PRESENTATIONS (SINCE 1990)

Life is a random walk from a conference to another
David Lodge (apocryphal quotation)

§         "Poland's Programme of Economic Transformation: How has the West Helped and What Else Should Be Done". Presented to NATO economic conference on The Central and East European Economies in the 1990s: Prospects and Constraints, Brussel 4-6 April 1990.

§         "Stabilization and Institutional Transformation in Eastern Europe: the Polish Case". Presented to the workshop on "Changes in economic institutions and the Mitteleuropean question",  International Center for Economic Studies, Triest, 30-31 August 1990.

§         "A General Workfare Solution to the Basic Income Problem". Presented to the conference of the Basic Income European Network- 19-22 Settembre 1990, European University Istitute, Florence.

§         "Institutional Engineering and the Issue of Unemployment". Presented to the first Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Verona 27-29 Settembre 1990 and to the International Conference on Labour Market and Unemployment", Balatonfüred, Hungary 17-20 January 1991.

§         "The Impact on Employment of Institutional Transformations in Eastern Europe and the Task of Social Policy: the Polish Case". Presented to the Italian-Austrian workshop held at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Wien, 10 and 11 December 1990

§         "The impact on employment of institutional transformation in Eastern Europe and the tasks of social policy". Presented to the International Conference on Labour Market and Unemployment 17-20 January 1991, Balatonfüred, Hungary, to the Third International E. Tarantelli Conference on "The Re-structuring of Labour Markets in Eastern European Countries", Milan, 13-14 June 1991, and to the International Industrial Relations Association Conference on "Economic and Political Changes in Europe: Implications on Industrial Relations", Bari and Naples, 23-26 September 1991.

§         “Institutional Transformation, Unemployment and Economic Policy in Eastern Europe: The Polish Case”. Presented to the 1991 Annual EAEPE Conference, 7-9 November 1991, BAWAG Bank, Vienna

§         "The Social Consequences of Economic Transition in Eastern Europe". Presented to the workshop "Europe between East and South", Confederation of European Associations of Economists, Urbino 24-25 October 1991.

§         "The Labour Safety Net in Poland and Hungary". Presented to the ACES session on "Privatization and labour redeployment: reshaping the labour safety net in Eastern European countries and the USSR", Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, New Orleans 3-5 January 1992.

§         "Alternative Policy measures for Facing the Social Consequences of Economic Transition in Eastern Europe". Presented to the "Third Transformationscolloquium", Werner-Reimers-Stiftung, Bad Homburg, 9-11 January 1992:

§         "Les conséquences sur le marché de l' emploi de la transition en Pologne: aspects économiques et sociaux". Presented to th Maison des Sciences de l' homme, Paris 25/12/97.

§         "Institutional Transformation, Unemployment and Economic Policy in Eastern Europe: the Polish Case". Presented to the workshop on "European Labour Market: the Tasks of Social versus Economic Policy", Trento, 5-6 March 1992.

§         "Alternative Policy Options for Facing the Consequences of Transition on the Labour Market, with Particular Reference to the Polish Case". Presented to the Fourth EALE Annual Conference Warwick 3-6 September 1992

§         "The case for immediate privatization of management and slow privatization of the property of state enterprises" Presented to the Second EACES Conference on "Problems of transforming economies", Groningen 24-26 September 1992.

§         "Rules vs Discretion in Economic Transition". Presented to the workshop "The Socialist Calculation Debate After the Upheavals in Eastern Europe", University of Lausanne, 11-12 December 1992.

§         "The socio-economic consequences of  economic transition: from a socialist economy to a market economy". Presented to the international workshop on "Market economy and the spiritual-cultural consequences in formerly Communist countries" Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Centro studi e ricerche Ezio Aletti 3-7 October 1993.

§         "Privatization of ownership, privatization of management and the structure of property rights". Presented to the workshop on "Privatisation and property rights. The Central and East European experience", Florence, European University Institute 9-10 December 1993.

§         "Privatization of property, management, and control in Eastern Europe". Presented to the ACES session, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, Boston 3-5 January 1994.

§         "Workers' Privatization vs. Insiders' privatization in the Economies in Transition". Presented to the seventh IAFESM Conference, Portoroz, 16-18 June 1994.

§         "Comparisons between income distribution East and West, before and after distributional change, some methodological issues". Presented to the workshop on "Living Conditions and Socio-Economic Development", Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw 11 July 1994.

§         "The Economic and Social Costs of Institutional Transformation and the Tasks of Economic Policy". Presented to the Third EACES Conference on "The Transformation of Economic Systems", Budapest 8-10 September 1994

§         "Workers' Privatization in the Economies in Transition: Workers' Privatization Revisited". Presented to the Fifth Trento Workshop, on "Privatization and Distribution", Trento 3-4 March 1995.

