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OTTAWA CONFERENCE

DEAR COLLEAGUES:
        YOU WILL FIND PASTED BELOW, AS WELL AS ENCLOSED AS ATTACHMENT THE PROGRAM OF A CONFERENCE THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA ON SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2002. ALL ARE WELCOME!

        CHEERS,

        MARIO

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        CAN CANADA AND ITS NAFTA PARTNERS CONDUCT
        INDEPENDENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD?
Friday, September 20, 2002                                                              Fauteux Hall 227



Opening Remarks                                                                                 9:15 - 9:30 a.m.



Session 1: Macroeconomic Theory Issues                                          9:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Chair: Ronald Bodkin (Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

John Smithin (Economics, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), and Eric Kam (Economics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
?Monetary and Fiscal Policy for the Small Open Economy under Contemporary Conditions with Mobile Capital?

Thomas Palley (Director, Globalization Reform Project, Open Society Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.)
?Small Open Economy Macroeconomics: Dornbusch versus Tobin?
Coffee Break                                                                                            10:50 -11:10 a.m.

Session 2: Political Economy of Integration within the NAFTA Context            11:10 - 11:50 a.m.

Chair: Morris Miller (School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as former Executive Director, World Bank)

Dorval Brunelle (Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
?Globalization and Its Impact on the Economic Functions of the State?
Lunch                                                                                                   11:50 a.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Session 2 (Cont.): Political Economy of Integration within the NAFTA Context    1:50 - 3:10 p.m.

Chair: Morris Miller (School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as former Executive Director, World Bank)

Duncan Cameron (Political Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
?Canada and the NAFTA: The Limits of the International Capital Model of Development?

Stephen Clarkson (Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
?Retaining Control in Banking: A Success Story on the Verge of Failure?
Coffee Break                                                                    3:10 - 3.30 p.m.

Session 3: Macroeconomic Policy Issues                                          3:30 - 4:50 p.m.

Chair: Brian MacLean (Economics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada)

L. Randall Wray (Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.)
?The Perfect Fiscal Storm?

Clemente Ruiz Durán (Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico)
?NAFTA: The Transitional Period Required to Get Joint Macroeconomic Policies?


Reception (for participants only) offered by the Institute of Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa
at Canada and the World Pavilion, 50 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.                              5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 21, 2002                                                    Fauteux Hall 135



Session 4: Trade Effects                                                                                9:15 - 10:35 a.m.

Chair: Bruce Campbell (Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Julio Lopez Gallardo (Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico)
?Short-Period Effects of Trade Liberalization in Mexico?

Robert Blecker (Economics, American University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.)
?The Effects of the High Dollar on U.S. Manufacturing and Its Implications for North America?
Coffee Break                                                                                                    10:35 - 10:55 a.m.



Session 5: Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Issues                                    10:55 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Chair: Marc Lavoie (Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Jane D?Arista (Director of Programs, Financial Markets Center, Philomont, Virginia, U.S.A.)
?Balance of Payments Constraints on the Conduct of Independent Monetary Policies in a Globalized World: The NAFTA Experience?

Louis-Philippe Rochon and Matias Vernengo (Economics, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.)
?Is Inflation Targeting an Alternative to Greater Monetary Integration in North America??

Hassan Bougrine (Economics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) and Mario Seccareccia (Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
?Alternative Exchange Rate Arrangements and Effective Demand: An Important Missing Analysis in the Debate over Greater North American Monetary Integration?

Acknowledgements:

This conference is sponsored by the Institute of Canadian Studies of the University of Ottawa and the Center for Policy Studies of Kalamazoo College (Michigan, U.S.A.), and it has benefited from the generous financial support of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ottawa, the International Council of Canadian Studies in Ottawa, the Canadian Studies Program of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, and the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, U.S.A.


Conference Organizers:

Mario SECCARECCIA, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada [Tel.: (613) 562-5800 ext. 1691]
Marc LAVOIE, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada [Tel.: (613) 562-5800 ext. 1687]
with the assistance of Duncan CAMERON, Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada [Tel.: (613) 562-5800 ext. 1716] and Louis-Philippe ROCHON, Department of Economics, Kalamazoo College, U.S.A. [Tel.: (616) 337-7026].

Admission is free and open to the public.
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Mario SECCARECCIA
Full Professor ~ Professeur titulaire
Department of Economics ~ Département de science économique
University of Ottawa ~ Université d'Ottawa
P.O. Box 450, Station A ~ C.P. 450, Succursale A
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada (K1N 6N5)
E-mail ~ Cour. él.: <mseccare@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tel. ~ Tél.: (613) 562-5800 ext. ~ poste 1691
Fax ~ Téléc.:  (613) 562-5999
http://myprofile.cos.com/seccarem75
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eco/eng/pers.asp
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eco/fra/pers.asp

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