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

Financial Stability in the Countries Converging to the Euro
Saturday 15h15 - 17h15
Organizer: Lucjan T. Orlowski, Sacred Heart University

Chair: Alfred Steinherr, DIW

Lucjan T. Orlowski, Sacred Heart University and Kirsten Lommatzsch, DIW, Bond Yield Compression in the Countries Converging to the Euro

Evzen Kocenda, CERGE-EI Charles University and Juraj Valachy, Institute of Financial Policy, Exchange Rate Volatility Before and After Regime Switch: A New Measure and Evidence from Transition

Peter Backe, Balazs Egert, Osterreichische Nationalbank, and Tina Zumer, Bank of Slovenia, Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: From Financial Repression to (Over)Shooting Stars?

Roman Matousek, London Metropolitan University, Monetary Policy and the Banking Sector in New EU Countries

Oliver Holtemöller, RWTH Aachen University, Transmission of Nominal Exchange Rate Changes to Import, Export, and Consumer Prices in Europe

Discussants: Evzen Kocenda, CERGE-EI Charles University, Lucjan T. Orlowski, Sacred Heart University, and Alfred Steinherr, DIW