EPS at the 2000 AEA/ASSA Meetings

Since its founding at the 1989 AEA meetings, EPS/ECAAR has maintained a strong presence at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association's annual conference.

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EPS Sessions

Session One: Peace Economics and Military Industry

Presiding: Jurgen Brauer — Augusta State University

Panelists:

• Jacques Fontanel and Fanny Coloumb — Espace Europe, Universite Pierre Mendes, France
  Restructuring of the French Armaments Industry

• Akira Hattori — Fukuoka University, Japan
  Reconstruction and Rationalization of the Japanese Defense Industry

• J. Paul Dunne — Middlesex University Business School
  Restructuring of the British Defence Industry

• Binyam Solomon — Statistics Canada
  The Canadian Defense Industrial Base

Discussants:

• Charles Anderton — Holy Cross College

• Lloyd J. Dumas — University of Texas at Dallas

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Session Two: Russia: New Policies to Stabilize the Economy and Stimulate Growth

Presiding: Michael D. Intriligator — UCLA and Vice chair of ECAAR

Panelists:

• Alexander Nekipelov — Russian Academy of Sciences
  The Russian Economy after August 17, 1998: Have New Policies Been Successful?

• Marshal Goldman — Wellesley College and Harvard University
  Private Property and Privatization in Russia: Is a Retrofit Possible?

• Joseph Stiglitz and David Ellerman — World Bank
  On New Directions in the Russian Reforms

Discussant:

• Douglass North — Washington University

• Michael D. Intriligator — UCLA

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Annual Dinner

Keynote Speakers:

• John K. Galbraith

• Amartya Sen

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