Topics: - Stabilisation policies and growth in a low interest rate environment; - The economics of high public debt reconsidered; - Fiscal federalism revisited; - Fiscal rules, fiscal institutions, or both: political economy considerations.

This year's conference will discuss how EU institutions can set long-term goals in the presence of highly volatile market conditions. The action plan for the creation of a capital markets union has drawn attention to a renewed regulatory and institutional design to support greater financial and...