PLENARY SPEAKERS
PLENARY ADDRESSES
Costas Azariadis (Washington University in St. Louis)
Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia and Oxford University)
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Peter Nijkamp (VU University Amsterdam and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and RCEA)
Panels Canadian Monetary Policy: Lessons from the Crisis
Panelists:
Angelo Melino (Panel Chair and organizer; University of Toronto and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis), David Andolfatto (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Simon Fraser University and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis ), David Laidler (University of Western Ontario; C.D. Howe Institute and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis), John Murray (Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada).
The Obama Health Care Reform and Medicare
Panelists:
Mark Stabile (Panel Chair and organizer; Univ. of Toronto and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis), Tony Culyer (University of York), Tom Rice (University of California los Angeles), Carolyn Tuohy (University of Toronto).
Canadian Growth: Contemporary Issues of Productivity Growth and Development in a Global Perspective
Panelists:
Thanasis Stengos (Panel Chair and organizer; University of Guelph and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis), Costas Azariadis (Washington University in St. Louis), Theofanis P. Mamuneas (University of Cyprus); Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and RCEA).
Comparison of Canadian and Italian Fiscal Approaches and Outcomes
Panellists:
Jerzy (Jurek) Konieczny (Panel Chair and organizer; Wilfrid Laurier University and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis); Christopher T. S. Ragan (McGill University); DanieleFranco (Bank of Italy), Peter Weiss (European Commission).
Special Events
Special Event 1
The third edition of the workshop: “Geographical Localisation, Intersectoral Reallocation of Labour and
Unemployment Differentials” (GLUNLAB3) will be held within the framework of the RCEF. Information
about the GLUNLAB3 workshop will be available at the following link: http://glunlab.rcfea.org/. As
GLUNLAB will be part of RCEF, submission procedures and conference fee will be the same. However,
people submitting to GLUNLAB would have to specify in their submission if the paper is intended for
GLUNLAB3. A paper submitted to GLUNLAB3 may be accepted instead for the RCEF at the discretion of
the Scientific Committee. Please see below for more details about GLUNLAB3.
Special Event 2
The RCEF will host the annual “Workshop on Bayesian Econometrics” of the Rimini Centre for Economic
Analysis.
Distinguished invited speaker: Luc Bauwens (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics-CORE)
KEYNOTE BAYESIAN SPEECH
Luc Bauwens (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics - CORE).
