Myths and Reality of Productivity Miracles and Failures in Transitional Economies

Event Detail

General Information
Dates:
Monday, July 4, 2005 - Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Days of Week:
Monday
Tuesday
Target Audience:
Academic and Practice
Location:
Kiev, Ukraine
Sponsor:
Event Details/Other Comments:

Organized by: UPEG (Ukrainian Productivity and Efficiency Group) at EROC/EERC-Kiev (National University "Kyiv Mohyla Academy").
Focus:
Empirical and methodological papers are welcome. Although the focus is on transitional countries, related papers for developing and developed countries will also be considered. Language: English.
Goals:
We aim to gather leading scholars studying productivity issues from theoretical perspectives or/and in application to transitional countries'in order to share the views available, to generate new ideas and find new research partners.
Extended Deadline for Paper Submission: May 22, 2005 (Papers could be works in progress, but of decent quality). Submit to: [email protected]
Participants: We already received confirmation about participation of western scientists from Australia, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, UK, USA, etc.
Keynote Speakers' list will include the world leading scholars in the field such as:

Sung-ko Li (HKBU, Hong Kong, China)
Leopold Simar (UCL, Belgium)
Paul Wilson (UT at Austin, USA)