We welcome submissions of theoretical or empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - Consumption behaviour and the macroeconomy - Firm dynamics and heterogeneity - Monetary and/or fiscal policy in closed or open economy - Expectations formation and information...

The conference is planned as an in-person event. Should travel restrictions bind by the time of the conference, we will allow speakers to participate on-line if needed. We welcome submissions of theoretical or empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - Business cycles...

The conference seeks to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss the aggregate implications of structural reforms, both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Topics: - The macroeconomic impact of structural reforms, both in the short and long run - The optimal timing of...

The aim of the conference is to gather high quality recent research that explores the causes and consequences of sovereign default from three different, complementary perspectives: theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, macro-finance modeling, as well as economic history.

With unemployment rising and potential growth faltering, labor market reform has become more necessary than ever in OECD countries. Divergences remain however vivid regarding the direction of reforms: Which labor contracts? What role for labor taxation? Which minimum wages? What role for labor...

Topics of interest: - School Quality - Higher Education - Class & school size - Student achievement - Educational Production Function - School effectiveness - Teaching & teacher conditions - ICT

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will hold its III Summer School in Public Economics, consisting on this ocassion of two courses: ‘Economics of Education, and Fiscal Federalism. The objective of each course is to offer an intensive training program for PhD students in Public Economics.