The digital revolution is gradually changing our daily life, as well as the economy. The Digital Economy Summer School will deal with some of the challenges that regulators and policy makers face due to this technological revolution. The program targets advanced undergraduate and graduate...

The contribution of innovation and entrepreneurship to economic prosperity has grown exponentially in recent years with the shift of development economies towards knowledge-based societies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Funding new ideas, Entrepreneurial finance, Venture...

The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the implications of the rise of intangible technologies. We are particularly interested in theoretical and empirical work on the interplay between the rise of intangibles, firm dynamics, and industry-level and aggregate outcome. We...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

Entrepreneurship is making a dramatic comeback in economics and management as a wellspring of industrial dynamism, innovation, and wealth creation. Despite early contributions by scholars such as Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight, or William Baumol, entrepreneurship has only recently surfaced as a...

The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the identification of the real effects of financial frictions. We are particularly interested in applied theoretical and empirical work on the interplay between financial frictions, micro- and macroeconomic shocks, and their...

This workshop is focused on the causes and effects of political institutions, and the behavior of voters and politicians facing different constraints, incentives and information. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers from economics and political science addressing...

The workshop will bring together researchers that study how different contexts of social interactions (preferences, cognitive skills, personality, institution, culture, etc.) or institutions affect the possibility of solving or mitigating coordination problems. We are regularly checking safety...

The Summer School addresses PhD students and Post-docs with a strong academic record and a keen interest in policy issues, and staff members of policy institutions.

Economic Growth - Gino Gancia (CREI and University Pompeu Fabra) This course consists of five three-hour lectures on topics in the area of economic growth and technological progress. A first goal of the course is to discuss different theories of economic growth and their relative merits in...