Rodolfo DeBenedetti fond korraldab 19. juunil Itallias, Lecces kuuenda Euroopa konverentsi teemal "Struktuurireformid ilma eelarvamusteta".

Lisainfo ja registreerimisvorm Eesti Tööandjate Keskliidust, Eve Päärendson, tel 6999304, eve@ettk.ee

Fondazione RODOLFO DEBENEDETTI is happy to announce the Sixth European Conference on "Structural Reforms without Prejudices", which will take place in Lecce on June 19, 2004 from 9:30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

The discussion will be based on two reports, prepared by two teams of experts, under the supervision of the Fondazione.  The first group will take stock of structural reforms in different industries and countries, trying to assess whether they really had a significant impact on the rest of the economy. The group will be co-ordinated by Riccardo Faini (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"), together with Jonathan Haskel (University College London), Giorgio Navaretti (University of Milano), Carlo Scarpa (University of Brescia) and Christian Wey (DIW - Berlin).

The second team will study the political constraints facing the implementation of structural reforms and way to "cheat" the policy trade-offs.  The co-ordinators of this group are Michael Castanheira (Ecares, Brussels) and Vincenzo Galasso (Bocconi University and Igier), together with Stéphane Carcillo (Minist?re des affaires économiques, France), Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam), Giuseppe Nicoletti (OECD), and Lydia Tsyganok (Ecares, Brussels).

Fondazione RODOLFO DEBENEDETTI
Via Salasco, 3/5
I-20136 Milan (Italy)
Tel. +39-02-58363341/2
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info@frdb.org

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"Structural Reforms without Prejudices"

Lecce, June 19 2004
Sala Consigliare - Palazzo dei Celestini

Preliminary Programme

9:30-10:00 Opening addresses:
Giuliano Amato (Italian Senate and former Deputy President of the European Convention)
Carlo De Benedetti (President of the Fondazione RODOLFO DEBENEDETTI)

10:00-11:00 Contrasting Europe’s decline: do structural reforms work?
Riccardo Faini (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"),
Jonathan Haskel (University College London),
Giorgio Navaretti (University of Milano),
Carlo Scarpa (University of Brescia) and
Christian Wey (DIW - Berlin)
Chairman: Tito Boeri (Fondazione RDB and Bocconi University)

11:00-11:45 Discussants:
Olivier Blanchard (MIT) and
Jan Svejnar (William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan)

11:45-12:45 General discussion

12:45-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:00 How to Win Political Support to Reforms
Stéphane Carcillo (Ministčre des affaires économiques, Direction de la Prévision),
Micael Castanheira (Ecares, Brussels),
Vincenzo Galasso (Bocconi University and Igier),
Enrico Perotti (University of Amsterdam),
Giuseppe Nicoletti (OECD), and
Lydia Tsyganok (Ecares, Brussels)
Chairman: Pietro Garibaldi (Fondazione RDB and Bocconi University)

15:00-15:45 Discussants:
Stefano Scarpetta (World Bank),
Gérard Roland (University of California at Berkeley)

15:45-16:45 General discussion

16:45-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-17:45 Lessons for an Enlarged Europe
Simon Commander (London Business School and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Andrč Sapir (European Commission and Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Vito Tanzi (Inter-American Development Bank)
Chairman: Katherine Terrell (William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan)