No. 69 March 2014

EACES NE WS LE TT ER

EACES was founded in 1990 Please visit EACES website at http://www.eaces.eu

No. 68 Quarterly Publication of EACES December 2013

Contents Page

1. OFFICIAL NEWS 1

1.1 Message from the President 1

1.2 Minutes of EACES EC-AB Meeting, ETUI Brussels 2

2. CALL FOR PAPERS 4

2.1 Pacific Rim Conference 3 4

2.2 ACES Workshop

5

2.3 EAEPE Conference

6

2.4 AISSEC XIXth Scientific Conference 8

2.5 55th

Annual Conference of Italian Economic Association 9

2.6 First World Congress of Comparative Economics 11

3. FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES / SEMINARS 13

4. PUBLICATIONS

16

4.1 Recent Publications of Scholarly Papers of EACES Members

16

4.2 Journals’ Recent Publications 16

5. EACES OFFICIALS 24

EDITORIAL 28

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1. OFFICIAL NEWS

1.1 Message from the President

Dear EACES members and friends,

Thanks to Dr Magdolna Sass and to whole the

Budapest team, preparations to our

forthcoming biennial congress, 4-6 of

September in Budapest, are going well. We

have 150 submissions, and the confirmations

of accepted abstracts will be sent around about

the same time this newsletter is dispatched.

There will be some very prominent scholars

coming and details will follow soon. If you

were late with your submissions, please

contact info@eacesconference.eu, as there

may still be slots available to accomodate your

submission. The details on registration fees are

on http://www.eacesconference.eu/index.html

and fees can be paid after submission. This is

the event when we all meet once two years.

Please join us.

We also received several applications for the

biennial PhD award, the competition is strong,

and the dissertations were now sent to two

referees each, by the chair of the selection

committee, Prof. Saul Estrin.

Meanwhile, the boards met in Brussels on the

7th of March, please see the minutes in this

newsletter. Amongst other decisions, we

invited the University of Regensberg to

organise the next biannial congress in 2016.

While presence of German colleagues was

always very strong in EACES, never before

we met there.

The board also confirmed the number of

candidates for offices, which exactly matches

the number of posts we will vote on in

Budapest. It would be better, however, if

following the tradition, we have more

candidates than posts, to enable some genuine

selection. If you are willing to step forward or

recommend somebody, especially as a

candidate for the board member, please let me

know. Formally, we will need a support of two

members to put forward a candidate, but we

can think about it, once we find new names.

The full list will be published in the June

newsletter.

While news in Europe were dominated by

some disturbing political developments, it is

easy to overlook the economics, in particular

the process of institutional and policy change

that is proper remit of this association. An

important economic policy reform effort is

right now being initiated in Kiev, starting with

a well-designed package aiming to contain

corruption. There are odds against, including

the bankrupt government that the new

authorities inherited, but if successful,

economic reforms in Ukraine will create

example for other countries in the region. The

stakes are high.

With best wishes for the Spring of 2014,

which I am sure will bring some bright spots.

Tomasz Mickiewicz

President of EACES

Prof. of Economics, Aston Business School

Aston University

Birmingham

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1.2 Minutes of EACES EC-AB Meeting,

ETUI Brussels, 7 March 2014

Present; Saul Estrin, Jens Holscher, Michael

Keren, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Martin Myant,

Magdolna Sass, Marcello Signorelli, Urmas

Varblane, Hans-Jurgen Wagener, Randolph

Bruno, Maria Luigia Segnana, Andras

Nemeth, Jurgen Jerger, Hubert Gabrisch.

Minutes of meeting 13 September 2013 in

Budapest; these were circulated and, as no

objections or amendments were voiced,

approved by default.

Conference 2014: Magdolna Sass reported on

preparations for the 2014 conference. The

website has been functioning and, as of 1

March 2014, there were 138 applications with

145 abstracts and 14 panels. Extension of the

deadline was discussed.

Candidates for election; the following have

indicated a willingness to stand for office at

the elections at the AGM in Budapest in

September:

President – Saul Estrin (LSE), Vice President

– Magdolna Sass (HAS), Secretary –

Randolph Bruno (UCL), Treasurer – Jens

Holscher (Bournemouth)

Committee – Olga Demidova (HSE Moscow),

Juergen Jerger (Regensburg), Satoshi

Mizobata (Kyoto), Martin Myant (ETUI),

Maria Luigia Segnana (Trento), Jan Svejnar

(Michigan), Urmas Varblane (Tartu), Ivan

Vujacic (Belgrade), Andrei Yakovlev (HSE

Moscow).

There was no objection raised and the board

expressed its gratitude to all the candidates. It

was decided to seek a few more candidates.

These should be supported by at least two

members each. All the candidates will be

presented in the June issue of the EACES

newsletter.

Conference 2016: following a presentation

from Jurgen Jerger, it was agreed to hold the

2016 conference in Regensburg on 8-10

September. Topics will be decided nearer the

time, but a preference was for including

institutions and economic development as

prominent linked themes.

World congress 2015 and 2017: the first

World Congress of Comparative Economics

(EACES, ACES, JACES, KACES) will be

held in Rome 25-27 June 2015, with a local

organising committee of Marcello Signorelli,

Pasquale Tridico and Sebastiano Fadda. In line

with the decision at the last meeting, and

following a previous offer that the event could

be held in St Petersburg, it was agreed to

recommend that city to the partner

organisations for 2017.

PhD award: Saul Estrin reported on progress.

Submissions had been whittled down to six

that were being considered, with two reviews

for each one, now under way.

Finance: Jens Holscher reported on the

significant levels of bank balances and

additional savings. He asked that the accounts

should be subjected to some form of auditing

independently of himself and Jurgen Jerger

agreed to undertake this task prior to the

AGM.

