Past activities: Congresses
2005
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HM King Mohammed VI message to 14th IEA congress Janos Kornai 's presidential address |
The Fourteenth Word Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) took place in Marrakech (August 29- September 2, 2005)
Mr. Fathallah Oualalou, Minister of Finance and Privatisation, President of the Moroccan Economic Association and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, has been responsible for the logistics and successful implementation of the Congress.
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On behalf of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Mr. Abdelaziz Meziane Belfkih, adviser to the King, welcomed the congress participants and delivered the Royal Message. |
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The opening session was delivered by Janos Kornai, President of the International Economic Association on "The Great Transformation of Central Eastern Europe: Success and Disappointment". |
The main themes of the congress were:
(1) New trends in economics
(2) Understanding the great changes in the world
(3) Economic Reforms in Morocco
The area of theme (1) included issues like:
- New results in behavioural economics
- New institutional economics
- Globalisation and new development in trade theory
- Economic development
- The first fifteen years of post socialist transition
- Honesty and trust
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1. Six distinguished lectures. Contributors to these invited lectures included
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2. Seven invited sessions organised by: Claude Menard on "Institutional Design and Economic Performance" ; Oded Stark on "The New Economics of the Brain Drain: Analytics, Empirics, and Policy”; Masahiko Aoki on “Mechanism of Institutional Change” ; Susan Rose-Ackerman on “Trust and Distrust in Post-socialist Transition: State Capture and Public Accountability" ; Jan Svejnar on “15 Years of Post-Socialist Transition" ; Herbert Gintis on "The Implications of Experimental Economics For Economic Theory" ; Mustafa Nabli on "Is Democracy a Binding Constraint for Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Region? ".
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3. One special invited session organised and chaired by Mohamed Chafiki on "Economic Reforms in Morocco" |
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4. One invited panel discussion Bina Agarwal on “Environmental conservation, Inequality, and Governance of the Common" |
5. Sixty four parallel contributed sessions with two hundred forty three contributed papers covering all areas of economics
The scientific preparation of the Congress was placed under the responsibility of the IEA President, Janos Kornai who was assisted by two co-chairmen, Gérard Roland and Professor Laszlo Matyas, and an International Programme Committee consisting of distinguished economists.
Areas of economics and full list of the Programme Committee are as follows:
| • History of Economic Thought, Economic History : Gerardo della Paolera (The American University of Paris, France) |
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| • Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics, Econometric Modeling : Jaya Krishnakumar (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Timo Terasvirta (University of Stockholm, Sweden) Gabor Kezdi (CEU, Central European University, Hungary) |
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| • Economic Theory : Andreu Mas Colell* (Pompeu Fabra, Spain) |
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| • Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics : Simon Gaechter (University of Saint Gallen, Switzerland) |
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| • House and Income Distribution : Attila Ratfai (CEU, Hungary) |
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| • Law and Economics : Anthony Dnes (University Hull, UK) |
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| • Macroeconomics : Fabio Canova (Pombeu Fabra, Spain), Eliana Cardoso* (Brazil), Eduardo Engel* (Chile / Yale University USA), Robert Solow* (MIT), Alessandro Vercelli* (University of Sienna, Italy) |
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| • International trade : Peter Benczur (MNB, Hungarian National Bank) |
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| • International Economics : Philip Lane (University of Dublin, Ireland), Jacob Frenkel* (Israel / Merill Lynch UK), Jean-Paul Fitoussi* (OFCE, Paris, France) |
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| • Economic Policy (national and international) : Guillermo Calvo* (University Maryland) |
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| • Development Economics : E.Somanathan (Indian Stat. Inst, India), Heba Handoussa* (ERF, Egypt) |
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| • Public Finance and Public Economics : Ben Lockwood (Univ, Warwick, UK), Kotaro Suzumura* (Hitotsubashi University, Japan), Vitor Constancio* (Bank of Portugal) |
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| • Health, Education, Demographics, Urban Economics : Pierre Pestieau (CORE, Belgium), Maria Augusztinovics* (Institute of Economics Hungarian, Academy of Sciences, Hungary) |
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| • Labor Economics, Gender : Bina Agarwal* (Institue of Economic Growth, India), Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa* (Rome, Italy) |
