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Workshop program
Keynote Speakers
Anthony P. Thirlwall, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
"Balance-of-Payments Constrained Growth Models: History and Overview"
John McCombie, University of Cambridge, U.K.
"Criticisms and Defences of the Balance-of-Payments Constrained Growth Model:
Mark Setterfield, Trinity College, USA
"The remarkable durability of Thirlwall's Law"
Friday 24th of June,2011
8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30 -10:00 Welcoming
10:00 -11:00 Plenary Session - keynote speaker Prof. Anthony Thirlwall
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 1
Ricardo Azevedo Araujo, "New insights from a structural economic dynamic approach to balance of payments constrained growth". Discussant: Matteo Lanzafame.
Matteo Lanzafame, "The endogeneity of the balance of payments constrained growth rate". Discussant: Ricardo Araujo.
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 2
Mario Garcia Molina and Houver Quitian, "Thirlwall´s Law and the volatility of capital flows". Discussant: Alberto Bagnai
Alberto Bagnai, Arsène Rieber and Thi Tran, "Generalized balance-of-payments constrained growth and south-south trade in Sub-Saharan Africa", Discussant: Mario Garcia Molina.
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 3
Fabrício Missio and Frederico G. Jayme Junior, "Structural heterogeneity and the endogeneity of elasticities on the balance-of-payments constrained growth model". Discussant: Nat Tharnpanich.
Nat Tharnpanich and John McCombie, "Balance-of-Payments constrained growth, structural change and the Thai Economy". Discussant: Frederico G. Jayme Junior.
18:00 - 19:00 Visit to the old University
Saturday 25th of June, 2011
9:30 -10:30 Plenary Session - keynote speaker Prof. John McCombie
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Session 4
João Prates Romero, Fabrício Silveira and Gustavo Britto, "Structural change, the National Innovation System and the Balance-of-Payments constraint: A theoretical and empirical analysis of the Brazilian case". Discussant: Rafael Ribeiro.
Rafael Saulo Marques Ribeiro, "The export-led and the balance-of-payments constrained growth model revisited". Discussant: João Prates Romero.
Virmantas Kvedaras, "Empirical testing of the export-led and BOP-constrained growth: the case of Portugal".
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 5
Elias Soukiazis, Pedro A. Cerqueira and Micaela Antunes, "Growth rates constrained by internal and external imbalances: A demand orientated approach" Discussant: Carlos Garciamartin
Carlos Garciamartin, José Alonso and Luis Rivas, "Convergence and Balance-of-Payments constrained growth: Is there a Puzzle?". Discussant: Elias Soukiazis
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 6
Oscar Rubio and Carmen Díaz-Roldán, "Economic growth and the balance of payments constraint: The case of Spanish regions, 1988-2008. Discussant: Alex Luis Ferreira
Alex Luiz Ferreira, Renato Colistete, Ricardo Prioste and Fernando Barros Junior, " A causality test between coffee exports and machinery imports in Brazil from 1869 to 1930". Discussant: Oscar Rubio.
18:00 -19:00 Plenary Session - keynote speaker Prof. Mark Setterfield
20:00 Official Dinner - (paid by the participants)
All sessions will be running a the Keynes Room 3rd floor
Important note: The time limit for paper presentation is 25 minutes and for discussants 10 minutes.