It was agreed to develop a conception on

additional means to spend the money, with

financial support for the association’s journal a

likely priority.

Journal: A report on the association’s journal,

the European Journal of Comparative

Economics, was circulated in advance of the

meeting, indicating considerable readership

and citations. The need was recognised for a

strategy to gain still wider recognition and

inclusion in formal classification indices.

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EACES Board meeting, ETUI Brussels 7th of March. Sitting from the left: Huber Gabrisch, Saul

Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Michael Keren, Hans-Jürgen Wagener; standing from the left: Marcello

Signorelli, Martin Myant, Jens Holscher, Urmas Varblane, Maria Luigia Segnana, Magdolna Sass,

Juergen Jerger, Andras Nemeth, Randolph.

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2. CALL FOR PAPERS

2.1 Pacific Rim Conference 3: Financial and Economic Links and Institutions for

Prosperity

Call for Papers and Conference Announcement

Pacific Rim Conference 3: Financial and Economic Links and Institutions for Prosperity

Hawaii USA, May 14-17, 2014

The Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES), the Japanese Association for

Comparative Economic Studies (JACES), the Korean Association for Comparative Economic

Studies (KACES) and the Society for the Study of Emerging Markets (SSEM) invite the

submission of papers for, and participation in, a major international conference, (PacRim 3)

dealing with developments in the economic and financial systems of the Pacific Rim economies as

well as in the global economy. Empirical and theoretical papers related to the theme of the

conference as well as papers dealing with institutions, political economy and policy issues are

welcome. Participants are invited to submit individual papers for presentation or to propose an

entire panel consisting of four papers.

Among the themes to be considered at the conference are:

- Prospects for growth in the global economy and in the Pacific Rim region

- Economic transition and system change

- Sustainable development of the global economy and the Pac Rim economies;

- Value chains and logistics- PacRim economies’ links to each other and to the global economy.

- Institutional and regulatory innovations for economic growth and financial stability

- Emerging economic and political conflicts as threats to prosperity

- Regional economic cooperation lessons from Asia, Europe and the Americas

- Evolution of financial systems and their regional and global linkages

- Emerging markets and rising interest rates – what are the risks?

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

As with past PacRim conferences, selected papers presented at the conference will be published in

symposia or special issues or as regular papers in the journals of the sponsoring organizations. For

PacRim 3 these include Journal of Comparative Economics, Comparative Economic Studies,

Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics (in Japanese), Emerging Markets Finance and

Trade, and Seoul Journal of Economics. Any papers not selected for journal publication will be

guaranteed (subject to successful revision) publication in an e-book that will be posted on the

SSEM web site. See http://emergingecons.org/download/e-books.php .

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Conference will be held at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, 69-275 Waikoloa

Beach Drive, Waikoloa, HI 96738-5711 (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/koamc-waikoloa-

beach-marriott-resort-and-spa/). We have secured a special rate of US$150 (plus tax) per night for

conference attendees, and this rate applies to 3 days preceding and following the conference, giving

attendees the opportunity to take advantage of this resort’s outstanding facilities as well as of the

attractions of the “Big Island” of Hawaii.

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PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION

Paper proposals, consisting of an abstract of not more than 250 words should be submitted to Josef

Brada at josef.brada@asu.edu. Proposals will be reviewed by the Conference’s scientific committee

on an ongoing basis. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is April 18, 2014 and final papers

must be submitted before May 5, 2013 in order to be included in the conference materials.

The number of papers that can be accommodated is limited, so please be sure to submit your abstract

early.

The registration fee for attendees is US$250, which includes a cocktail reception on May 14 and a

conference dinner/luau on May 18, 2014, coffee breaks and conference materials. Registration

materials and information on how to reserve rooms at the conference rate will be sent to participants

whose papers are accepted.

2.2 ACES Workshop, May 20 – 22, 2014, St. Petersburg (Russia)

Call for Papers

In cooperation with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES),

the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development at the Higher School of

Economics (ICSID) is pleased to invite submissions to the workshop:

Political Economy of Development:

A Comparative Perspective

The workshop is going to be part of the 3rd

ICSID conference, held at the St. Petersburg

campus of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics in May 2014.

Submissions from all fields of economics as well as from related disciplines such as political

science, history, anthropology and sociology are invited, as long as they relate to the general

field of the comparative political economy of development. Contributions that analyse the role

of institutions in economic, political and social development in a comparative perspective are

especially welcome. We are honoured to invite Professor Saul Estrin, Head of the

Department of Management of the London School of Economics, as distinguished keynote

speaker.

A joint long-term project of the Higher School of Economics and Columbia University, the

Center for the Study of Institutions and Development has assembled a team of Russian and

international researchers to analyse the impact of institutions on political and economic

behaviour (http://iims.hse.ru/en/csid). After focusing mainly on Russia during the first 3 years

of its existence, the center is now expanding its scope to the comparative analysis of other

contexts, with a special focus on China. In this respect, the 3rd

ICSID conference in St.

Petersburg is going to be a forum to exchange ideas about methodologies, approaches and

cutting-edge research among leading academics in the field, bringing together a number of

high-profile experts on the Russian and Chinese economies.

To participate in the workshop, paper abstracts of up to 200 words (or preliminary papers) are

to be submitted, together with a short CV, to ayakovlev@hse.ru by January 15th

. Authors will

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be informed about the selection by February 28st, and final versions of the papers should be

submitted by April 15th

.

The selection committee will consist of the following persons:

Andrei Yakovlev (Higher School of Economics)

Timothy Frye (Columbia University)

Saul Estrin (London School of Economics)

Marcello Signorelli (University of Perugia)

2.3 EAEPE Conference

1st call for papers for the

26th

Annual EAEPE Conference 2014

This conference will be held at University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus from 6-8 November 2014!

