Research students' conferences
Our regular PhD mini-conferences are an opportunity for research students to present their work in progress, completed chapters, preliminary versions of external conference papers/journal articles. The programmes of these events are reproduced below.
Conference of June 2010
Date: Thursday 17 June 2010
Venue: Room JG3006, John Galsworthy building
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 11.30 | The Relationship between the Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Earnings and Stock Returns in Iran Ahmad Mohammdy |
| 12:00 | Emerging stock market efficiency: Iranian case study Ali Paytakhti Oskooe |
| 12:30 | Lunch and posters |
| 14.00 | The Size of Government in Iran Nazak Sadeghian |
| 14.30 | The impact of oil revenue on the macroeconomic variables of the Iranian economy Ali Zamani |
| 15.00 | A CGE approach to modelling the introduction of VAT in Syria Amer Labania |
Conference of May 2009
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009
Venue: Room JG5006, John Galsworthy building
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 10.00 | FSA initiatives that aim to educate consumers and battle unsustainable consumer debt Vina Theodorakopoulou |
| 10.30 | The Role of Traditional Authorities in Economic Development with Reference to Ghana Godson Bruce |
| 11.00 | Break |
| 12.00 | The Theory of Stock Exchange Efficiency Seyyed Ali Paytakhti Oskooe |
| 12.30 | Break and posters (Dimitrios Paparas; Andrea Ingianni; Ahmed Mohammady) |
| 14.00 | Estimating Trade & Growth effects of Monetary Union in the GCC Ahmed Bumtaia |
| 14.30 | The informal financial sector in LDCs Charles Kumi |
| 15.00 | What is Value at Risk? Volatility and how to exploit it profitably Ali Rayatchi |
| 15.30 | Break |
| 16.00 | Applied Economics Research: some lessons from experience Prof Srikanta Chatterjee (Massey, NZ) |
Conference of May 2008
Date: Wednesday 7 May 2008
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 13.30 - 14.00 | TBA Nadeev Choudhury |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | A deficit transfer system for the euro area Kristina Eisenach |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Non linear tests for output convergence Andrea Ingianni |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee, Tea and Posters in the Gallery name |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | On the timing of stabilization programs Peter Prazmowski |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Consumer Debt in the UK Vina Theodorakopoulou |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Measuring the response of bilateral trade to bilateral nominal exchange rate volatility in the GCC countries Ahmed Bumtaia |
Conference of November 2007
Date: Thursday 1 November 2007
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch in the Gallery |
| 13.00 - 13.30 | Social Saving of the Iranian Railways H. Moghaddam |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Financial Repression and Reform in the Ghanaian Economy, 1970-2005 Charles Kumi |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Proposals for enhancing the research students' programme - Presentation and discussion Dr. Jose R. Sanchez-Fung |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Coffee, Tea and Posters in the Gallery |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | On the credibility of nominal anchors: Time-series and cross section analyses Peter Prazmowskii |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Financial development in Bangladesh: An overview J. Nadeev Choudhury |
Conference of May 2007
Date: Wednesday 9 May 2007
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch in the Gallery |
| 13.00 - 13.30 | Personal Debt: a survey of the research literature Vina Theodorakopoulou |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | A monetary system for the Gulf Cooperation Council Ahmed Bumtaia |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Fiscal Policy and Adjustment of Shocks within EMU Kristina Eisenach |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Coffee, Tea and Posters in the Gallery |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Trade and growth convergence in the new members of the European Union Andrea Ingianni |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Trading activity and price volatility on the Dhaka Stock Exchange J. Nadeev Choudhury |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Forecasting: an historical survey Ali Rayatchi |
Conference of November 2006
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch and Posters in the Gallery |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Time series tests for real convergence: aggregate and disaggregate effects of the 5th EU enlargement Andrea Ingianni |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | British Household Debt: literature review, embryonic hypotheses and data availability Vina Theodorakopoulou |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | The interaction between banks and stock markets in Bangladesh J. Nadeev Choudhury |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | Break |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Economics Research Board Meeting, research students in attendance |
Conference of May 2006
Date: Wednesday 10 May 2006
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 9.45 - 10.15 | Coffee and tea |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Export Aversion of Polish SMEs T Nguyen |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Escalating Levels of Consumer Debt in the UK? V Theodorakopoulou |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | Coffee and tea |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | A Monetary System for the Gulf Cooperation Council A Bumtaia |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Informal Finance and Financial Liberalisation in Ghana C Kumi |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Financial Sector Development in Bangladesh N Choudhury |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | The Alignment of the Trans-Iranian Railways from an Economic
Point of View H Moghaddam |
| 14.30 - 14.45 | Coffee and tea |
| 14.45 - 15.15 | Growth and Convergence from the Perspective of Accession Countries:
A Survey A Ingianni |
Conference of November 2005
Date: Wednesday 2 November 2005
Venue: Dorich House
Programme:
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch in the Gallery |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Economic growth and poverty reduction of Pakistan (1970-2000) R Chandio |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Should stock markets be pursued in developing countries? Evidence
in Bangladesh from 1984-2004 N Choudhury |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | GDP per capita convergence and EU enlargement A Ingianni |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee, tea and posters in the Gallery |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | The export propensity of Polish SMEs in Gdansk T Nguyen |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Stabilization, credibility and regime-dependent equilibrium
real exchange rates P Prazmowski |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Coffee, tea and posters in the Gallery |
| 16.45 - 17.15 | Microfinance institutions in Ghana C Kumi |
| 17.15 - 17.45 | At last! Trans-Iranian railways and economic development H Moghaddam |
