Papers focusing on general equilibrium growth and models of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of financial stability, global and regional trade patterns, foreign direct investment, and international governance are of particular interest. Contributions on other specialized topics,...

The goal of the Barcelona Labor Economics Summer School is to cover a wide range of topics in labor economics from a variety of perspectives. In particular, the BLSS offers courses that will cover recent developments within the macro-labor, micro-labor and managerial-labor contexts. In each...

Topics: - entrepreneurship and “the entrepreneur” in modern theories of economic growth - long-run relationship between entrepreneurship, economic growth and productivity - knowledge context and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities - regional variation in new firm formation:...

Prof. Tito Boeri – Bocconi University, Milan The course will focus on the macroeconomic implications of institutions regulating imperfect labour markets. In particular, we will cover the following set of institutions: employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, active labour...