The conference theme 'Unemployment and Austerity in Mediterranean European Countries'will

focus on the current state of the crisis in Mediterranean European countries and viable ways out

beyond austerity in Europe. For the past 7 years most of the European economies have experienced severe economic crisis,

stagnation and recession, initialized by the financial crash of 2007. In Mediterranean economies the

crisis got exacerbated by the crisis of sovereign debt in general and by austerity programmes in

particular. Unemployment levels have reached double digits on average in the European Union and

shattering high levels in the South of Europe. Moreover, cuts (due to austerity restrictions) in welfare

expenditure, in public employment as well as in the wage level have worsened living conditions of

people dramatically. The Greek crisis (emerging in May 2010) has indicated that EU member states

are more concerned with their own national budgeting issues than real EU integration, exposing them

unnecessarily in times of crisis. Conversely, the lack of institutional coordination and fiscal solidarity

had a severe macroeconomic impact. Especially the public discourse about European imbalances is

used rhetorically as “a problem of laziness against effort” such as “Mediterranean corruption against

Northern European integrity”, outplaying member states on purpose. The other side of the same coin

are excessive export surpluses of a few, gained through real wage reductions over more than a decade,

an issue in the "European Semester". At this conference we want to look at the real problems behind the deficit-surplus rhetoric within the

EU, which we address as: the lack of deeper integration, the imperfections of the single market and

the lack of appropriate multi-level governance and policy crafting institutions able to cope with the

crisis. In this broad perspective we invite creative contributions going beyond wage-dumping

excessive export-surplus solutions (Germany), compare the current case of the EU commission

against Germany. Obviously such perspectives need to envision a monetary union with a real

economic and social integration, making it politically substantial in contrast to a mere neoliberal and

monetarist ideological construction. The 26

th Annual EAEPE Conference 2014 will be a platform for exchanging ideas and results in both

theoretical and empirical research. It will debate proper policies and institutions able to cope with the

crisis proposing a viable way out beyond austerity in Europe.

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The opening address of the conference will be given by 2010 Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Sir

Christopher Pissarides. All scholars are invited to submit their contribution on the conference them of

this year, or on usual topics covered by EAEPE research areas. Abstracts must besubmitted

electronically either on the conference theme or to a specific RA with 300-750 words. Authors are

also invited to propose special sessions (4 abstracts), in this case contact EAEPEdirectly. Additionally

we will organize PhD special sessions. Conference Fees Early Registration (before 1 October 2014): 190€

Late Registration (2 October 2014 till conference): 240€

Reduced fee (for scholars from Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Eastern Europe and Turkey) on

application to Pasquale Tridico: 100€ Conference fees are waived for PhD students. Important Dates Abstract submission deadline: 30 May 2014

Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2014

Full paper submission deadline: 1 October 2014

Local Organizer Team For any information or queries about the conference please contact the local organizers Prof. Savvas

Katsikides and Ms Georgia Yiangou from the University of Cyprus. Scientific Committee Savvas Katsikides (chair); Wolfram Elsner, David Gindis, Hardy Hanappi, Dany Lang, Georgios

Liagouras, John Marangos, Dimitri Milonakis, Pascal Petit, Pasquale Tridico If you want to submit an abstract for the conference follow this link! If you want to download the full 1

st Call for Papers in pdf, please follow this link!

The full call for papers is also attached, please don't hesitate to circulate the call. We are looking forward to your submission! Please visit the EAEPE website for more information. Sent on behalf of the EAEPE Secretariat and the local organizers.

Manuel Wäckerle EAEPE Web and Publicity Officer http://www.eaepe.org

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2.4 AISSEC XIXth Scientific Conference

ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA PER LO STUDIO DEI SISTEMI ECONOMICI COMPARATI

1st Call for Papers XIXth Scientific Conference

OVERCOMING THE CRISIS: INEQUALITY

AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN ADVANCED

AND EMERGING COUNTRIES

with Mauro Gallegati (Polytechnic University of Marche) as confirmed keynote speaker

University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy

June 26-28, 2014 Aims & Scope

Over the past decades, the gap between rich and poor has widened in most advanced

economies. In emerging countries, economic growth has helped to reduce sharply the

prevalence of poverty, but at the same time high levels of inequality have risen further. Today, the economic crisis has put additional pressure on the distribution of economic

resources. Inequality-related issues have reached the middle class in many parts of the world,

where middle- income groups are shrinking – fuelled by rising unemployment, weakening

job quality and workers dropping out of the labour market – and the social fabric is starting to

strain.

In front of this disturbing picture of high and widening disparities around the

world, the Conference aims at providing a platform for discussion between researchers

(young and established) and practitioners on the complex network of factors behind the

growing gap between rich and poor. Empirical and methodological contributions on what

caused and what has been the impact of such inequalities – and what can be done about that

– are particularly welcomed. Other themes that are typical to the Association, including all

areas of comparative economics and related disciplines treated in a comparative perspective,

will also be considered.

Important Dates & Information Deadline for submission of contribution (extended abstract, max. 6 pages): APRIL 30, 2014

Notification of acceptance: MAY 15, 2014

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Deadline for registration: JUNE 10, 2014

The Conference fee is €25 for junior participants (up to 35 years old) and €50 for all the

others, while participation is free of charge (but registration is required) for Ph.D. and other

students engaged in research. The fee includes the biennial membership of AISSEC and all

the Conference materials. In order to be included in the program, registration fees of at least

one of the Authors of accepted papers should be paid before 31 May 2014.

