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Tom Berglund
Swedish School of Economics and B.A., Helsinki

Jan Hanousek
CERGE-EI, Prague, The Czech Republic

Dušan Mramor
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mr. Steven Fries

Deputy Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

"Market entry, privatisation and bank performance in transition"

Please click HERE for a list of the Accepted Papers.

During REGISTRATION, please send the workshop chairs the titles of 3 submissions that you find most interesting.

From the list of 'volunteer discussants' the chairs will pick a select few to discuss their views during the workshop.
Discussants shall speak for 10 minutes each.

Priority will be given to non-presenters.

Deadline: May 4 in order to allow discussants to prepare.

The PROVISIONAL PROGRAM is now available.

Please note that further 'discussants' need to be added to the remaining papers.
If you wish to discuss a paper, please contact Audrey O'Connor.

Stock markets in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have gone through a dramatic development in the last decade. For research in Finance these markets are particularly interesting since presently observed characteristics cannot be attributed to old traditions, as frequently is the case in more established stock markets. The purpose of this workshop is to survey evidence on financial market developments since the initial privatizations in those countries. Issues of interest are the impact of institutional and broader structural changes, changes in ownership structure, stock market trading including changes in liquidity, and valuation. Implications of the main findings, in contributed papers, for financial theory in general will be discussed.

Call for papers
Papers can be theoretical as well as empirical and should be focused on the following topics related to the Central and Eastern European financial markets:

- changes in financial institutions, and firm financing,
- ownership structure and valuation
- delistings, IPOs, and cross-listings
- liquidity and liquidity risk pricing

Full & Final Papers are due by 28 April 2006.

TO SUBMIT YOUR FINAL PAPER:
Go to www.eiasm.org, and log onto your profile (top right hand corner), choose the correct event and upload your final paper

***A selection of 5-6 papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the Emerging Markets Review to appear in December, 2006***

Location & Transport

CERGE-EI (The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University)

CERGE-EI
P.O. Box 882
Politickych veznu 7
111 21 Praha 1
Czech Republic

CERGE-EI is located at Politickych veznu 7 in the center of historic Prague, one block from Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti). The main post office on Jindrisska provides a good orientation point - we are located just around the corner from the main entrance.

The nearest metro stations are Mustek (transfer station for the green A and the yellow B lines) and Muzeum (transfer station for the green A and red C lines).

Click HERE for a pictorial tour of the venue, and a PDF map of Prague City Centre.

AIR: Information on airlines that fly to Prague can be found at the airport website: http://www.csl.cz/en
Details on the airport shuttle: http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.com/

ACCOMODATION:
Some suggestions of small hotels...

Hotel U Klenotnika: http://www.uklenotnika.cz/index_en.htm
Hotel Tchaikovsky: http://www.hoteltchaikovsky.com/en/index.html
Hotel Meran (very close to CERGE-EI): http://www.hotelmeran.cz/
Hotel Cerny slon: http://www.hotelcernyslon.cz/

Czech Tour Operator: OK Tours


RECEPTION & WORKSHOP DINNER:

* There will be a pre-workshop cocktail reception (including a full buffet dinner) on Thursday 25th at the
Zahrada v Opere restaurant, located in the centre close to Wenceslas Square and CERGE-EI:

Zahrada v Opere
Legerova 75
Praha 1

The reception will start at 7pm.

* The workshop dinner will be held at the Nebozizek restaurant, on the hillside of Petrin Hill:

Restaurant Nebozizek
PETØÍNSKÉ SADY 411
Praha 1

Directions and a map will be supplied at registration to help you get there.
An aperitif will be served at 7.30pm and dinner will start at 8pm sharp.

The fees, include participation to the :

• workshop
• participant pack (Cert, receipt, List of Participants, Program, Badge)
• lunches
• the workshop dinner & reception
• morning and afternoon refreshments

**Please inform the workshop organiser of any dietary requirements at least 1 week in advance.     

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MONDAY 22 MAY 

Cancellations made before May 12, 2006 will be reimbursed minus 20% of the total fee. No reimbursement will be possible after that date.

Payments should be made by :

• Transfer into the EIASM bank account: 424-5533281-33 - (IBAN: BE79 4245 5332 8133) with the KBC bank, Arenberg Horta, Arenbergstraat 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, BIC/SWIFT-address: KREDBEBB. (In case of bank charges, they should be paid by the payor)
• The following credit cards: Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard/Access

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