8th Arnoldshain Seminar
Designing Strategies for Sustained
Growth and Development:
EU and LA Compared
PROGRAM
São Paulo and São Sebastião, March 31- April 04
Designing Strategies for Sustained Growth and Development: EU and LA
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Designing Strategies for Sustained Growth and Development: EU and LA
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Summary
Monday, March 31st: ...............................................................................................................................................................1
9:00-9:30 Opening Session, Faculdade de Economia Administração e Contabilidade da USP Sala da Congregação ......1
9:30-11:00 Round Table I: Sustainable Development........................................................................................................1
11:00-11:15 Coffe Break ......................................................................................................................................................1
11:15-12:45 Round Table II: Bio-fuels...............................................................................................................................1
12:45-13:45 Lunch................................................................................................................................................................1
14:00-18:00 São Paulo Visiting............................................................................................................................................1
Tuesday, April 01st:..................................................................................................................................................................2
9:00-10:30 Round Table III: International Relations ........................................................................................................2
10:30-10:45 Coffe Break ......................................................................................................................................................2
10:45-12:15 Round Table IV: Corruption ..........................................................................................................................2
12:15-13:30 Lunch................................................................................................................................................................2
14:00-17:00 Trip to São Sebastião .......................................................................................................................................2
20:00 Dinner.........................................................................................................................................................................2
Wednesday, April 02nd: ...........................................................................................................................................................2
8:30-10:20 Session I: Development Issues..........................................................................................................................2
10:20-10:35 Coffe Break ......................................................................................................................................................3
10:35-11:55 Session II: Social Policies...............................................................................................................................3
11:55-14:35 Lunch................................................................................................................................................................3
14:35-15:55 Session III: Trade and Integration.................................................................................................................3
15:55-16:10 Coffee Break.....................................................................................................................................................3
16:10-17:30 Session IV: Trade and Integration .................................................................................................................4
17:30-17:50 Coffee Break.....................................................................................................................................................4
17:50- 19:50 Session V: A Prize for Comparative Studies .................................................................................................4
20:00 Dinner.........................................................................................................................................................................4
Thursday, April 03rt: ...............................................................................................................................................................4
8:30-9:50 Session VI: Federalism .......................................................................................................................................4
9:50-10:05 Coffee Break.......................................................................................................................................................4
10:05-11:55 Session VII: Trade and Integration................................................................................................................5
Discussant: Pedro Esteban Moncarz, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina .........................................................5
11:55-14:35 Lunch................................................................................................................................................................5
14:35-16:25 Session VIII: Trade and Integration ..............................................................................................................5
16:25-16:40 Coffee Break.....................................................................................................................................................6
16:40-18:10 Session IX IACES ...........................................................................................................................................6
20:00 Dinner.........................................................................................................................................................................6
Friday, April 04th: ....................................................................................................................................................................6
9:00-9:55 Session X: Development and Environment ........................................................................................................6