Those wishing to submit a contribution to the Conference should fill out the registration form

in all its parts and send it by e-mail to the Local Organizing Committee: aissec2011@unimc.it

All the relevant information will be put in due time on the Conference website:

http://www2.unimc.it/aissec/english/future_events.htm

2.5 55th

Annual Conference of Italian Economic Association

SOCIETA’ ITALIANA DEGLI ECONOMISTI

The Italian Economic Association

55th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Università di Trento (Dipartimento di Economia e management) Trento, Italy, 23-25 October 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 55h Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association will be held in Trento

(Italy) at the University of Trento on 23-25 October 2014.

As it is usual in the tradition of SIE meetings, submissions of papers concerning any aspect

of the economic theory, empirical analysis, and policy are considered. However, the central

themes of the Conference are:

- Europe, US and emerging countries: comparisons across different growth experiences - Reforms of the international financial system and macroeconomic policies - From financial crisis to economic crisis and back - Economic growth and new technologies - Coordination and conflict in the European economic policy - Banks, enterprises, and economic crisis - Corporate governance and financial regulation - Firm organization and industrial dynamics

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- Theories and policies in international trade - Internationalisation, innovation, entrepreneurship - Brain drain, migration and FDI - Firms, social responsibility and social innovation

- Behavioural finance - Experimental economics and behavioural economics - Networks - Poverty, inequality and income distribution

- Social cohesion and territorial policies - International issues, peace and security - Gender economics and policies - Information, efficiency, equity and welfare

- From positivism to rhetoric: methodological issues - Institution, regulation and norms - Labour markets and economic crisis (with AIEL)

- Labour markets and development: A comparative perspective (with EACES) - Maffeo Pantaleoni and the crisis of liberal thought (with STOREP) - Monetary policy as the FED turns 100 years old: a historical perspective (with AISPE) -Models for Decision Making in Energy and Industrial Sectors (with AMASES)

- Industrial policy evaluations(with SIEPI)

- Creative and heritage economics (with AEC)

- Smart city and local development (with AISRE) - Feeding the Planet and Greening Agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for the bio- economy (with AIEAA) - Is the rise of the South equitable? and sustainable? (with SITES) - Social capital, institutions and development: a comparative perspective (with AISSEC) - Electric Market and Renewable Energy Sources (with AIEE) - Environment and innovation (with IAERE) -Transport economics (with SIET) - Health economics (with AIES)

Submission deadline

Manuscripts, including abstract of no more than 200 words, key words and JEL

classification, should be submitted though EDITORIAL EXPRESS - CONFERENCE-

MAKER system at: http://editorialexpress.com/conference/SIE_RSA_55/ over the period

March 15 to May 15, 2014.

Each submitter can send one paper. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2014. Notice

of acceptance or rejection will be sent to corresponding authors within July 10, 2014.

Publication in the journal of the Italian Economic Association

Authors who submit for the conference may send the article also to the official journal

of the Italian Economic Association. There will be a standard refereeing process for the

journal that will be separate from the conference screening process and normal quality

standards will be applied.

Young Economist Sessions

Sessions will be organised, in which PhD candidates or young researchers may present the

results of their research. Authors who would like to be considered for such session are

requested to choose the area “Young economist session” when submitting the paper Please,

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note that also in this case a complete paper has to be provided.

Selection Committee

Submissions will be reviewed by a Selection Committee coordinated by Roberto Cellini, Neri Salvadori, Maria Luigia Segnana and Alberto Zazzaro. 2.6 First World Congress of Comparative Economics

EACES - ACES - JACES - KACES - AISSEC - EAEPE and others scientific associations and networks

FIRST WORLD

CONGRESS OF

COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS ROME, JUNE 25-27, 2015 venue: Roma Tre University Department of

Economics via S. D'Amico, 77 00145 ROME website: http://www.uniroma3.it/ CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Papers

FIRST WORLD CONGRESS OF COMPARATIVE

ECONOMICS Rome

June 25-27, 2015

The European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES), The Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES), The Japanese Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES), The Korean Association for Comparative Economic Studies (KACES), The Italian Association for Comparative Economic Studies (AISSEC), The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) and other scientific associations and networks are issuing a call for papers for the panels they will be organizing for the first World Congress of Comparative Economics in Rome (Italy) on June 25-27, 2015. We invite submissions of entire panels (3 or 4 abstracts/papers) or individual abstracts/papers. All submissions have to be realised in the CONFERENCE MAKER (soon available), by also selecting the Association (that will realise the selection). Additional details about submission procedure and selection process will be included in the second Call for Papers that will circulate by July 2014. A Conference website will be soon active at the address: http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/worldcongress Submissions will be possible from October 1, 2014 to February 15, 2015 Information about acceptance/rejection by March 10, 2015 Registration and payment of the conference fees will be possible in the CONFERENCE MAKER (soon available): early registrations (with reduced fees) before March 30 2015; late registrations from April 1 to May 31 2015.

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Posted 31/3/2014

Local Organizing Committee: Sebastiano Fadda, Pasquale Tridico and Marcello Signorelli Scientific Committee (to be completed): Josef C. Brada, Elisabetta Croci Angelini, Saul Estrin, Masaaki Kuboniwa, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Byung Yeon Kim, Marcello Signorelli, Pasquale Tridico, Milica Uvalic As for additional information, please contact Marcello Signorelli (EACES past-president and advisory board member) at the following e-mail address: marcello.signorelli@unipg.it More details will be also available in EACES website: http://www.eaces.eu/

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3. FORTHCOMING SEMINAR/CONFERENCES

Summary

3.1 6th Joint IOS/APB/EACES Summer

Academy on Central and Eastern Europe APB Tutzing, Munich 2-4 June 2014

I

3.2 Annual Conference of the Institute for

East and Southeast European Studies Regensburg 26-28 June 2014

II

I. 6th

Joint IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe

Organized by the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS Regensburg)

In cooperation with: Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (APB)

European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES)

