Day 1: April 29, 2010

Keynote lecture

Prof. Fabrizio Coricelli: The Global Financial Crisis: Some Implications for Emerging European Markets

Session 1: Financial Crises

Davide Furceri and Aleksandra Zdzienicka: The Real Effect of Financial Crises in the European Transition Economies [Abstract]

Arjana Brezigar-Masten, Fabrizio Coricelli and Igor Masten: Financial Integration and Financial Development in Transition Economies: What Happens During Financial Crises? [Abstract]

Ruben Atoyan: Beyond the Crisis: Revisiting Emerging Europe's Growth Model [Abstract]

Session 2: Macro/Financial Markets/Banking

George Anayiotos, Hovhannes Toroyan and Athanasios Vamvakidis: The efficiency of emerging Europe’s banking sector before the 2008 crisis [Abstract]

Betrand Gruss and Silvia Sgherri: The Volatility Costs of Procyclical Lending Standards: An Assesment Using a DSGE Model [Abstract]

Daniel Ibrahim, Peter Haiss and Bernhard Mahlberg: The Internationalization of Banking: A Micro-Macro Approach with a Focus on Romania [Abstract]

Gancho Todorov Ganchev: Twin Deficit Hypothesis: The Case of Bulgaria [Abstract]

Day 2: April 30, 2010

Session 3: Banking/Financial Markets

Miroslav Mateev and Yanko Anastasov: Determinants of Small and Medium Sized Fast Growing Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe: A Panel Data Analysis [Abstract]

Olena Havrylchyk and Emilia Jurzyk: Foreign bank presence and its effect on firm entry and exit in transition economies [Abstract]

Deniz İkizlerli and Numan Ülkü: The Interaction Between Foreigners' Trading and Stock Returns: Evidence from Turkey [Abstract]

Debora Revoltella, Fabio Mucci and Dubravko Mihaljek: Properly pricing country risk: a model for pricing long-term fundamental risk applied to CEE countries [Abstract]

Session 4: Banking

Elmas Yaldiz and Flavio Bazzanna: The Effect of Market Power on Banks' Risk Taking in Turkey [Abstract]

Gianni de Nicolò and Elena Loukoianova: Bank Ownership, Market Structure and Risk [Abstract]

Marijana Bađun: The Determinants of Bank Interest Margins: A Political Economy View [Abstract]