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| • Industrial Organization : Patrick Rey (University Toulouse, France) |
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| • Economics of Transition : Stepan Jurajda (CERGE-EI, Czech Republic) Michael Kaser* (U.K.), Wu Jinglian* (Peking University & Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) |
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| • Institutional Economics : Ugo Pagano (University of Sienna, Italy) |
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| • Environmental economics : Barry Field (University of Massachusetts, USA), Michael Hoel* (University of Oslo, Norway) |
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| • Agricultural and Resource Economics : Leo Simon (UC Berkeley, USA) |
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| • Computational methods in economics : Felix Kubler (University of Mannheim, Germany) |
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| • North Africa / Moroccan issues : Mohamed Chafiki (Mohammed V University, Rabat and Ministry of Finance and Privatization, Morocco) * Members of the IEA Executive Committee, ex-officio members of the Program Committee. The IEA is most grateful to the Ministry of Finance and Privatisation and other sources in Morocco (Royal Air Maroc, Maroc Telecom, Banques Centrale Populaire and Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion) who generously agreed to ensure most of the funding of the Congress. Generous subventions were also provided by (in alphabetical order):
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2002Report on the XIII World Congress
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| The opening session was addressed by the President of the Republic of Portugal, HE Senhor Jorge Sampaio and by the newly-appointed Minister of Finance, HE Senhor Manuela Ferreira Leite. The IEA President, Professor Robert M. Solow delivered a paper: "Is Fiscal Policy Possible? Is it Desirable?" The IEA is most grateful to the Portuguese Economic Association, the Banco de Portugal, the Caixa Geral de Depositos, the European Commission, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Portugal Telecom and other sources in Portugal who generously agreed to ensure most of the funding of the Congress. Generous subsidies from Unesco, the World Bank and the European Commission and international organisations... The main themes of the congress were: 1. The past and future of the European Union
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2. One special invited session organised by the European Development Research Network on “Poverty Dynamics and Insurance”
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3. Fifty four parallel sessions with 200 contributed papers covering all areas of economicsThe scientific preparation of the congress was placed under the responsibility of the IEA President, Professor Robert Solow, who was assisted by an international Program Committee composed of 30 members. The full list of the Program Committee is as follows: Bina Agarwal (India) As a result of this Congress, the plenary lectures and invited papers have been/ will be published in four volumes by Palgrave The Past, Present and Future of the EU, edited by Alan Deardorff (Palgrave 2004) Structural Reform and Economic Policy edited by Robert M. Solow (Palgrave 2004) The Cognitive and Psychological Aspects of Economic Behaviour edited by Bina Agarwal and Alessandro Vercelli - to be published Foreign Investment and Economic Development edited by Edward (‘Monte') Graham - to be published |
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Other events organised were Saturday 7 September: meeting of the IEA Retiring Executive Committee |
 Professor Janos Kornai, IEA President 2002-2005 Professor Jean Paul Fitoussi, IEA Secretary General |
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The Centre for Research on Globalisation and Labour Markets (GLM), based at the University of Nottingham in the UK, hosted a conference on the theme of "Globalisation and Labour Markets" in July 2000. |
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1999
TWELFTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Buenos Aires, Argentina 23 - 27 August, 1999
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It should be reminded that this congress was first planned to take place in Lima, Peru, in 1998. But, unfortunately, this did not prove possible. Taking into account of the situation, the congress had to be postponed to 1999.
Finally it has been possible to organise the Congress in Buenos Aires thanks to the generous grant given by the Central Bank of Argentina and to the considerable efforts made by Enrique Bour, former President of the "Asociacion Argentina de Economia Politica", in raising the suitable funding locally.
The Congress was hosted by the "Asociacion Argentina de Economia Politica" (AAEP) who was in charge of its organisation. All practical arrangements have been co-ordinated by an organising committee placed under the direction of Enrique Bour (chairman) and the late Rolf Mantel (vice-chairman). Furthermore, a considerable amount of work has been devoted to co-ordinating arrangements, both from the scientific and organisational point of view, in close liaison with the IEA President, Jacques Dreze, Secretary General, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, David de la Croix (chairman of the programme committee), programme committee members and the local organising committee.