Poverty, Social Exclusion, and Income

Inequality Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe

Date: June 4– 6, 2014

Location: Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing on the Lake

Starnberg near Munich

We welcome scholars from economics and related disciplines to submit extended abstracts

or full papers. We will give a preference to those focusing on Central and Eastern Europe

and the former Soviet Union. Relevant topics include, but are not confined to, the following:

• Comparative perspectives on institutional determinants of poverty, social exclusion and

inequality

• The role of labour market and social policies

• Social exclusion, poverty and vulnerability: concepts and measurement

• Uncertainty and the impact of economic and financial crises

• Income mobility, life-cycle dynamics and intergenerational transmission of welfare

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Keynote speakers:

• Stephan Klasen (Professor of economics, University of Göttingen)

• Cristiano Perugini (J. Monnet Professor in European Integration Studies, University of

Perugia)

• Philippe Van Kerm (Senior economist, CEPS/INSTEAD Luxembourg)

Accepted participants will be notified at the beginning of April, 2014. Submissions of full

papers are expected by 18th May, 2014.

The IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academies on Central and Eastern Europe aim to bring

together PhD workshop language is English. The most innovative paper will be honored with

the Hans Raupach Award, in memory of the founder of the Osteuropa-Institut.

Сonference fee: 50 € (including single-room accommodation for two nights and all meals)

IOS Regensburg is an interdisciplinary area studies centre affiliated with the University of

Regensburg. It explores economic and historical developments of Eastern and South-eastern

Europe in a global perspective. IOS is an independent, non-profit institution. Apart from

research it is engaged in policy advice both within Germany and internationally. IOS was

founded in 2012, by merging the East European Institute (Osteuropa-Institut) with the Institute

for South East European Studies (Südost-Institut).

Situated on beautiful Lake Starnberg, right between Munich and the mountain range, the

APB Tutzing has a reputation for organizing social sciences conferences and workshops. Further information on the program is available at:

http://www.ios-regensburg.de/en/events/conferences.html

II. Second Annual Conference of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies

Call for papers

Labour in East and Southeast Europe: Institutions and Practices

Between Formality and Informality

Date and location: June 26-28, 2014; Regensburg (Germany)

Deadline for submission: January 13, 2014

Work is one of the most essential aspects of life – both from the viewpoint of individuals and

the society as a whole. It is a social practice where life-courses intersect with power

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hierarchies, ideologies, institutional regulations, and economic forces. The impact of formal

and informal institutions on the functioning of labour markets is well documented and varies

considerably across time and space.

East and Southeast Europe is characterized by frequent political and economic

transformations that resulted, among other things, in the fragility of institutions and a high

degree of informality. These phenomena are also relevant for the build-up of trust and social

capital that in turn are among the key factors for the understanding of labour relations and

labour market outcomes. Hence, labour is a central realm in which the shifting boundaries

between the formal and the informal, between the official and unofficial take effect.

The conference welcomes scholars both from humanities and social sciences. Contributions

should concentrate on the time span from the 19th

century to the present. Specific topics

include, but are not confined to the following:

Labour market effects of political transformation

Institutions and labour market outcomes

Production of trust and distrust

Representations of work

Practices of non-work and under-employment

Informal employment and migration

Formality and informality in labour: concepts, definitions and measurement

Keynote speakers: Donald Filtzer (University of East London), Hartmut Lehmann

(University of Bologna, IZA Bonn and DIW Berlin)

Submissions to AnnualConference@ios-regensburg.de should include:

an abstract (max. 300 words)

a CV including your institutional affiliation and contact details either in MS-Word

format (*.doc or *.docx) or as a pdf

Conference language: English. The IOS will cover the travel and accommodation costs of

presenters. Accepted participants will be notified by the end of January 2014.

Conveners: Ksenia Gatskova, Stefano Petrungaro

Institut für Ost und Südosteuropaforschung, Landshuter Straße 4, D-93047 Regensburg

Telefon: (0941) 943 54 10, Telefax: (0941) 943 54 27, www.ios-regensburg.de

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4. PUBLICATIONS

4.1 Recent Publications of Scholarly Papers by EACES Members

Wladimir Andreff

Andreff W., Une transition économique inattendue: vers le «cupidalisme»?, Revue de la Régulation.

Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 14, 2e trimestre, Autumn 2013, varia (on line).

Andreff W., Building Blocks for a Disequilibrium Model of a European Team Sports League,

International Journal of Sport Finance, 9 (1), 2014, 20-38.

4.2 Journals’ Recent Publications

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS

Web page: http://eaces.liuc.it/

EJCE, vol. 10, n. 3, 2013

Contents:

Financial and real crisis in the Eurozone and vulnerable economies

by Bruno Dallago 295-315

Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison

between Italian and French regions

by Jean-Michel Josselin ; Fabio Padovano ; Yvon Rocaboy 317-354

Firm entry and aggregate efficiency growth: An optimal dynamic - Program of entry and R&D

investment

by Asma Raies 355-376

Safe havens in Europe: Switzerland and the ten dwarfs

by Martin Paldam 377-396

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Further evidence on the determinants of regional stock market integration in Latin America

by Khaled Guesmi ; Duc Khuong Nguyen ; Frédéric Teulon 397-413

The new fiscal rules for the EMU. Threats from heterogeneity and interdependence

by Roberto Tamborini 415-436

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS Web page: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621171/description

Vol. 38 (1), September 2014

Contents:

Reviewer Acknowledgement

Pages 1-3

Symposium: Challenges to Financial Stability in Central and Eastern Europe, Guest Editors:

Roman Horvath and Laurent Weill

Symposium: Challenges to financial stability in Central and Eastern Europe

Pages 5-6, by Roman Horvath, Laurent Weill

Measures to tame credit growth: Are they effective?

