Topics: - Market power in input and output markets: stylized facts, drivers and static and dynamic implications for misallocation, innovation, productivity and growth; - Industrial concentration, market power and investment: firm-level impact and consequences for the aggregate economy; - Firm...

The conference organizers seek both theoretical and empirical research contributions on topics of central importance to currency areas in general, and the euro area in particular. We invite submissions that address the following questions, but submissions are limited to these particular issues....

The aim of the conference is to bring together policymakers and practitioners, international institutions, and leading academics to shed light on these issues from both practical and research perspectives, and draw robust and novel policy implications.