David de la Croix and Enrique Bour
The five days Congress program consisted of:
- two plenary sessions (those by Jacques Drèze (CORE, Belgium)and Joseph Stiglitz (The World Bank).
- thirty three lectures were delivered, covered by two major topics:
- "Global Inequality. Where are we and where are we headed?" with a program arranged by Richard Freeman (Harvard, USA) with lectures on the global perspective, the developed world and the developing countries.
- "Advances in Macroeconomics" arranged by Jacques H. Dreze (CORE, Belgium) with lectures on growth, fluctuation, money, the expectations revolution, employment and institutions, monetary unions and macroeconomics development.
Contributors to these invited lectures included Nobel laureates Kenneth J. Arrow and Robert Solow.
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 Kenneth J. Arrow and Robert Solow |
Three volumes resulting from the Congress have been published by Palgrave Macmillan
Advances in Macroeconomic Theory, Vol. 1 , edited by Jacques Dreze (2001).
Inequality around the World, Vol. 2, edited by Richard Freeman ( 2002).
Latin American Economic Crises, Vol. 3, edited by Enrique Bour, Daniel Heyman and Fernando Navajas ( 2003).
1995
"ELEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION"
Tunis, Tunisia , December 1995
The scientific preparation of the Congress was placed under the responsibility of the IEA President, Professor Michael Bruno who was assisted by the Secretary General, Professor Jean-Paul Fitoussi, and an International Programme Committee consisting of distinguished economists.
In the programme of the Congress, there were two plenary sessions, three panels and 41 parallel sessions as listed below.
More than 300 papers covering several fields of economics were presented and the proceedings have been published by Palgrave in 6 volumes under a general title: " Contemporary Economic Issues"
Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 1: Regional Experience and System Reform , edited by Justin Yifu Lin (1998).Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 2: Labour, Food and Poverty, edited by Yair Mundlak (1998).
Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 3: Trade, Payments and Debt, edited by Daniel Cohen (1998).
Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 4: Economic Behaviour and Design, edited by Murat Sertel (1999).
Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 5 : Macroeconomics and Finance, edited by Holger C.Wolf (1998).
Contemporary Economic Issues Vol. 6 : Economic Development in Sub Saharan Africa, edited by Abrahim Elbadawi, Benno Ndulu, African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi, Kenya ( 2001).
Programme
Sessions
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1 Game Theory and Applications (S. Hart, Israel) 2 Macro Policy in Open Economies(P. Howitt, Canada & C. Wyplosz, France) 3 Determinants of Economic Growth(S. Rebelo, Portugal) 4 Lessons of Economic History(P. Temin, USA) 5 Contracting Theory(O. Hart, USA & J.H. Moore, UK) 6 Economics of Information(K. Arrow, USA) 7 History of Economic Thought(H. D. Kurz, Austria & T. Negishi, Japan) 8 Technology and Trade(E. Helpman, Israel) 9 International Trading Arrangements(R. Baldwin, USA) 10 Trade, Tariffs and Development(R. Faini, Italy & D. Rodrik, USA) 11 Exchange Rate Regimes and Unions(A. Giovannini, Italy) 12 Economics of Multinational Firms(D. Lessard, USA) 13 Foreign Direct Investment, Debt and Portfolio Management (D. Cohen, France) 14 Maastricht and European Economic Space(D. Begg, UK) 15 Public Economics, National and Sub-National(A. Sandmo, Norway) 16 Economics of the Environment(K-G. Mäler, Sweden & H. Uzawa, Japan) 17 Economic Geography and Urban Economics(J. Thisse, France) 18 Industrial Regulation(J. J. Laffont, France) 19 Economics of Corruption and Crime(S. Zamagni, Italy) 20 Institutions, Organizations and Incentives(O. Williamson, USA & M. Sertel, Turkey)
