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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
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width=294 height=82 id="_x0000_i1040" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CAA585.C83B18B0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color="#003366" face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#003366;
font-weight:bold'>Public Policy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City></st1:place>,
Governance and Sustainability (PPEGS) Seminar Series<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:
italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>The
Public Policy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City></st1:place>,
Governance and Sustainability Research Group invites you to a seminar by<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold'>Professor John Fitz Gerald <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-style:italic'>Economic and Social Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Titled<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold'>Blowing Bubbles and Bursting Them: The Case of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>How regional economies should be managed
under EMU<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold'>Date</span></font></b><font size=4 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>: Friday
February 12th 2010, 14.00-15.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=4 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Book Antiqua";font-weight:bold'>Venue</span></font></b><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>: <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kemmy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Business</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, KB1-12 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=4
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-style:italic'>All are welcome to attend<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold'>Bio:</span></font></b><font face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-IE style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'> Professor John Fit<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>z</span></font> Gerald is a Research
Professor at the ESRI, responsible for research on Macroeconomics, Energy and
Environment and for the Institute's Energy Policy Research Centre. He is
the president of the Irish Economic Association and a member of the Irish
Energy Research Council and the High Level Group on Green Enterprise.<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>He has published in a
number of different fields and in a range of journals including the European
Economic Review, Economic Modelling¸ and The Economic and Social Review, as
well as in many other ESRI publications. He was a joint author of the
report for the Irish Department of Finance on the Economic Implications for
Ireland of EMU, which was published in July 1996. <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font>This report was central to the debate on
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
membership of EMU. <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>He
is a joint author of the ESRI's Medium-Term Review, which provides a detailed
analysis of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
economic prospects over the next decade. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>The Public Policy, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City></st1:place>, Governance and
Sustainability Seminar series is organised by:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>John Cullinan (Department
of Economics)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Mark Cummins (Department of
Accounting and Finance)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Helena Lenihan (Department
of Economics)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Philip O’Regan
(Department of Accounting and Finance)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>If you have any questions regarding
this seminar, please direct them to John Cullinan (061 202975, <a
href="mailto:john.cullinan@ul.ie">john.cullinan@ul.ie</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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