PCPE 2010 Preliminary Schedule
Memorial Lectures
The highlights of the PCPE are named lectures commemorating the heritage of two towering statures of economic science whose lives are bound with the city of Prague: Franz Cuhel and Friedrich Wieser. These lectures are associated with memorial prizes of the same name.
The Cuhel Memorial Lecture will be delivered by G. R. Steele. G. R. Steele is reader in economics at the University of Lancaster and focuses on the economics and political philosophy of F.A. Hayek. He has published extensively on Hayek's theory of money, capital and business cycles, and on Hayek's comparison with his 1930s opponent J.M. Keynes. |
The Wieser Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Richard Epstein. R. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. His research covers a broad range of subjects within law and law and economics. To name a few, Prof. Epstein has published numerous and influential studies on constitutional law, employment discrimination law, health law, patents and property law. He is known for classical liberal views in legal theory. |
Friday, March 19 - Program held at CEVRO Institute College (sessions open to public) - see address and map.
| 2 - 3 pm | Registration | |
| 3 - 3:30 pm | Welcome Toast | |
| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Opening of the Conference by Josef Šíma | |
| 3:45 - 4:30 pm | Cuhel Memorial Lecture, delivered by G.R. Steele | |
| 4:30 - 4:45 pm | Refreshment Break | |
| 4:45 - 5 pm | Hayek's Czech Roots by M. Zajíček | |
| 5 - 5:45 pm | Wieser Memorial Lecture, delivered by R. Epstein | |
| 5:45 - 6 pm | Final Remarks | |
| 6 - 7 pm | Break | |
| 7 - 10 pm | Welcome Dinner |
Saturday, March 20 - Program held at CEVRO Institute College (sessions only for conference participants)
| 9 - 11 am | Government and Bureaucracy I Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought I Panarchy |
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| 11 - 11:30 am | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Topics in Austrian Economics Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought II Impact of Recent Government Policies |
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| 3 - 5 pm | Ronald Coase and Law & Economics Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought III International Trade and Relations |
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| 5 - 5:30 pm | Refreshment Break | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Government and Bureaucracy II Business Cycle and the 2008-09 Recession Topics in Economic Theory |
Sunday, March 21 - Tour of the historical center of Prague (optional) - see details.
PCPE 2010, Sessions on Saturday, March 20
The program is preliminary and may be subject to change.
1. Topics in Austrian Economics
Roderick T. Long (Auburn University) - Platonic Pitfalls for Austro-Libertarians
Adam Knott (Independent) - Ludwig von Mises and the Rational Basis for a Science of Ethical Actions
Marek Hudík (University of Economics, Prague) - Is There a Specific Austrian Demand Theory?
2. Panarchy
Aviezer Tucker (CEVRO Institute Prague) - Why Are Consistent Libertarians Panarchists?
Adam Knott (Independent) - The Practice of Panarchism
3. Government and Bureaucracy I
Adriano Gianturco Gulisano (University of Genoa) - Invalid Ballot Papers and Abstentionism - Descriptive Theory and Suggestions for Reforms
Pavel Pelikán (University of Economics, Prague) - The Government Economic Agenda in a Society of Unequally Rational Individuals
4. Government and Bureaucracy II
Laurent Carnis (French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research) - Political Perspectives on Bureaucracy
Michael Dorsch (The American University of Paris) - Bailouts for Sale
Philipp Schuster (University of Bremen) - New Public Management Reform in European Countries - Has it Lived up to Its Promises - Empirical Evidence from the Telecommunication Sector
5. International Trade and Relations
Viki Nellas (Univ. Toulouse 1,Univ. di Bologna), Elisabetta Olivieri (Univ. di Bologna) - Too Much or Too Little Immigration - Evidence from the Non-Tradable Services Sector
Jiří Schwarz Jr. (Charles University, Prague) - Impact of Institutions on Cross-Border Price Dispersion
Irene Vlachaki (Athens University of Economics and Business) - Misused Financial Aid, Political Aid, and Regime Survival - Theory and Evidence from 70 Aid Recipients
Pavel Kuchař (University of Economics, Prague) - Enforcing Capital Protection in Developing Countries
Maja Adena (Free University, Berlin) - Nonprofit Organizations, Media and Donor's Trust
6. Business Cycle and the 2008-09 Recession
Francesco Manaresi (University of Bologna) - Consumption Smoothing and the 2008 Recession - Clean Evidence of Time Inconsistency
Patrick Leoni (Euromed Management, France) - Psychological Determinants of Occurrence and Magnitude of Market Crashes
Francois Facchini (Univ. of Reims, Univ. of Paris 1) - French Finance Act in 2010 and GDP Growth
7. Impact of Recent Government Policies
Bel G. Raggad (Pace University, New York), Manal Mastouri (University of Tunis) - The Politics of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and IT Compliance
Tomáš Otáhal (Newton College and Mendel Univ., Brno) - Corruption in the Czech and Slovak Republics - Did the EU Pressure Improve Legal Enforcement?
Josef Mládek (University of Economics, Prague) - Regulation of Financial Markets
8. Ronald Coase and Law & Economics
Miroslav Zajíček (University of Economics, Prague) - Coase and Hayek
Alain Herscovici (Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brasil) - Intellectual Property Rights, Transaction Costs and Governance - Asset Complexity and Limits of the New Law and Economics Approach
Further participants will be specified later
9. Topics in Economic Theory
Arash Molavi Vassei (University of Hohenheim)- Static Tools for Dynamic Analysis - Ludwig von Mises's Business Cycle Theory
Pavel Chalupníček (University of Economics, Prague) - No One Can Serve Two Masters - Is There a Conflict of Economics and Christianity in the Minds of Young Christian Economists
Anton Liubich (Mikhaylovskaya Sloboda OJSC, Moscow) - Problems of Monetary Regulation in Russia and the Menger Theory
10. Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought I
Jane Bogoev (Staffordshire University) - Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Pass-through Adjustment of Lending Rates in Macedonia - an SUR Approach
Ilze Stokmane (Latvia University of Agriculture) - Regional Policy in the Baltic States
Alba Allmuça (Kristal University, Tirana) - Trade Regional Integration Arrangements
Oksana Pashchenko (Donetsk National Technical Univ.) - History of Political Economy in Ukraine
11. Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought II
Masoome Fouladi (University of Tehran) - Effects of Government Expenditure on GDP, Employment and Household Income - A CGE Models Approach
Sina Mehrabi Rad (University of Tehran) - A Case Study on Consolidation of Regional Cooperation - Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline
Somesh Mathur (Indian Institue of Technology, Kanpur) - Models of Financial Crises and Reforms in the International Financial Architecture and Determinants of Financial Crisis in India from 1971-72 through 2008-09
12. Case Studies of National Economies and Economic Thought III
Madzli bin Harun (University of Malaysia, Terengganu) - The Capacity of Principal-Agent Theory on Trade Policy Implementation Process in the Case of Developing Eight Organisation of Economic Cooperation amongst Muslim Member States (D-8)
Mehmet Ufuk Tutan (Izmir University of Economics, Turkey) - Capital Inflows in Turkey's Economy
Osman Yildirim, Durmus Dundar (Instanbul Kultur University) - Awareness Research about the Regional Development Agencies - Evidence from Turkey
