The schedule of open seminars for 2004:

Date

Topic

Lecturer (institution)

20 January
at 15.30

EBRD Transition Report 2003 V. Mitchell-Thomson (EBRD)

2 March
at 10.00

An Approach to Bank Insolvency in Transition and Energing Economies D. G. Mayes (Bank of Finland)

30 March
at 10.00

Does Monetary Union Lead to Market Integration R. Friberg (Stockholm School of Economics)

20 April
at 10.00

Taylor Rules and the Predictability of Interest Rates P. Söderlind (Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance)

27 May
at 14.00

EMU Entry for the New EU Member States, the Convergence Criteria and the Stability Pact L. Calmfors (Stockholm University)

8 June
at 10.00

How to Avoid Regulatory Capture A. Persaud (Global Asset Management)

17 August
10.00

The Importance of the Bank-Lending Channel in Estonia: Evidence from Micro-Economic Data R. Juks

1 September
10.00

Financial Management in the Euro-zone C. Goodhart (LSE)

28 September
10.00

The Price Block of Eesti Pank's Macro Model: Implications for Estonian Inflation A. Dabušinskas

12 October
10.00

Fiscal Rules on the Road to EMU F. Coricelli (University of Siena)

16 November
10.00

Hooverism, Hyperstabilisation or Halfway-House? Describing Fiscal Policy in Central and Eastern European EU Members J. Lewis, R. Kattai