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Program Overview
Thursday 24 June 2010  
08:00-09:30 Arrival, registration, welcome coffee
09:30-11:00 Parallel sessions A
Session A1: Migration Policy
Chair: Stephan Thomsen, University of Magdeburg
Session A2: Econometrics
Chair: Stefan Boes, University of Zurich
Session A3: Labor Economics I
Chair: Patrick Arni, University of Lausanne
Session A4: Macroeconomics I
Chair: Michael Graff, KOF, ETH Zurich
Session A5: Political Economy I
Chair: Thomas Braendle, University of Basel
Session A6: Monetary Macroeconomics I
 Chair: Sebastian Weber, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Session A7: High-Skilled Migration
Chair: David Stadelmann, University of Fribourg
Session A8: Experimental Economics
Chair: Frédéric Schneider, University of Zurich
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-13:00 Plenary session
Chair: Gebhard Kirchgässner, University of St.Gallen, President of the SSES
  Opening addresses
  Guido Vergauwen, Rector of the University of Fribourg
  Beat Vonlanthen, Councilor of the Canton of Fribourg
  Gebhard Kirchgässner, University of St.Gallen, President of the SSES
  Keynote addresses
International Migration: Chances and Challenges for Switzerland Jean-Daniel Gerber, State Secretary and
Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs
Immigration: Effects and Perceptions Christian Dustmann, Director of the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London
13:00-14:15 Lunch (Mensa Pérolles)
14:15-16:15 Parallel sessions B
Session B1: Industrial Economics
Chair: Philip Sauré, Swiss National Bank
Session B2: Public Economics
Chair: Monika Bütler, SEW, University of St.Gallen
Session B3: International Trade I
Chair: Pinar Uysal, EPFL, Lausanne
Session B4: International Banking
Chair: Thomas Nitschka, Swiss National Bank
Session B5: Labor Economics II
Chair: Christoph T. Weiss, European University Institute, Florence
Session B6: Corporate Taxation
Chair: Valeria Merlo, ETH Zurich
Session B7: Economic Growth
 Chair: Reto Foellmi, Unviersity of Bern
Session B8: Theoretical Microeconomics
Chair: Reiner Wolff, University of Fribourg
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-17:45 Plenary session
Chair: Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg
  Keynote address
A dark side of the integration of nations and regions: Theory and policy responses Oded Stark, Universities of Bonn, Klagenfurt and Vienna;
Warsaw University; Warsaw School of Economics
18.00-18.30 SSES General Assembly
19:15 Apéro
  L'Espace Jean Tinguely-Niki de Saint-Phalle,
Rue de Morat 2
20:00 Conference dinner
  Restaurant Aigle-Noir, Rue des Alpes 10


Friday 25 June 2010
08.30-10.30 Parallel sessions C
Session C1: Labor Market Effects of Immigration
Chair: Regina Flake, Ruhr Graduat School in Economics, Essen
Session C2: Monetary Macroeconomics II
Chair: Stephen Sacht, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel
Session C3: Political Economy II
Chair: Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne
Session C4: Applied Econometrics
Chair: Hans Wolfgang Brachinger, University of Fribourg
Session C5: International Migration l
 Chair: Peter Stalder, Swiss National Bank
Session C6: Firms and Ownership
 Chair: Klaas Staal, IIW, University of Bonn
Session C7: Empirical Macroeconomics
Chair: Kenza Benhima, University of Lausanne
Session C8: Environmental Economics
Chair: Mirjam Thoma, University of Basel
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 Plenary session
Chair: Tobias Müller, University of Geneva
  Keynote address
Diaspora Effects in International Migration Michel Beine, University of Luxembourg
11:45-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:30 Parallel sessions D
Session D1: Wage Inequality
Chair: Bernd Fitzenberger, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg
Session D2: International Migration II
Chair: Thierry Baudassé, Unviersity of Orleans
Session D3: Macroeconomics II
Chair: Marc Gronwald, ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
Session D4: Taxation  
Chair: Raphael Parchet, University of Lausanne
Session D5: Business Cycles
 Chair: Ulrich Woitek, IEW, University of Zurich
Session D6: Health Economics and Well-Being
Chair: Rainer Winkelmann, University of Zurich
Session D7: Monetary Economics
Chair: Martin Brown, Swiss National Bank
Session D8: Labor Economics III
Chair: Roberto Patuelli, University of Lugano
13:30-14:30 Lunch (Mensa Pérolles)
14:30 End of the conference