THE 63rd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Madrid, Spain
14-18 March 2007

Monetary Policy and Interest Rates
Thursday 17h45 - 19h45

Chair: Farrokh Nourzad, Marquette University

Barry Wilbratte and Hassan Shirvani, University of St. Thomas, Long and Short Run Behavior of the M2 Velocity in Five Major Industrial Countries

Radhika Lahiri and Jayne Dillon, Queensland University of Technology, Concerning Kuznets Curves, Persistent Inequality, Inflation, and Redistribution

Oluwole Owoye, Western Connecticut State University and Olugbenga A Onafowora, Susquehanna University, Issues in the Choice of Monetary Target in Periods of Structural Change: The Case of Nigeria

Lubor Lacina and Svatopluk Kapounek, Mendel University, Why the U.S. and the European Union do not form an Optimum Currency Area

Tolga Daglaroglu, Feridun Tur, Gazi University, and Serdar Varlik, Hitit University, Overcoming Original Sin Phenomenon: Role of Strong Nominal Anchors in Emerging Markets