Pages 7-25, by Adam Geršl, Martina Jašová

Demand and supply drivers of foreign currency loans in CEECs: A meta-analysis

Pages 26-42, by Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Jarko Fidrmuc, Mariya Hake

The interest rate spreads in the Czech Republic: Different loans, different determinants?

Pages 43-54, by Christa Hainz, Roman Horváth, Michal Hlaváček

Bank valuation in new EU member countries

Pages 55-72, by Yiwei Fang, Iftekhar Hasan, Katherin Marton, Maya Waisman

The impact of macro news and central bank communication on emerging European forex markets

Pages 73-88, Balázs Égert, Evžen Kočenda

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Articles

Look before you leap: Why politicians may have a point to be hesitant about the gains from trade

Pages 89-99, Erich Gundlach, Albert de Vaal

Long-run and short-run determinants of sovereign bond yields in advanced economies

Pages 100-114, by Tigran Poghosyan

Determinants of total factor productivity in former Soviet Union economies: A stochastic frontier

approach

Pages 115-135, by Annageldy Arazmuradov, Gianmaria Martini, Davide Scotti

La Mondialisation, Stade Suprême du Capitalisme? En Hommage á Charles-Albert Michalet, W.

Andreff (Ed.). Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest (2013)

Pages 136-137, by David A. Dyker

Transition from Socialist to Market Economies: Comparison of European and Asian Experiences, S.

Ichimura, T. Sato, W. James (Eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke (2009), 280 pages, ISBN: 978-

0-230-22803-0

Pages 137-138, by Wladimir Andreff

POST COMMUNIST ECONOMIES

Web page: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpce20/current

Volume 25, Issue 4, 2013

Contents:

Articles

Dualism and growth in transition economies: a two-sector model with efficient and subsidised

enterprises

Pages 1-16, by Luigi Bonatti & Kiryl Haiduk

Innovation strategies and productivity in the Polish services sector

Pages 17-38, Krzysztof Szczygielski & Wojciech Grabowski

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Step or trap? Transition from fixed-term contracts in Central Eastern Europe

Pages 39-52, by Pavol Babos

The Russian gas industry: challenges to the ‘Gazprom model’?

Pages 53-66, by Catherine Locatelli

Religion and economic attitudes in post-communist transition

Pages 67-88, by Pavol Minarik

Pension reform in the Czech Republic after 2010

Pages 89-102, by Marek Loužek

Determinants of foreign direct investment in Vietnamese provinces: a spatial econometric analysis

Pages 103-121, by Hong Hiep Hoang & Michaël Goujon

The effect of industry maturity, turnover and competition on firm survival: evidence from Slovenian

firms

Pages 122-136, by Katja Zajc Kejžar & Nina Ponikvar

COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES

Web page: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ces/index.html

Volume 56, Issue 1, 2014

Contents:

Top of page

ARTICLES

Investment and Institutions in Post-Civil War Recovery

Pages 1-24, by Colin O’Reilly

Individual Perceptions of Distributional Fairness in China

Pages 25-41, by John A Bishop, Haiyong Liu and Zichong Qu

A Note on Income Inequality in East and Central Europe

Pages 42-51, by Frederic L Pryor

Institutional Resilience and Economic Systems: Lessons from Elinor Ostrom’s Work

Pages 52-76, by Paul Dragos Aligica and Vlad Tarko

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Dynamics of Firm-level Job Flows in Slovenia, 1996–2011

Pages 77-109, by Biswajit Banerjee and Manca Jesenko

Information Asymmetry and Foreign Currency Borrowing by Small Firms

Pages 110-131, by Martin Brown, Steven Ongena and Pinar Yeşin

Why Do Large Firms Opt for Islamic Loans?

Pages 132-153, by Laurent Weill and Christophe Godlewski

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS

Web page: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-comparative-economics/

Volume 42, Issue 1, 2014

Contents:

Ethnic divisions, contract choice, and search costs in the Guatemalan land rental market

Pages 1-18, by Karen Macours

National representation in supranational institutions: The case of the European Central Bank

Pages 19-33, by Harald Badinger, Volker Nitsch

Do island states have better institutions?

Pages 34-60, by Heather Congdon Fors

Donor ideology and types of foreign aid

Pages 61-75, by Viktor Brech, Niklas Potrafke

Is corruption in China “out of control”? A comparison with the US in historical perspective

Pages 76-91, by Carlos D. Ramirez

Institutional development and stock price synchronicity: Evidence from China

Pages 92-108, by Iftekhar Hasan, Liang Song, Paul Wachtel

Superstition and “lucky” apartments: Evidence from transaction-level data

Pages 109-117, by Matthew Shum, Wei Sun, Guangliang Ye

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The determinants of pollution levels: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing

Pages 118-142, by Liangliang Jiang, Chen Lin, Ping Lin

Baltic Dry Index and the democratic window of opportunity

Pages 143-159, by Faqin Lin, Nicholas C.S. Sim

Modes of foreign bank entry and effects on lending rates: Theory and evidence

Pages 160-177, by Sophie Claeys, Christa Hainz

Global financial crisis, corporate governance, and firm survival:: The Russian experience

Pages 178-211, by Ichiro Iwasaki

Political versus economic institutions in the growth process

Pages 212-229, by Emmanuel Flachaire, Cecilia García-Peñalosa, Maty Konte

Showing off to the new neighbors? Income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of

internal migrants

Pages 230-245, by Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz, Ksenia Gatskova, Achim Schmillen

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

Web page: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejdr/index.html

Volume 26, Issue 1, 2014

Contents:

Top of page SPECIAL DEBATE SECTION

Impact Evaluation – Are We ‘Off the Gold Standard’?

Pages 1-11, by Laura Camfield and Maren Duvendack

What Can We Learn from Impact Evaluations?

Pages 12-17, by Robert Lensink

Current Challenges in Impact Evaluation

Pages 18-30, by Howard White

Is Impact Evaluation Evaluation?

