Summer Workshop

Venue:	Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, room 807.
Languages:	English and Hungarian
Program
9 July 2001, Monday
9:30-9:40	Opening
9:40-10:40	Imre Fertő (IE) and L J Hubbard: Intra-Industry Trade in Agri-Food Products between Hungary and the EU Discussant: Gábor Kőrösi (IE)
11-12	Réka Horváth (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona): Cooperative Research and Firm Performance Discussant: László Halpern (IE)
13:40-14:40	Loránd Ambrus-Lakatos (CEU) and Tamás Meszerics: An Experimental Analysis of the Ultimatum Game: The Role of Competing Motivations Discussant: András Simonovits (IE)
15-16	Éva Nagypál (Stanford --> North Western U) : Fixed-Term Contracts in Europe: A Reassessment in Light of the Importance of Match-Specific Learning Discussant: István R. Gábor (BUES)
16-17	Balázs Váradi (CEU): Multiproduct Cost Function Estimation for American Higher Education Discussant: János Köllő (IE)
10 July 2001, Tuesday
10-11	Gábor Virág (Princeton U) and József Molnár (NWU): Optimal Auctions with Externalities and Signaling Discussant: Loránd Ambrus-Lakatos (CEU)
11-12	Attila Rátfai (CEU and IE): Inflation and Relative Price Asymmetry Discussant: Gábor Kőrösi (IE)
14-15	Beatrix Paál (Stanford U) and B.D. Smith: The Sub-optimality of the Friedman Rule and the Optimum Quantity of Money Discussant: János Vincze (NBH)
15-16	Péter Benczur (NBH): Learning, Noise Traders, the Volatility and the Level of Bond Spreads Discussant: András Simonovits (IE)