---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: World Economics Association <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:22 PM Subject: World Economics Association - call for papers To: michel <[email protected]> <http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350><http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350>World Economics Association<http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=56496096&f=763931&c=4733350>- call for papers ------------------------------ <http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=88652328&f=763931&u=28787422&c=4733350> *Call for papers* *World Economics Association Online Conference* *Greece and austerity policies: Where next for its economy and society?* 20th October - 21st December, 2014 Abstracts and papers should be submitted to:* [email protected] <[email protected]>* Contributions from *economists*, *economic historians*, *sociologists* and *political scientists* are welcome. Papers falling within the broad topic of the conference though not on aspects explicitly noted below are also welcome. TIMETABLE: Deadline for *abstracts:* 30 August and deadline for *papers*: 27 September, 2014 *Discussion Forum* begins on 20 October and ends on 21 December, 2014 *The conference will be divided into three parts. Suggested topics for each are listed below.* *Part 1: Greece on the eve of the financial crisis - Challenges and opportunities* - The Greek economy: regional development, de-industrialisation, research and innovation, banking sector, shipping, current account deficit, fragile growth, functional and personal income distribution; the role of transnational companies in the Greek economy. - Public finances and the role of the state: tax system, welfare system, education, health care, public debt, 'Greek statistics'. - The Greek society: institutions, politics, group interests and social actors, social inequalities and social mobility, emigration, immigration. - Greece in the Eurozone: financialisation, structural imbalances, external debt, core-periphery divisions. *Part 2: The Greek crisis and austerity policies* - The handling of the financial crisis by the EU vis-a-viz the European banks - The banking - sovereign debt crisis nexus - The Troika - issues of economic governance - Bailing out Greece, Economic Adjustment Programmes and debt restructuring - Fiscal austerity: fiscal multipliers, inequality effects of fiscal measures - Wage austerity: employment, productivity and inequality effects of the cut in minimum wages, wages and trade balance, wages and investment, wage cuts in the private sector and government revenues - Privatisation: Effects on the public debt over the short and the long run, economic and social implications - Labour deregulation and flexibility: changes in the labour law and their implications - The Greek banking sector in crisis - Critical appraisals of the austerity programme: institutional background, theoretical underpinnings, implementation, international and intra-EU comparisons - The crisis of the political system and the strengthening of fascist forces *Part 3: Where to now for Greece?* - Public debt sustainability - Public debt and Welfare system - Growth and unemployment - Economic sustainability and social cohesion - On-going economic transformation and prospects - In or out of the Eurozone (fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial system, industrial policy, exchange rate policy) - The political system in a state of flux - The Greek society in the post-austerity era The failure of the austerity policies in Greece calls for radically different approaches to the Greek crisis and for the implementation of alternatives to austerity policies. Otherwise, the possibility of a prolonged period of economic, social and political instability in Greece is extremely high. The implications of such instability for the European Union, indeed for Europe more generally, should not be underestimated. The lessons of the Greek case are of a more general applicability particularly because austerity policies are now applied in many countries in Europe and beyond. These are the reasons which led to the organization of the present conference. Abstracts and papers should be submitted to: *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *Conference Leaders* *Yannis Dafermos* - University of the West of England. Email address: [email protected] *Marica Frangakis* - Formerly with Agricultural Bank of Greece and National Bank of Greece Group. Currently independent researcher. E-mail: [email protected] *Christos Tsironis* - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 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