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Pages 31-38, by Robert Picciotto

Impact Evaluation and Welfare Evaluation

Pages 39-45, by Glenn W Harrison

Does Impact Evaluation in Development Matter? Well, It Depends What It’s For!

Pages 46-54, by Irene Guijt and Chris Roche

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Learning to Co-operate: Youth Engagement with the Co-operative Revival in Africa Open

Pages 55-70, by Sally Hartley and Hazel Johnson

Capturing Critical Institutionalism: A Synthesis of Key Themes and Debates

Pages 71-86, by Kurt Hall, Frances Cleaver, Tom Franks and Faustin Maganga

Interest Rates and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Global Evidence

Pages 87-106, by Ashim Kumar Kar and Ranjula Bali Swain

Growing Up in Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh: The Impact of Social Protection Schemes on Girls’

Roles and Responsibilities

Pages 107-123, by Laura Camfield

Measuring Governance: Implications of Conceptual Choices

Pages 124-141, by Katherine Bersch and Sandra Botero

Financing the Clean Development Mechanism through Debt-for-Efficiency Swaps? Case Study

Evidence from a Uruguayan Wind Farm Project

Pages 142-159, by Danny Cassimon, Martin Prowse and Dennis Essers

Top of page

BOOK REVIEW

Globalization Trends and Regional Development – Dynamics of FDI and Human Capital Flows

Pages 160-161, by Rui Baptista

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ECONOMIC ANNALS

Web page: http://ea.ekof.bg.ac.rs/

Volume LVIII, no. 199, 2013

Contents:

A Synthesis of The Uzawa-Lucas Model with The Walrasian-General-Equilibrium and

Neoclassical-Growth Theories

Pages 7 – 38, By Wei-Bin Zhang

Restoring International Competitiveness In Croatia: The Role Of Fiscal And Monetary Policy

Pages 39 – 56, by Tomislav Coric, Hrvoje Šimovic Milan, and Deskar-Škrbic

Competition Policy And Optimal Retail Network Development In Transitional Economies

Pages 57 – 84, by Stipe Lovreta, Siniša Miloševic, and Ljiljana Stankovic

Knowledge Management, Innovativeness, And Organizational Performance: Evidence From

Serbia

Pages 85 – 108, by Marko Slavkovic Verica Babic

Liquidity And The Business Cycle: Empirical Evidence From The Greek Banking Sector

Pages 109 – 126, by Sophocles Vogiazas, Constantinos Alexiou

Modelling Home Equity Conversion Loans With Life Insurance Models

Pages 127 – 164, by Bojan Baškot

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5. EACES OFFICIALS

Managing Board

Tomasz M. Mickiewicz President

Economics & Strategy Group (ABS)

Aston University

E-mail: mickiewt@aston.ac.uk

Tel.: +44- 121- 204 3007

E-mail: mickiewt@aston.ac.uk

Website: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-

school/staff/academic/esg/prof-tomasz-mickiewicz/ i

Saul Estrin

Vice-president Department of Management

LSE

Houghton St

London WC2A 2AE

Tel: +44-20 7955 6605

E-mail: s.estrin@lse.ac.uk

Website:http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/Experts/

s.estrin@lse.ac.uk

Martin Myant Secretary

European Trade Union Institute

Bd du Roi Albert II, 5

1210 Brussels

Belgium

e-mail: MMyant@etui.org Website:http://www.etui.org/About-

Etui/Staff/Martin-Myant

Jens Hölscher

Treasurer

Head of Department

Accounting, Finance & Economics

The Business School, Bournemouth University

Executive Business Centre

89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth BH8 8EB, UK E-mail: jholscher@bournemouth.ac.uk Website:http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/jh

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Other Members of the Executive Committee

(Alphabetical order by family name)

Horst Brezinski

EC Member

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Department of Economics and Business

Administration

Chair for International Economic Relations

Lessingstraße 45, 09596 Freiberg

Germany

Tel: +49-3731/39 20 32

Fax: (+49) 3731/39 27 33

E-mail: Horst.Brezinski@vwl.tu-freiberg.de

Website: http://fak6.tu-freiberg.de/en/internationale-

wirtschaftsbeziehungen/team/lehrstuhlinhaber/prof-

dr-horst-brezinski/

Hubert Gabrisch EC Member

Halle Institute for Economic Research

KleineMärkerstraße 8

D-06108 Halle (Saale)

Germany

Tel.: +49 345 7753830

Fax: +49 345 7753-825

E-mail: gab@iwh-halle.de

Website:http://www.iwh-

halle.de/d/Abteil/FORS/gab/pers.htm

JuergenJerger

EC Member University of Regensburg and IOS Regensburg,

nachVereinbarungmitdem

E-mail:jerger@ios-regensburg.de,

Tele: +49-941 943 2697

Fax:+49-941 943-4941

Website: www.wiwi.uni-r.de/jerger

Laura Resmini

EC Member Universitàdella Valle d’Aosta

Dept. of Economics and Political Science

Loc. Grand Chemin, 73_75

I-11020 St. Christophe (AO)

E-mail: l.resmini@univda.it

Tel. +39-165-066 718;

Fax: +39-165 066 748;

Website: http://www.univda.it/resminilaura

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Magdolna Sass

EC Member

Institute for Economics of the Hungarian Academy

of Sciences

1112 Budaörsiút. 45

E-mail:sass.magdolna@krtk.mta.hu

Phone: (+36-1) 309-2652

Fax: (+36-1) 319-3136

Website: http://econ.core.hu/english/inst/sass.html

Satoshi Mizobata EC Member

Institute of Economic Research,

Kyoto University

Yoshidahon-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto,

Japan 6068501

Tel: +81-75-753-7144

E-mail: mizobata@kier.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Website:http://www.kier.kyoto-u.ac.jp/faculty-

e.html#hikaku

Maria LuigiaSegnana

EC Member Dipartimento di Economia,

Universita' di Trento,

viaInama 5, 38122 Trento.