Discussant: Libertad Siqueira, University of La Laguna, Spain ..........................................................................................6
9:55-10:10 Coffee Break.......................................................................................................................................................6
10:10-11:05 Session XI: Social Policies..............................................................................................................................6
13:00 Lunch ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
14:00 Trip to São Paulo........................................................................................................................................................6
Designing Strategies for Sustained Growth and Development: EU and LA
Compared
8th Arnoldshain Seminar
Designing Strategies for Sustained Growth and Development:
EU and LA Compared
São Paulo and São Sebastião, March 31- April 04
Monday, March 31st:
9:00-9:30 Opening Session, Faculdade de Economia Administração e Contabilidade da USP Sala da
Congregação
Chair: Joaquim Guilhoto, Economics Department Chief, FEA/USP, Brazil
Alberto Díaz-Cafferata, Universidade Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Basilia Aguirre, FEA/USP, Brazil
Ulrich Ritter, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
9:30-11:00 Round Table I: Sustainable Development
Chair: Leda Maria Paulani, FEA/USP, Brazil
Presenters: João Sayad, FEA/USP, Brazil
Luis Carlos Bresser Pereira, FGV/SP, Brazil
11:00-11:15 Coffe Break
11:15-12:45 Round Table II: Bio-fuels
Chair: Angel Enrique Neder, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Presenters: Joaquim Guilhoto, FEA/USP, Brazil
Guilherme Dias, FEA/USP, Brazil
12:45-13:45 Lunch
14:00-18:00 São Paulo Visiting
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Tuesday, April 01st:
9:00-10:30 Round Table III: International Relations
Chair: Lenina Pomeranz, FEA/USP, Brazil
Presenters: Gilberto Dupas, GACINT/USP, Brazil
André Nassar, ICONE
10:30-10:45 Coffe Break
10:45-12:15 Round Table IV: Corruption
Chair: Roland Eisen, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Presenters: Fabiana Fontes Rocha, FEA/USP, Brazil
Eckhard Freyer: University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Germany
12:15-13:30 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Trip to São Sebastião
20:00 Dinner
Wednesday, April 02nd:
8:30-10:20 Session I: Development Issues
Session Coordinator: Alexander Elsas, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Roland Eisen, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, On growth and income
distribution in a globalizing world
Discussant: André Lunardelli, Universidade Federal de Goiás – UFG, Brazil
André Lunardelli, Universidade Federal de Goiás – UFG, Brazil, Policies for biofuels and
households’ costs of monitoring information
Discussant: Alexander Elsas, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Dante Aldrighi and Fernando A. S. Postali, both Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Business
groups in Brazil
Discussant: Roland Eisen, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Alexander Elsas, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Case studies in
implementing an information infrastructure
Discussant: Dante Aldrighi, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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10:20-10:35 Coffe Break
10:35-11:55 Session II: Social Policies
Session Coordinator: Leda Maria Paulani, FEA/USP
André Gröger, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, The role of intellectual
property rights for pharmaceuticals within WTO-negotiations: protecting public health over
profit? A Brazilian case study”
Discussant: Sebastian Vollmer, University of Goettingen, Germany
Mariana De Santis and Verónica Herrero, both from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,
Argentina, Equity, inequality and utilization in health care. An application to the Argentine
case in 2001
Discussant: André Gröger, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sebastian Vollmer and Maria Ziegler, University of Goettingen, Germany, Political
institutions and human development
Discussant: Leda Maria Paulani, FEA/USP
11:55-14:35 Lunch
14:35-15:55 Session III: Trade and Integration
Session Coordinator: Adriana Peluffo, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Ángel Enrique Neder, Carlos S. Valquez, and Carlos F. Ceballos Ferroglio, all from
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Integration in the natural gas industry in South
America
Discussant: Adriana Peluffo, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Adriana Peluffo, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, Trade, foreign direct investment
manufacturing performance: an analysis for Uruguay
Discussant: Dierk Herzer, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Dierk Herzer, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, How does FDI really affect
developing countries’ growth?
Discussant: Ángel Enrique Neder, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
15:55-16:10 Coffee Break
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16:10-17:30 Session IV: Trade and Integration
Session Coordinator: José Arrufat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Jorge Alberto Fornero, Europainstitut, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Austria, Managing fiscal policy
with non-ricardian consumers in an open economy: A DSGE model for the EA and US.
Discussant: Ariel A. Barraud, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Alberto J. Figueras, Marcelo Capello y José Arrufat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,
Argentina, The regionalization as a convenient strategy: an academic exercise
Discussant: Jorge Alberto Fornero, Europainstitut, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Austria
Ariel A. Barraud, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Impact of trade opening in
Argentina. A difference-in-difference estimator approach
Discussant: José Arrufat, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
17:30-17:50 Coffee Break
17:50- 19:50 Session V: A Prize for Comparative Studies
20:00 Dinner
Thursday, April 03rt:
8:30-9:50 Session VI: Federalism
Session Coordinator: Jean-Marc Siroën, Paris Dauphine University, France
Basilia Aguirre, FEA/USP, Allocation of rights and the supply of public services
Discussant: Maria Ziegler, University of Goettingen, Germany
Jean-Marc Siroën, Paris Dauphine University, France, Fiscal federalism, democracy and trade
integration. The case of Brazilian Union.
