THE 57th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Lisbon, Portugal
10-14 March 2004

Financial Markets
Friday 16h00 - 18h00

Chair: William P. Albrecht, University of Iowa

Patricia P. Mora, Instituto de Gestao de Fundos de Capitalizacao da Seguranca Social, and Mario C. Santos, Portuguese Catholic University, Wealth Effects of Banking Mergers and Acquisitions in EMU Countries

T. Lynn Riggs, U.S. Census Bureau, Evolution of the Financial Services Sector in Local Markets

Kudret Topyan, Manhattan College, Equity Accelerator: An Analytical Evaluation of an Unfair Practice

Leo de Haan, De Nederlandsche Bank, Robert S. Chirinko, Emory University, and Elmer Sterken, University of Groningen, Should Policymakers be Concerned with Asset Values?

Discussants: Richard Simper, Loughborough University, Bruce Niendorf, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, T. Lynn Riggs, U.S. Census Bureau, and William P. Albrecht, University of Iowa