Topics: - Labor market asymmetries among new and old EU countries and institutional reforms - The impact of asymmetries on the on common monetary policy and vice versa: the impact of a common currency on labor market flexibility - Synchronization of economic activities (optimum and enogenous...

Innovation is a mechanism to transform the challenges faced by many countries and regions into opportunities. The BALAS Conference will discuss innovation as a source of integration, development, aggregate value, creation of new markets to generate income and wealth.