

Chair: Bhajan Grewal, Victoria University—Australia

Thomas Apolte, University of Münster—Germany, On the Optimal Size of Integration Areas

Michal Brzoza-Brzezina, National Bank of Poland and Warsaw School of Economics—Poland and Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, University of Innsbruck—Austria, Mr. Wicksell and the Global Economy: What Drives Real Interest Rates?

Luiz de Mello, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develpment—France and Erwin R. Tiongson, The World Bank—U.S.A., Income Inequality and Redistributive Spending: The Role of Voter Turnout and Preferences

Massimo Finocchiaro Castro and Isidoro Mazza, Universita Degli Studi Di Catania—Italy, Education, Cultural Capital, and Voluntary Contributions

Bernard P. Herber, University of Arizona—U.S.A., Open Access to High Seas Marine Resources: Sustainability Problems in the Global Commons

Discussants: Michal Brzoza-Brzezina, National Bank of Poland and Warsaw School of Economics—Poland, Luiz de Mello, Organization for Economic and Co-Operation and Development—France, Massimo Finocchiaro Castro, Universita Degli Studi Di Catania—Italy, Thomas Apolte, University of Münster—Germany, and Erwin R. Tiongson, The World Bank—U.S.A.