Conferences

2002-2001

1999

1998

2002-2001

	Conference
2-4 April 2002	We supported the Business Research Centre in organizing an International Conference on Business Ethics in the knowledge economy. The conference was attended by about 100 participants, and more than forty papers were presented by researchers from different countries. Dr. Joanna K. C. Lam was the Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee. There was a forum on Practical Issues Relating to Business Ethics in Hong Kong. It was moderated by Dr. Allen Lee Peng Fei, J. P. The Panel speakers were:
	(1) Mrs. Pamela Chan Wong Shui, J. P., Chief Executive of Consumer Council
	(2) Ms. Anna Wu Hung Yuk, J. P., Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission
	(3) Mr. Stephen Selby, J. P., Director of the Intellectual Property Department, The Government of HKSAR
	Seminars/Workshops
18 June 2002	We co-organized a seminar with the Department of Economics. The topic is "Corporate Ethics in Germany - Theory and Practice". The speaker is Professor Horst Steinmann, Professor Emeritus of General Management at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the university of Erlangen-Nuremberg(Germany). He is the founder of the German Business Ethics Network in 1993.
6 Oct 2001	We organized together with the Hong Kong Professional and Educational Services Ltd (HKPES) a workshop on "Christ and Business Culture" in HKBU. It was attended by about 80 business practitioners.
11 Aug 2001	We hosted a Forum on Business Ethics organized by the Hong Kong Professional and Education Services Ltd. (HKPES).

 

1999

Currency Boards: Convertibility, Liquidity Management and Exit

Saturday, 9 October 1999

Hong Kong

As a follow-up to the International Conference on Exchange Rate Stability and Currency Board Economics of 28-29 November 1998, the Department of Economics of the Hong Kong Baptist University will organize an International Workshop on the theme "Currency Boards: Convertibility, Liquidity Management and Exit" on 9 October 1999 in Hong Kong.

On the basis of the 1998 Conference, the International Workshop will provide a forum for more in-depth discussion among experts on the technicalities of improving the robustness and efficiency of a modern currency board system with respect to the following issues:

1. The extent of the convertibility undertaking by the currency board: the cash base, the monetary base in different definitions, and beyond the monetary base (e.g. also covering various components of bank deposits)?
2. The access to the convertibility undertaking: by banks? non-bank financial institutions? depositors? or all cash holders?
3. Ways to manage liquidity in the banking system under a currency board system from the perspective of the monetary authority: variable deposit reserve requirements? discount window? lender of last resort (LOLR) facilities?
4. Ways to manage liquidity by banks under a currency board system: how to prepare for and weather the storm?
5. Exit options: re-pegging, floating, joining a monetary union, and dollarization etc.

The Workshop is supported by the research team of the Focused Research Area "Currency Board Economics and the AEL Model".

1998

International Conference on
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Exchange Rate Stability and Currency Board Economics

28-29 November 1998

Hong Kong

Organizing by:

Department of Economics, School of Business Hong Kong Baptist University

  Conference Programme (Final)
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Keynote and Invited Speakers
Confirmed keynote and invited speakers include:

(1)From Hong Kong

Mr. Norman T.L. Chan, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

(2)From outside Hong Kong

Dr. Pedro Pou, President, Banca Central de la Republica Argentina
Mr. Jonas Niaura, Deputy Chairman, Bank of Lithuania
Mr. Andres Sutt, Deputy Head of Central Bank Policy Department, Bank of Estonia
Mr. Bob McTeer, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Mr. Charles Enoch, Assistant Director, Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund

Topics include:

1. Analyses and lessons of the East Asian currency crisis.
2. Theoretical and empirical research on currency attacks: Hong Kong, East Asia, Mexico, South America, etc.
3. Theories of exchange rate stability and dynamics.
4. Currency boards: history, contemporary developments and varieties (Hong Kong, Brunei, Argentina, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria), and future prospects.
5. Comparative studies on currency board arrangements (CBAs), the gold standard (GS), and other fixed exchange rate regimes (FERRs): technical feasibility and economic optimality.
6. How should CBAs gain credibility and withstand currency attacks?
7. CBAs, GS and other FERRs in the light of financial liberlization and globalization: Are they sustainable or desirable?
8. Financial derivatives and fixed exchange rates: Can they co-exist?
9. Optimal ways to dismount from CBAs and FERRs if floating rates are deemed desirable? How should stability and exit costs be balanced?

Registration: All Interested parties are welcome.

HK$1,000 or US$125(For participants whose papers are accepted)

HK$2,500 or US$325 (For general participants)

HK$1,000 or US$ 125 ((For students with proved document)

Participants Registration Form

Inquiries: Tel: (852) 2339-7544; Fax: (852) 2339-5580;
Email:econ@hkbu.edu.hk
Conference Web Site: http://www.hkbu/~econ/conference.html

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