ERF, USC Dornsife and Institute for New Economic Thinking invite you to submit papers for a conference on April 1-2, 2016. Deadline for submissions: January 20, 2016.
The conference will feature sessions on Oil Shocks and the Global Economy, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and the Political Economy of Oil. The confirmed speakers are:
• Christiane Baumeister (Notre Dame)
• Shantayanan Devarajan (World Bank)
• Ibrahim A. Elbadawi (Dubai Economic Council and ERF)
• James Hamilton (UC San Diego) – Keynote
• Michael Herb (Georgia State)
• Kamiar Mohaddes (Cambridge and ERF)
• Hamid Mohtadi (Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
• Diaa Noureldin (American University in Cairo and ERF)
• Jeff Nugent (USC)
• Donald L. Paul (USC Energy Institute)
• Evaleila Pesaran (Cambridge)
• M. Hashem Pesaran (USC and Cambridge)
• Mehdi Raissi (International Monetary Fund)
• Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Catholic University of Chile)
• Manouchehr Takin (London) – Keynote
There are opportunities for regular presentation sessions as well as poster sessions. Participants will be informed about acceptance of presentations by February 1, 2016. Please note that the conference will have limited funds to provide partial financial support for travel and accommodation costs of those presenting a paper, but registration to the conference is free for all.
Information and registration
For more information please visit: http://dornsife.usc.edu/conferences/oil-conference/