The conference brings together leading economic scholars and policy practitioners to discuss cutting-edge research addressing Europe’s economic policy challenges. It is jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs and the Joint...

The webinar will be structured in two parts. Following an introduction by Commissioner Gentiloni, Laurence Boone (OECD) will give a keynote speech on “Tackling the fallout from COVID-19”. A high-level policy panel will then discuss the role of fiscal policy in mitigating the effects of the...

Topics: - Decoupling of advanced and emerging countries' growth prospects - Domestic and global drivers of low growth and low interest rates: demand for safe assets, demographics, productivity growth - Government debt policy in a low interest rate environment - Secular decline in interest rates...

The workshop will be a one-day event with high-profile speakers and discussants from academia and international institutions. The workshop will be structured in two parts. The first session will concentrate on the design of fiscal rules. The second session will focus on how to apply and enforce...

The main aim of the network is to facilitate an exchange of views amongst practitioners on policy relevant issues and thereby deepen the analysis in the area of public finances. The network works through holding annual meetings organised by DG ECFIN, where participants present their work and...

topics: - Productivity measurement and its determinants, - Spreading innovation across firms and globalisation, - External imbalances, adjustment to shocks and globalisation, - Productivity, income inequality and trade, - Firm growth and internationalization, - Trade and resource reallocation, -...

The workshop will be a one-day event featuring three sessions of analytical presentations, three scene-setting interventions and a final policy-oriented panel discussion. - The first session will set the framework of corporate debt. - The second session will focus on the link between...

The main aim of the network is to facilitate an exchange of views amongst practitioners on policy relevant issues and thereby deepen the analysis in the area of public finances. The network works through holding annual meetings organised by DG ECFIN, where participants present their work and...

The workshop aims at covering the following main topics: a) the determinants of public wage bills and the interaction with the private sector; b) the effects of public wages cuts on: - successful consolidation results - the efficiency and quality of public services - productivity developments...

Conference Program: Session I - Transatlantic Macro-Financial Linkages: The Ties that Bind Session II - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Challenges in the United States and Europe Session III - Transatlantic Dimensions of Financial Reform