9thConference of the South-Eastern Monetary History Network
SEEMHN
Exploring South-Eastern Europe in a Historical and Comparative Perspective
October 9-10, 2014
University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
DRAFT – PROGRAM
Thursday -October9, 2014
9:00 – 10:00Registrationand coffee
10:00 – 10:20Opening and Welcome Address (Big Conference Hall)
Prof. Dr. Sc. Stati Statev - Rector, University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia, Member of the BNB Governing Council
Mr. Dimiter Kostov – Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, Chairman of the BNB Monetary Histry Program
10:20 – 12:00Session I: (Big Conference Hall), Chairman Nikolay Nenovsky
10:20 – 10:50Key-note Speach – Prof. Michalis Psalidopoulos (PanteionUniversity, Athens, Greece), The global economic crisis and the battle of economic ideas
10:50 – 11:20Key-note Speach – Prof. Antonio Magliulo (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma)The Trade-off between Capitalism and Democracy in a Historical Perspective
11:20 – 11:40Mr. Dimitar Mitev (Bulgarian Development Bank, Sofia)Role of the national development banks at the Balkans (the case of Bulgaria)
11:4 0 – 12:00Discussion and conclusions
12: 00 – 12.30Cofee Break
Parallel Sessions
12.30– 14.00Session II- А (Big Conference Hall), Chairman Thomas Scheiber
12:30 – 12:45Assessing the creditworthiness of patchwork portfolio entrepreneurs in Emerging Europe: An investment theory-based approach, POLINA KIRILOVA (FernUniversitat in Hagen).
12:45 – 13:00Bank Stress-Testing. Lessons from Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries, VENCISLAV HRISTEV (SofiaUniversity “St. Kliment Ohridski”)
13:00 – 13:15Independent Financial Audit – An Instrument for Stability of the Banking System, ALI VEYSEL (VUZF University, Sofia)
13:15 – 13:30Capital pension funds: the changing role in South – Eastern European Countries, STANISLAV DIMITROV (VUZF University, Sofia).
13:30 – 14:00Discussion and conclusions
14:00Lunch Break – Canteen UNWE
12.30 – 14.00 Session II- B: (Small Conference Hall), Chairman Pencho Penchev
12:30 – 12:45Determinants of Industrial Location: Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the Interwar Period, STEFAN NIKOLIC (Department of Economics and Related Research, University of York, UK)
12:45 – 13:00Key Trends in the Development of the Bulgarian Banking System between the Two World Wars, EKATERINA SOTIROVA, (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
13:15 – 13:30 The Coevolution of Money Markets and Monetary Policy, 1815-2008, CLEMENS JOBST (Oesterreichische Nationalbank and CEPR) and STEFANO UGOLINI (University of Toulouse, France).
13:30 – 13:30 Bulgarian State as an Agent of Foreign Trade – 1932-1939, VERA ASSENOVA (British Embassy, Sofia )
13:3 0 – 14:00Discussion and conclusions
14:00 Lunch Break – Canteen UNWE
afternoonVisit to the National Museum of History - optional
19:00Welcoming Reception - UNWE
Friday - October 10, 2014
9.30 – 10.00Registration and coffee
10:00 – 12:00Session I: (Big Conference Hall), Chairman Kalina Dimitrova
10.00 – 10.20 State and Economy at the Balkans.Long term trends (1989 - 2014)NIKOLAY NENOVKSY (CRIISEA, University of Picardies Jules Verne, France, University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
10.20 – 10:40Comparative study on monetary and fiscal policy in the eurozone and Bulgaria, TSVETELINA MARINOVA (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
10:40 – 11:00The contemporary deposit insurance through the perspective of bank resolution and moral hazard, DYIANA MITEVA (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
11:00 – 11:20Transition drivers of the Phillips Curve shift in SEE countries: A comparative study, LILYANA MARINOVA (University of National and World Economy – UNWЕ, Sofia)
11:20 – 11:40Regionalism vs. Nationalism in the Black Sea Area: Historical Context and Current State of the Economic Development in a Peripheral Maritime Region of Europe, ELISABETH YONEVA (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
11:40 – 12:00Discussion, conclusions and announcements
12:00 -12:30Coffee Break
Parallel Sessions
12:30 – 14:00SessionII-A(Big Conference Hall), Chairman Clemens Jobst
12:30 – 12:45The Balkan agrarian economy and the interest rate: the case of the “Danube province” (60s – 70s of the XIX century), HRISTIYAN ATANASOV (Archives State Agency, Bulgaria)
12:45 – 13:00Dinar exchange rate movements 1884-1940 – causes of agio and premium, MILAN SOJIC (National Bank of Serbia)
13:00 – 13:15The Transformation of the Greek Banking System since 1980s: Expansion and Dominance, Yorgos STASSINOPOULOS (Panteion University, Athens, Greece)
13:15 – 13:30Historical and current outlook of the regional economic integration in the Western Balkans, MONIKA MORALIJSKA (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
13:30 – 14:00Final discussion and conclusions
14:00 Lunch Break – Canteen UNWE
12:30 – 14:00Session II-B(Small Conference Hall), Chairman Dyina Miteva
12:30 – 12:45Economic nationalism as the cause of collapse (The case of Yugoslavia), KOSTA JOSIFIDIS (University of Novi Sad) and ALPAR LOŠONC (University of Novi Sad)
12:45 – 13:00Dinar Paul Einzig and the covered interest rate parityprinciple anomalies, DOMINIQUE TORRE (GREDEC – CNRS, University of Nice, France)
13:00 – 13:15Defining Economic Nationalism. On the Basis of Bulgarian Economic Nationalism of the 19th century,PENCHO PENCHEV (University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
13:15 – 13:30The economic problems of Bulgaria during the First World War and changes in its economic policy, RUMEN LYUBENOV(University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia)
13:30 – 14:00Final discussionand conclusions
14:00 Lunch Break – Canteen UNWE
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