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

Monetary Policy and Public Finance
Sunday 11h45 - 13h45

Chair: Roger W. Spencer, Trinity University

Joseph N. Heiney, Elmhurst College, Consolidation and Profitability in the U.S. Banking Industry

Thomas Eife, University of Heidelberg and Timothy W. Coombs, Eastern Illinois University, Coping with People's Inflation Perceptions During Currency Changeovers

Svatopluk Kapounek and Lubor Lacina, Mendel University, The European Central Bank's Inflation Target and Economic Growth in the Eurozone

Iris Biefang-Frisancho, University of the West of England, Central Bank Communication, Transparency, and Interest Rate Volatility: Evidence from the U.S.