Summary: | On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New Insights from the Crisis" turned out to be particularly topical, as first lessons from the financial crisis and global recession were being drawn, while concerns about Greece's government debt problems were threatening to spread to other countries within the euro area, with potential negative repercussions for the euro area as a whole being feared by observers. Political budget cycle, elections, incumbent candidates, Latin American countries; international transmission of shocks, financial integration, financial crises, international business cycle; trade collapse, industrial structure, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe; Cross-border banking, Iceland; Ring-fencing, subsidiaries; spillovers, Debt Management Offices, covered bonds, net borrowing, interest spreads; Financial Crisis; financial integration, external vulnerability, unit labour cost, cyclically adjusted budget, non-traded sector, internal devaluation, external devaluation, Latvia; Ukraine, trade, capital inflows, foreign trade
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