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21 Income Distribution: Theory and Evidence(A. Atkinson, UK & F. Bourguignon, France) 22 Old Age Security and Pension Systems (P. A. Diamond, USA) 23 Economics of Poverty and Hunger(P. S. Dasgupta, UK & M. Ravallion, Australia) 24 European Unemployment and Labor Markets(D. Snower, UK) 25 Labor Markets in Developing Countries(R. Kanbur, UK & S. Horton, Canada) 26 Gender and Economic Development(B. Agarwal, India & N. Folbre, USA) 27 Economics of Migration(K. Zimmerman, Germany & J. Dolado, Spain) 28 Economics of Central Banking(V. Grilli, Italy) 29 Banking Reform(M. Long, USA) 30 Finance and Capital Markets(B. Dumas, France) 31 Microeconomics of Invention and Innovation(D. Audretsch, Germany) 32 Infrastructure: Energy, Water & Transportation(P. Swan, Australia) 33 Food, Nutrition and Agriculture(S. R. Osmani, Bangladesh & YMundlak, Israel) 34 Lessons of South Asian Development(K. S. Parikh, India & K. Basu, India) 35 Lessons of Japan's Development & Institutions(T. Ito, Japan) 36 Lessons of East Asian Development(W. Hong, South Korea & P. Intal, Philippines) 37 Lessons of Chinese Reform(S. Yusuf, Pakistan & J. Y. Lin, China) 38 Lessons of Latin American Reform(V. Corbo, Chile) 39 East European Adjustment and Reform(R. Portes, UK & J. Svejnar, Czech Republic) 40 Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa(I. Elbadawi, Sudan & B. Ndulu, Kenya) 41 Mahgreb Economies(M. K. Nabli, Tunisia) |
The Tenth World Congress of the International Economic Association took place against the background of historic changes in the Russian economy and society. Among the features of the Congress were lively debates about the choices facing Russian Economic policy, including addresses by many policy-makers. For more than 400 participants from outside Russia, the Congress provided first-hand insight into the problems of transition to a market economy. For all taking part, there was an unprecedented opportunity for scientific exchanges, both formal and informal .
The final programme consisted of 5 plenary lectures, 4 panel sessions, 29 half-day and 17 full-day specialised sessions. There were 67 invited papers and 241 contributed papers. The scientific sessions covered all aspects of economics. While the economic transformation of the former USSR and Eastern Europe was to the forefront of everyone's minds, there were important sessions on the development of Latin America, China, India and Africa. Those taking part were drawn from more that 50 countries.
One of the important objectives of the Congress was to contribute to the development of economics training in the successor states of the former USSR. In part, this contribution took the form of the general opportunity for scientific exchange afforded by the Congress.
Three specific contributions were:
- Two panel sessions dealing with the problems of teaching economics.
Professor Anne Krueger organised a panel on
"The Graduate Teaching of Economics".
The second panel was organised by Mr S. Wright, of the University of Cambridge, on the subject of "
Training and Re-Training in Economics"
- The second contribution of the Association was through a paper commissioned from a team of Russian economists on
"Teaching Economics: Post Soviet Case" Post Soviet Case" written by Yaroslav I. Kuzminov (Institute of Economics) , Oleg. Ananying (Institute of Economics), Igor V.Lipsits (Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs), Sergey N. Sementsov (Academy of National Economy)A number of the IEA officers and congress participants were involved in the initiative to establish the " New Economic School in Moscow" This initiative was co- ordinated by Professor Valeri Makarov of CEMI and Professor Gus Ofer from the Hebrew University, (Jerusalem).
As a result of this Congress, the plenary lectures and invited papers have been published in five volumes by Palgrave under the title:
"Economics in a changing world"Vol 1: System Transformation : Eastern and Western Assessments, edited by Abel Aganbegyan, Oleg Bogomolov and Michael Kaser (Macmillan 1994).
Vol 2: Microeconomics, edited by Beth Allen (Macmillan 1996).
Vol 3 : Public Policy and Economic Organization, edited by Dieter Bös (Macmillan 1994).
Vol 4: Development, Trade and the Environment, edited by Edmar Bacha (Macmillan 1994).
Vol 5 : Economic Growth and Capital and Labour Market, edited by Jean-Paul Fitoussi (Macmillan 1995).