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

Public Policies
Friday 16h00 - 18h00
Organizer: M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University

Chair: Chang Woon Nam, Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Shama Gamkhar, University of Texas at Austin and Hamid Ali, Government Accountablity Office, Political Economy of Grant Allocations: Federal Highway Demonstration Grants

Abdulnasser Hatemi-J and Duc-Tho Nguyen, Griffith University, Public Capital Formation and Multifactor Productivity Growth in the States of Australia

Angelika Pasterniak, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Structural Reforms and Fiscal Policy in the EU: Is there a Link?

Charles E. Scott and Frederick W. Derrick, Loyola College in Maryland, Prison Labor: Is It Worth the Effort?

Andries Nentjes, University of Groningen, A Voucher Scheme for Lifelong Spending on Social Services and Security

Discussants: Charles E. Scott, Loyola College, Angelika Pasterniak, Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration, Michal Gradzewicz, National Bank of Poland, Zbigniew Zolkiewski, National Bank of Poland, and Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Griffith University