THE 61st INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Berlin, Germany
15-19 March 2006

Transition Issues
Sunday 09h00 - 11h00
Organizer: M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University

Chair: Mart Sorg, University of Tartu

Michal Gradzewicz and Zbigniew Zolkiewski, National Bank of Poland, Labor Market and the Cost of Fiscal Tightening on the Polish Road to the Euro

Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Griffith University, Are the Financial Markets in Transition Economies Informationally Efficient? Empirical Evidence Using New Methodology

Enn Listra and Kaja Lutsoja, Tallinn University of Technology, Economic Growth, Competitiveness, and Economic Freedom: A Case of Transitional Economy

Maria Piotrowska, Wroclaw University of Economics, Efficiency of Government Spending in CEECs

Miguel Roig-Alonso, University of Valencia, Burden and Benefit Visibility of Public Budgets in New European Union Member Countries

Discussants: Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Griffith University, Jelena Hartsenko, Tallinn University of Technology, Miguel Roig-Alonso, University of Valencia, and Mare Viies, Tallinn University of Technology