The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone threatens the very existence of the European common currency. It also reminds us of the actual frailties of this monetary arrangement and the need for urgent reforms as an alternative to its implosion.

Three of the euro zone member states have already requested international financial assistance due to severe disequilibrium of their public finances and current accounts. In the meantime, they have undertaken tough economic policy measures directed at the consolidation of their public finances which have already induced substantial negative impacts on their real economies and social fabric.

It seems that both the euro zone as their member countries, with special emphasis for the peripheral ones, are now at a crossroads. It is then urgent to reflect on what went wrong in the conception and operation of the euro zone itself, as well as in those countries which seem to have failed the integration test in this monetary union, and point out ways out of this deep crisis.

In a space without prejudices and pre-conditions open to all the academic community we would like to discuss those important topics. As far as we know, it is the first time that in Portugal academic economists are invited to come together and contribute with their knowledge and vision for the discussion that is taking place at the present time in several other circles of our societies.

We wish to confront classical and Keynesian approaches, as well as micro versus macro economic approaches, reflect on answers to preserve the euro as well as on the feasibility and consequences of its abandonment by some individual countries, and compare PIGS and non-PIGS in the way they have managed their economies since the euro was adopted.

This is why we are now making a CALL FOR PAPERS on these subjects. We consider the possibility to print a book with the papers presented at this conference provided an adequate quality level is attained.

Dates

Conference: 9^th - 10^th  of December 2011

Deadlines:

Submission of Abstracts:   October 19^th

Please fill in the submission form

Acceptance notice:    One week after submission of the abstracts

Registration:    November 19^th

Fees due by:

Participants with accepted papers: €100.00

Attendants other than students without accepted papers: €150.00

Students: €70

Payment must be made by bank transfer, with the following information: NIFIP and the name of the participant or NIFIP and the name of the institution, whether the invoice should be in the name of an individual participant or of an institution. Please send by email (nifip@fep.up.pt) a copy of the bank transfer. The following information is needed in order to make the bank transfer:

NIB: 0035 0839 00000401130 46

IBAN: PT50 0035 0839 00000401130 46

BIC SWIFT: CGDIPTPL

Bank Account: 0839000401130
nifip - Núcleo de Investigação em Finanças Públicas e Política Monetária
Faculdade de Economia do Porto
R. Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n
4200-464
PORTO, Portugal

On-site registration: additional charge of €20

Payment of Fees:

By bank transfer to a bank account whose NIB and IBAN will be available beginning September 14^th. For this and other purposes, please do consult NIFIP´s website http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/nifip/

 Copy of the bank transfer is to be sent by e-mail to nifip@fep.up.pt with identification of the sender (name, affiliation, title of the paper).

Official Language of the Conference:

                English

Submission Rules for Papers in Order to Be Considered for Publication:

The first page of the submitted papers must include:

-        Name(s) of the autor(s)

-        Affiliation

-        Institutional Adress

-        E-mail

-        Title

-        Short Abstract (300 words at the most)

-        Key words

-        JEL Codes

Final accepted papers should be sent in PDF format to nifip@fep.up.pt  

All aspects concerning submission should be adressed to nifip@fep.up.pt

Communications:

There will be at least one Plenary Sessions with Invited Speakers and several Parallel sessions. In the parallel sessions, accepted papers will be grouped in sessions with three to four papers. Each paper presentation consists of 20‐minute talks, followed at the end by a period for discussion and debate.