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

Selected Issues in Applied Economics
Saturday 13h45 - 15h45
Organizer: Attiat F. Ott, Clark University

Chair: Attiat F. Ott, Clark University

Attiat F. Ott, Clark University, Andres Vesilind, Bank of Estonia, and Heiki Raadik, AS Sampo Pank, Asset Price Volatility and Policy Reaction: A Comparitive Study

Trufat B. Woldesenbet, Emory University, Efficiency of Representative Democracy: An Empirical Test of Two Competing Models

Ludwig O. Dittrich, Czech Agricultural University, Private and Public Interests in Emerging Economies: Health Care in the Czech Republic

Rita Babihuga, International Monetary Fund, Is There an Optimal Size of Government? The Public Sector in Developing and Developed Economies