E-mail: marialuigia.segnana@unitn.it

Tel: +39-461 282225

Website:http://www5.unitn.it/People/en/Web/Persona/PER00

03595#INFO

UrmasVarblane EC Member

University of Tartu

Institute of Economics

Narva 4, 51009 Tartu

Estonia

Tel: +372-737-6361 Fax: +372-737-6327

E-mail: varblane@mtk.ut.ee

Website:https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?Te

xtBoxName=urmas+varblane&PersonVID=3198&Fro

mUrl0=isikud.aspx&lang=en

Andrei Yakovlev

EC Member University - Higher School of Economics

Institute for Industrial and Market Studies

Slavyanskayapl 4, bldg 2,

Moscow 109074, Russia

Tel.: +7-495-6288649

E-mail ayakovlev@hse.ruand y_andrei@mail.ru Website:http://www.hse.ru/org/persons/305238/

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Members of the Advisory Board

WladimirAndreff University of Paris 1-Centre d'Economie de la

Sorbonne Andreff@univ-paris1.fr

Will Bartlett London School of Economics and Political Science w.j.bartlett@lse.ac.uk

Laszlo Csaba Central European University, Budapest Csabal@ceu.hu

Bruno Dallago Università di Trento, Department of Economics Bruno.dallago@economia.unitn.it

Daniel Daianu The Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest daiandan@b.astral.ro

Jens Hölscher Bournemouth University, England jholscher@bournemouth.ac.uk

Mario Nuti London Business School mnuti@london.edu

Marcello Signorelli Department of Economics, University of Perugia signorel@unipg.it

MilicaUvalic Department of Economics, University of Perugia milica.uvalic@unipg.it

Vittorio Valli Università di Torino, Dept. Economia vittorio.valli@unito.it

Hans-Jürgen Wagener Europa UniversitaetViadrina, Frankfurt/Oder mail@hjwagener.de

Honorary Members:

WladimirAndreff

Ronald Dore

Gregory Grossman

Michael Kaser

JánosKornai

Marie Lavigne

Angus Maddison

Domenico Mario Nuti

Ex – Officio Member Michael Keren Michael.Keren@huji.ac.il

Hebrew

University

Department of

Economics

Naphtali Bldg. Scopus Campus, 91905 Jerusalem (Israel)

Tel: +972-26528521; Fax: 972-2-5816071

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Editorial: Presidential message in this issue of the EACES newsletter shares encouraging news of about 150 total

submissions to the forthcoming biennial conference at Budapest in 4-6 September 2014. Request to the

registration and membership renewal also included in the message. Minutes of EACES EC-AB Meeting at

ETUI Brussels, 7 March 2014, has exclusive coverage in this newsletter. More

specifically, it provides the list of prospective candidates for the new EC-AB

although this is the preliminary list and the final is expected to be published in June

newsletter. Another important decision EC-AB meeting has made is for 2016

biennial conference to hold in Regensburg on 8-10 September. The topic will be

decided later. Likewise, World congress on Comparative Economics (EACES,

ACES, JACES, KACES) will be held in 2015 and 2017; the first one in Rome, 25-

27 June 2015.

Section 2 of this newsletter presents Call for Papers for different

conferences/workshops/seminars. Pacific Rim Conference 3: Financial and Economic Links and

Institutions for Prosperity will be held in Hawaii USA, May 14-17, 2014. Likewise, ACES Workshop will

be in St. Petersburg (Russia) during May 20 – 22, 2014 that will focus on comparative perspectives on

political economy of development. This section also includes first call for papers for the 26th Annual

EAEPE Conference 2014. This conference will be held at University of Cyprus, Nicosia, from 6 to 8

November 2014 on the theme 'Unemployment and Austerity in Mediterranean European Countries'. First

call for papers for AISSEC’s 29th scientific conference on ‘Overcoming the Crisis: Inequality and

Unemployment in Advanced and Emerging Countries’ will be organised by University of Macerata in

Macerata, Italy during June 26-28, 2014. The organising committee has already decided to have a keynote

speech by Mauro Gallegati from Polytechnic University of Marche. The 55th Annual Conference of Italian

Economic Association is going to have in University of Trento at Department of Economics and

Management during 23-25 October 2014.

Most importantly, this newsletter is proud to include the first Call for Papers for the First World Congress

on Comparative Economics to be jointly organised by EACES, ACES, JACES, KACES in Rome during

25-27 June 2015. The forthcoming issues of this EACES newsletter will continue highlighting the

additional information in this regard.

Reminders of the most immediate conference events are available in Section 3. Sixth Joint

IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe is going to be held in APB Tutzing,

Munich, 2-4 June 2014; and Annual Conference of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in

Regensburg, 26-28 June 2014. Those who are participating are expected to follow the information

provided.

A list of recent publications of Wladimir Andreff appear at the beginning of Section 4 followed by the

current issues of the journals closer to EACES. Journals included in this issue are EJCE, Economic

Systems, Post-Communist Economies, Comparative Economic Studies, Journal of Comparative

Economics, European Journal of Development Research, and Economic Annals.

The editor welcomes any comment/suggestion for the improvement of the newsletter. The submissions are

requested to deliver either in the form of hard copy or (preferably) electronic copy to:

Sanjaya Acharya

E-mail: sanjaya_acharya@hotmail.com

EJCE (The European Journal of Comparative Economics) E-Journal and

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (A Quarterly Journal published by the Osteuropa-InstitutMünchen/Elsevier in

collaboration with EACES) are the journals associated with EACES.

For details, please follow the link: http://www.eaces.net/public.html.