IMF Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference

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The International Monetary Fund will hold its Fifth Annual Research Conference at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 4-5, 2004. The conference provides a forum for discussing innovative research in international economics, undertaken both by IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers.

This year's conference will be devoted to Policies, Institutions, and Instability. Possible topics include (1) the effect of political institutions on economic instability; (2) the corporate sector origins of macroeconomic vulnerability; (3) financial sector collapses, including both causes and effects; (4) debt and default; and (5) general equilibrium models of crises. Papers that do not fit into these categories, but that are related to the main theme of the conference, are also welcome.

Interested contributors should submit a two-page proposal to the Program Committee, including the title of the paper, the author(s)' affiliation and contact information, the main questions to be examined, the most relevant literature, the...