§         "Social and Economic Consequences of Alternative Privatization Processes in the East European Economies in Transition" V World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw 6-11 agosto 1995

§         "Social and Political Consequences of Privatization". Presented to the workshop on "The transition to democracy in South-Eastern Europe: The Case of Croatia" , Lovran (Opatjia), Croazia, 30 September-3 October 1995.

§         "The exertion of monopoly power by value added maximizing state enterprises and the depression following institutional transformation". International Conference on "Enterprise in Transition", Split, 4-8 October 1995.

§         "Consequences of Privatization on Efficiency and on Income and Wealth Distribution in Transitional economies". Presented to the conference on "Russian Economy: Problems of Transferring to the Market" 14 e 15 novembre: University of Perm, Russia, 14-15 November 1995.

§         "Distributional and Social Consequences of Privatization in the Economies in Transition: An Analytical Framework". Presented to the Conference on "Transition in Eastern Europe: Current Issues and Perspectives", Dresden University of Technology, 27-29 March 1996.

§         "Distributional Consequences of Privatization in the Economies in Transition". Presented to the Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, Istanbul 21-24 August 1996, to the EACES Conference, Grenoble 12-14 September 1996, to the Workshop "Restructuring Transitional Economies in the 90's: Enterprise Behaviour and Financial Intermediaries Adjustments in Emerging Markets Environment", Sofia 11-14 October 1996, and to the EAEPE Conference, Antwerp 8-9 November 1996.

§         "Insiders' Privatization, Workers' privatization, and the Paretian principle". Presented to Second International Conference on "Enterprise in Transition", Split-Brela" 22-24 May 1997.

§         "Dühring's 'Socialitarian' model of economic communes and its influence on the development of socialist thought and practice". Presented to the Maastricht workshop on "Eugen Dühring (1833-1921) and the Freedom of Teaching and Research", October 1997, and to the  ESHET Conference, Bologna 28-1 March 1998.

§         "The Coordination of Economic Decisions, Economic Policy, and Transition". Presented to the International Conference on "Enterprise in Transition", Split-Sibenik 27-29 May 1999 and to the Seminar on "Regional Networking to Promote Innovation in Southern Europe", Centre for Mediterranean Studies & School for Policy Studies University of Bristol,  26th November 1999.

§         "Kalecki's Theory of Income Determination and Modern Macroeconomics", paper presented to the Kalecki Memorial Conference, Warsaw, 27-28 September 1999.

§         "Facts and Fictions in Russian Economic Reforms". Discussant. Tampere (Finnland) VI ICCES World Congress, 29/7/-3/8/2000.

§         "Employment and the Supply of Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies". Presented to the Fourth International Conference on "Enterprise in Transition", Hvar (Croatia), 24-26 maggio 2001.

§         The Economic System as An End or as a Means, the Socialization of Consumption, and the Future of Socialism and Capitalism”. Presented to the 7th EACES Conference, Forlì (Bologna), 6-8th of June, 2002  

§         "The Economic System as an End or as a Means, the Socialization of Consumption, and the Role of the Third Sector: an Evolutionary Approach", presented to the Brussels Conference of the IAFEP, July 4-6, 2002

§         Discussant of the session on “East-West economic cooperation”. Conference “Towards a New Europe: Identity, Economics, Institutions”, 28-29 March 2003, Florence.

§          “Coordination, Cooperation, and the Extended Coasean Approach to Economic Policy. Presented to the Fifth International Conference on "Enterprise in Transition", Tučepi (Croatia), 22-24 May  2003 and to the XV Siep Annual Conference, Pavia, 3-4 October, 2003.

§         -“The Extended Coasean Approach to Economic Policy”, Congress of the European Economic Association, Stockholm 20-24 August 2003.

§         The Economic System as An End or as A Means and The Future of Socialism and Capitalism: An Evolutionary Viewpoint”. Presented to the Conference “Economics for the Future”, Cambridge (UK) 17-19 September 2003.

§         Chairman of the session:“Macroeconomic Trend and Fiscal Federalism: Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives”, Conference on“Restructuring and Decentralization in the Transition. A Country Comparison: Russia and China, Ravenna 14-15 November 2003.

§         Participation to the roundtable on “Belarus and the EU”, European Forum, Krynica, 8-10 September, 2004.

§         The Cooperative Approach to Economic Policy in the Perspective of Coase.” Presented to the 8th EACES  Conference, Belgrade, 23-25 September 2004.

§         Breit-Lange Model of ’34, Employment on Demand, and the Issue of the Outside Option.” Presented to the  Oscar Lange Anniversary Conference, Warsaw, 27 Sept. 2004.

§         The European Neighbourhood Policy: a Substitute for EU Membership or a Consolation Prize?”. Presented to the conference on The Challenges of European Neighbourhood Policy. Rome, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26-27 November 2004.

