The conference brings together academics and central bankers from around the world to consider the implications of recent research for macroeconomic policy. For each conference, six to eight papers on a common subject are written by leading specialists in the field. Program: Session I - Capital...

We welcome contributions linking economic convergence to: - balanced and sustainable growth in the global economy, including global imbalances, - sectoral reallocation (and unconditional convergence), - total factor productivity, - the quality of institutions, - income distribution and the...

Economists and professionals working in related fields are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of economics for presentation at the Congress.

Topics: - macroeconomic effects and economic policy considerations under global change; - consequences of economic fluctuations on the financial sector and related opportunities; - real sector implications and labour market responses to the changing economic environment; - economic development...

The Turkish Regional Science Association will host the congress, and we expect the congress to attract hundreds of participants from the fields of economics, geography, planning and public policy, from different parts of the world.

The conference will cover a broad range of themes in macroeconomics and finance with a view to the medium and long run. A special emphasis is on methodological, theoretical and empirical aspects and on their relevance for economic policy.

Topics: Statistical education; Statistics and internet; Building SIS for the future; Statistical metainformation systems (SMSs); Quality management systems in NSIs; Code of Practice: Implementation and Development; Social statistics; Statistics of migration; Statistics of information society (new...