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NBER: IMF Annual Research Conference - Call for Papers
Subject: IMF Annual Research Conference - Call for Papers
From: Carl Beck (cbeck@nber.org)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2006 - 14:51:26 EST
>***Call for Papers***
>Jacques Polak Seventh Annual Research Conference
>
>The International Monetary Fund will hold the Jacques Polak Seventh
>Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on
>November 9-10, 2006. The conference is intended to provide a forum for
>discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken both by IMF
>staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views
>among researchers and policy makers.
>
>The theme of this year's conference is Capital Flows. Possible topics
>include (but are not restricted to): (1) the role of capital flows in
>economic development and growth; (2) booms and busts in capital flows to
>emerging market countries, and policies that can mitigate their effects;
>(3) global financial imbalances and their resolution; (4) the impact of
>capital mobility on domestic policies and institutions; (5) the
>determinants of the direction, size and structure of international
>capital flows. Papers that do not fit into these categories, but that
>are related to the main theme of the conference, are also welcome.
>
>Interested contributors should submit a draft paper or a two-page
>proposal to the Program Committee. The proposal should include the title
>of the paper, the author(s)' affiliation and contact information, the
>main questions to be examined, the most relevant literature, the
>intended contribution of the paper to the literature, and the possible
>data sets and methodology to be employed. If no paper is yet available,
>whenever possible please attach a work-in-progress draft to the
>proposal. Authors should also provide a copy of their curriculum vitae.
>All presenters will be reimbursed for travel expenses and accommodation.
>
>Please submit your proposals (in a Word or PDF file) by April 15, 2006
>(e-mail to ARC2006@imf.org.), using the contact author's name as the
>name of the file. The Program Committee will evaluate all proposals in
>terms of originality, analytical rigor and policy relevance. A 15-page
>work-in-progress draft will be required by early July. Further
>information on the conference program will be posted on the IMF website
>(www.imf.org).
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