§         Can the Eu Neighbourhood Policy Be a Valid Substitute of Further Eu Enlargement?”. Presented to the  Sixth International Conference on Enterprise in Transition. Bol (Split), May 2005.

§         Participation to the roundtable to “The ‘Old’ and ‘New’ European Union—Is Catching up Feasible?” Krynica XV Economic Forum, Krynica (Poland) 9/09/05.

§         Participation to the International Round Table on The Influence of CIS Revolutions on the Political Crisis of Russia: Possible Outcomes and Prospects., MIREES, Forlì 18-19 November 2005.

§         Participation to the International Round Table on The Challenges of Russia between Democracy and “Sovereign Democracy”.MIREES, Forlì 4th December 2006

§         Stakeholders vs. Shareholders in Corporate Governance”. Presented to the workshop on Internal Organisation, Cooperative Relationships Among Firms and Competitiveness, Lucca, 19-20 January 2007.

§         Stakeholders vs. Shareholders: Economic Consequences of Alternative Corporate Arrangements”. Presented to the  Seventh International Conference on Enterprise in Transition. Bol (Split), 24-26 May 2007.

§         EU and Russia. The Challenges of a Pan-European Perspective. International Conference, MIREES, Forlì 28-29 May 2007.

§         Stakeholders vs. Shareholders in Corporate Governance”. Presented to the 16th AISSEC Scientific Conference. Parma, 21-23 June 2007.

§         The European Union and its Neighbours. ‘Everything but Institutions’?”. Presented to the 16th AISSEC Scientific Conference. Parma, 21-23 June 2007, and to the 4th ECPR general conference, Pisa 7/9/07.

§         Workshop on Europe 2030: Scenario Planning as a Method for Looking into Different Futures. Freiberg (Saxony), 29.6.-1.7. 2007.

§         Discussant of Michael Ellman “The Rise and Fall of Socialist Planning”. Conference on Transition and Beyond, Rome Faculty of Economics 5-6 October 2007.

§         Participation to the roundtable “The EU, Putin’s Legacy and the New Russia”, Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Forlì 18 April 2008.

§         Poverty, Population, Inequality and Development in Historical Perspective”, different versions presented to the EACES Bi-annual Conference on “Patterns of Transition and New Approaches to Comparative Economics”, Moscow, 28-30 August 2008, to the Freie Universität, Berlin, 8/7/2009, to the Aissec XVIIth Scientific Conference, Perugia, 25-27 August 2009, and to the 5th ECPR General Conference, Potsdam 10-12 September 2009.

§         Eu’s Internal Dynamics and the Policies towards its Neighbours in the Context of Present European Challenges”, presented to the International Conference on Challenges of Europe: Financial Crisis and Climate Change May 21-23, 2009 Split-Bol (Croatia).

§         Stakeholders’ Protection and Employees’ Representation in Corporate Governance: Institutional Aspects and Economic Consequences”, presented to the conference on Rethinking Corporate Governance: From Shareholder Value to Stakeholder Value. Modena April 18-20, 2010.

§         "Corporate Governance, Labour Market Systems, and Varieties of Capitalism", presented to the 11-th Bi-Annual Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies. Tartu August 26-28, 2010

§         East vs. South in the EU. Which Dimension Prevails?” (Round Table). Economic Forum Krynica, September 8-11, 2010

§         Stakeholder Protection in Corporate Governance and in the Legal System, the Founders' Perspective, and the Varieties of Capitalism”, presented to the workshop on Market Failures and the Roles of Institutions
Milocer, Montenegro, September 22-24, 2011

§         Stakeholder Protection in Corporate Governance and in the Legal System, the Founders' Perspective, and the Varieties of Capitalism”, presented to the SIE Conference, Rome 14-15 October 2011

§         Participation to the International Roundtable on “The new presidential elections in Russia and the challenges of modernization”, Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Forlì 21-22 October 2011

§         “Poverty and Development in Historical Perspective”, 4th Conference on ‘Population, Poverty and Welfare in the History of Economic Thought’  6 May 2012, at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

§         Partecipazione a tavola rotonda, convegno “Il lavoro tra crescita e decrescita”, Pisa 15-17 giugno 2012

§         Stakeholder Protection in Corporate Governance and in the Legal System, the Founders' Perspective, and the Varieties of Capitalism”, EACES bi-annual conference, Paisley (UK), 6-8 September 2012

§         “Stakeholder Protection, Long-term Unemployment and the Varieties of Capitalism”, XXVII AIEL Conference of Labour Economics, Capua, 27-28 September 2012

§         “Long-Term Unemployment in the Varieties of Capitalism”, Conference “Challenges of Europe”, Split 8-10 May 2013