Programme

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The Registration is located at the lobby of the Main University.

Opening hours during EEA-ESEM 2006 are:
- Thursday, 24 August 12:00 - 19:00
- Friday, 25 August 08:00 - 19:00
- Saturday, 26 August 08:00 - 19:00
- Sunday, 27 August 08:00 - 19:00
- Monday, 28 August 08:00 - 19:00

During these times the Preview Room for presenters at the Main University is also open.

Social Events

Thursday, 24th August, 19.00 h
Welcome Reception at the Vienna City Hall

Saturday, 26th August, 19.00 h
Congress Dinner at Heuriger
Heuriger could be translated with „of this year“ and means a young spicy wine produced after the current harvest. Only wine producers serving their own products, grown in the vineyards of Vienna, may call their tavern a Heuriger.
You will be served a delicious Austrian buffet combined with excellent local wines, while enjoying the atmosphere of a traditionally decorated restaurant.
Please take the voucher that is included in the delegates pack with you.
There will be a bus transfer from and to the University. 

Monday, 28th August, 19.00 h
Farewell Party at the Arkadenhof of the University

Keynote Speakers

Marshall Lecture
Raquel FERNÁNDEZ, NYU
Culture and Economics

Laffont Lecture
Roy RADNER Stern School, NYU
Climate-Change Treaties: A Game-Theoretic Approach

ES Presidential Address
Richard Blundell, UCL
From Income to Consumption: Partial Insurance and the Transmission of Inequality

Schumpeter Lecture
John MOORE, Edinburgh University and LSE
Partial Contracts

EEA Presidential Address
Andreu Mas-Colell, UPF
On commitment and breakdown in bargaining among the many

Fisher Schultz Lecture
Lars P. HANSEN, Chicago
Modeling the Long Run: Valuation in Markov Economies

SPECIAL EEA 20th ANNIVERSARY SESSIONS

All sessions take place in the "Großer Festsaal" at the Main University of Vienna.

Session A: The Economics of the Human Animal

Friday 25th August, 11.30 - 13.30

Chair: Paul SEABRIGHT

Ernst FEHR, Zürich
Neuroeconomics Exploring the biological foundations of social behavior

Carol PROPPER, Bristol
The Economics of Ordinary Vices - the case of obesity

Philip COOK, Duke
Calculated Violence: the impact of incentives on passionate choices

Paul SEABRIGHT, Toulouse
The Economics of Gender in the Light of the Biology of Sexual Competition"

Session B: Roundtable on "Research and Higher Education in Economics: Can we deliver the Lisbon objectives?"

Saturday 26th August, 14.30 -  16.30

Chair: Richard Blundell, UCLondon

Speaker: Jacques DREZE, Louvain-la-Neuve

Discussants:
Jacques CREMER, IDEI and Toulouse
Mathias DEWATRIPONT, Bruxelles and CEPR
Andreu MAS-COLLEL, UPF and President of EEA

Session C: Macroeconomics policies in Europe: The perspective of  academic economists as policy makers

Sunday 27th August, 11.30 - 13.30

Chair: Richard Portes, LBS

George ALOGOSKOUFIS,
Minister of Finance, Greece, and former Prof of Econ, Univ. of London

Vittorio GRILLI, Director of the Treasury, Italy, and former Prof of Finance, Univ. of London and Rochester.