All papers presented at the conference will be selected through this open submissions process. Please note that there will be time for only a very small number of presentations. The conference lasts about a day and a half, there are no parallel sessions, and ample time is allowed for discussion...

Eighteenth BREAD Conference on Development Economics Eighteenth BREAD Conference on Development Economics will be joint with the National Bureau of Economic Research and hosted by the NBER, Cambridge. Conference theme: "Economic Development."

Possible sessions could include: • Substitutability of real economic (manufactured) and natural capital • Effects of increased income inequality on the exploitation of the environment and the stability of social institutions • Globalization of economic activity and its effects on society...