Relevant issues and factors for current account adjustment may include: - The exchange rate regime (external versus internal devaluations) - The modality of fiscal consolidations (tax versus spending adjustments) - Firm heterogeneity and export performance - Labour market reforms - Financial...

Topics: - Reforming the Stability and Growth Pact - Financial stability of the EMU - The role of ECB - Fiscal imbalances and sovereign default in the EU - Debt consolidation strategies - Dealing with Current Account Imbalances - The role of EURO in the emerging world monetary system

The conference will solicit papers in all areas of macroeconomic theory and policy and international finance. Topics: Exchange rates and Currency Markets; Monetary Theory and Policy; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Financial Econometrics; Macroeconomics; Financial Effects of Euro Adoption;...