THE 52nd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11-14 October 2001

EMU's Stability Pact Three Years On: Curse or Blessing? (E62-5)
Saturday 16h00 - 18h00
Organizers: M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University and Academy of Economics, and Marco Buti, European Commission

Chair: Marco Buti, European Commission

Juergen vonHagen, University of Bonn, M. Hallerberg, University of Pittsburgh, and Rolf Strauch, European Central Bank, The Use and Effectiveness of Budgetary Norms in EU Member States

Massimo Rostagno, Javier J. Pérez García, and Paul Hiebert, European Central Bank, Optimal Public Debt in Europe

Roel Betsma, University of Amsterdam, and Henrik Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Contingent Deficit Sanctions and Moral Hazard with a Stability Pact