Technological advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, along with the availability of big data, are rapidly changing our environment, from labor markets and firm organization to security, healthcare, and public policy. These developments have also opened new possibilities for...

Global productivity growth—the key long-term driver of living standards—fell sharply following the global financial crisis and has remained sluggish ever since. This decline has been associated with subpar global economic growth and record-low real interest rates. If sustained, low...

This workshop will bring together stakeholders involved in the generation or implementation of evidence-based policy advice. Participants will discuss the state of affairs in different countries (including the UK, the US, and Germany) and in different policy domains (including innovation,...

Recent developments have put international tax issues at the top of the global policy agenda. The US government has proposed a switch from worldwide taxation of corporate profits to territorial taxation while the US Congress is considering an even more fundamental reform of the corporate tax...

This workshop will focus on how governments set fiscal policy in the presence of mobile agents and how these agents respond. The workshop will feature both theoretical and empirical papers and welcomes papers containing both approaches. A goal of the workshop is to facilitate interactions...

The aim of this workshop is to discuss empirical and theoretical approaches that investigate the effects of regional policies and to learn more about the underlying mechanisms and consequences. Beyond those topics, the workshop should serve as a platform to address more broadly local public...

Household-level data on consumption expenditure underpin key policy questions, both microeconomic and macroeconomic, including monetary policy, tax policy, social security, and their relation to consumption, savings, and inequality. While the measurement of consumer expenditures at the household...

Conference Tracks: - Theme track: Liabilities of foreignness vs. the value of diversity - Developments in IB theory and methods, trends and critical approaches - Distance and institutions - FDI and foreign market entry - Headquarters - subsidiary relationships - International corporate...