Discussant: Basilia Aguirre, FEA/USP, Brazil
Philippe Duchateau, SPESP and Basilia Aguirre, FEA/USP, Brazil, Political structure as
determinant of federal expending
Discussant: Jean-Marc Siroën, Paris Dauphine University, France
9:50-10:05 Coffee Break
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10:05-11:55 Session VII: Trade and Integration
Session Coordinator: Alberto M. Díaz Cafferata, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Sebastian Vollmer, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, all from
University of Göttingen, Germany, Modeling the dynamics of Spain’s relative export strength
Discussant: Sergio Barone, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Sergio Barone, Ricardo Descalzi and Alberto M. Díaz Cafferata, all from Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Argentina and LACs current account reversals. Domestic
causes, global shocks and contagion
Discussant: Siegfried Bender, FEA/USP, Brazil
Kui-Wai Li, City University of Hong Kong, China and Siegfried Bender, University of Sao
Paulo, Brazil, Manufacture export and productivity causality: evidence from world regions
Discussant: Pedro Esteban Moncarz, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Pedro Esteban Moncarz, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Argentina’s import
patterns: measuring the effect of MERCOSUR
Discussant: Dierk Herzer, Goethe – University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
11:55-14:35 Lunch
14:35-16:25 Session VIII: Trade and Integration
Session Coordinator: Jorge Alberto Fornero, Europainstitut, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wienn,
Austria
Fernando Sonnet and Graciela Juarez de Perona, both from Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba, Argentina, Argentina, Brazil and the EU: A comparative analysis of bio-energy,
agrarian and commercial policies
Discussant: Jorge Alberto Fornero, Europainstitut, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wienn, Austria
Gabriele Tondl, Wien and Jorge Alberto Fornero, both from Europainstitut,
Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wienn, Austria, Productivity growth and FDI in Latin America. Does
it matter to which industries FDI goes?
Discussant: Ileana Raquel Jalile, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Cesar Calderon, The World Bank and Ileana Raquel Jalile, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,
Argentina, Free trade agreements and the transmission of shocks across countries
Discussant: Graciela Juarez de Perona, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
María Luisa Recalde, Marcelo Florensa and Ivan Iturralde, all from Universidad Nacional de
Córdoba, Argentina, Gravity equation and trade agreements: a different approach
Discussant: Sebastian Vollmer, University of Göttingen, Germany
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16:25-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-18:10 Session IX IACES
20:00 Dinner
Friday, April 04th:
9:00-9:55 Session X: Development and Environment
Session Coordinator: Inés del Valle Asis, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Libertad Siqueira, University of La Laguna, Spain, Firms’ environmental management as a
strategy for sustainable development
Discussant: Inés del Valle Asis, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Inés el Valle Asis and Fernando H. Sonnet, both from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,
Argentina, A comparative study of environmental expenditure in the European Union and
Latin America
Discussant: Libertad Siqueira, University of La Laguna, Spain
9:55-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-11:05 Session XI: Social Policies
Session Coordinator: Denise Ciryllo, FEA/USP, Brazil
Héctor Gertel, Roberto Giuliodori, Diego Fresoli, María Luz Vera and Verónica Herrero, all
from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, Raising School Quality: A valid Strategy
for Sustained Growth and Development?: EU and LA Compared
Discussant: Denise Ciryllo, FEA/USP, Brazil
Marta Battaglia Custódio, Denise Cavallini Cyrillo and Valmor Slomski, all from
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Pointer of Efficiency of Food Banks
Discussant: Veronica Herrero, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Trip to São Paulo
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