European Economic Integration: Present and Future Challenges

20th – 21st June 2014, Lisbon, Portugal

Jointly organized by

INFER – International Network for Economic Research

ISEG-ULisboa – School of Economics and Management of the Universidade de Lisboa

UECE – Research Unit on Complexity and Economics

Workshop objectives: The workshop provides a platform to present and discuss theoretical and applied research on the present and future challenges of European economic integration.

Workshop topics: Researchers are invited to submit both theoretical and empirical papers. In particular, we welcome papers related to the following topics, analysed within the European framework:

·      Economic growth and migrations

·      European banking union

·      European integration

·      European monetary policy

·      Financial integration

·      Financial market regulation

·      Fiscal policy integration

·      Insurance and pension funds

·      International trade and economic geography

·      Risk management

·      Social security system design

Guest speakers

·         Gabriel Felbermayr – CESIFO, Ifo Institute,  Leibniz-Institutefor Economic Research at the University of Munich

·        João de Sousa Andrade – University of Coimbra

·        Stuart Hollande – University of Coimbra

Scientific Committee:

·        Abel Fernandes – University of Porto
·        Alberto Bagnai – University of Pescara
·        Ansgar Belke – University of Duisburg-Essen
·        António Afonso – ISEG – ULisboa and UECE
·        Cândida Ferreira – ISEG – ULisboa and UECE
·        Camelia Turcu – University of Órléans
·        Christian Richter – University of Bedfordshire
·        Clara Raposo ­- ISEG-ULisboa
·        Daniel Mirza – University of Tours
·        Elias Soukiazis – University of Coimbra
·        Filipe Aleman Serrano – ISP
·        Isabel Vieira – University of Évora
·        Iulia Siedschlag – ESRI
·        Jan Babecký – Czech National Bank
·        Jan Van Hove – KU Leuven, HUBrussels
·        João Ferreira do Amaral – ISEG – ULisboa and UECE
·        João Pedro Vidal Nunes – ISCTE
·        Jorge Barros Luís – ISEG – ULisboa and Montepio Geral
·        Jorge Santos – ISEG – ULisboa and UECE
·        José Soares da Fonseca –  University of Coimbra
·        Makram El-Shagi – Halle Institute
·        Maria Teresa Pereira – ISGB
·        Matthieu Crozet – University of Paris 11
·        Michael Stierle – European Commission
·        Nazaré Barroso – ISEG – ULisboa and ISP
·        Teresa Garcia  – ISEG – ULisboa

Organization Committee:

·        Cândida Ferreira ( candidaf@iseg.utl.pt) – ISEG-UL and UECE

·        Maria Teresa Garcia ( mtgarcia@iseg.utl.pt) – ISEG-UL

·        Workshop Secretariat: Sandra Araújo – UECE ( ueceevents@iseg.ulisboa.pt)