STEG research themes: - Data and measurement related to structural transformation - Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy - Labour, home production, and structural transformation - Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps - Trade and spatial frictions - Political economy and...

We invite submissions from interested researchers, including non-CEPR affiliates, on any topic within the area of Development Economics. Based on information currently available, we plan an in-person/hybrid event at the IFS. This plan is subject to changes depending on the COVID-19 situation....

This workshop will focus on how improved data or economic measurement can help shed a light on the process of structural transformation and its link to economic growth. There is a particular interest in understanding the challenges for low-income countries. We welcome papers that introduce new...

We now invite submissions from interested researchers, including non-CEPR affiliates, on any topic within the area of Development Economics. We plan an in-person event at the Stockholm School of Economics. This plan is subject to changes depending on the COVID-19 situation. The organisers will...

This workshop will provide a forum to present and discuss early-stage results and recent working papers on the core themes of our WEFIDEV community: corporate finance, banking, household finance, microfinance, insurance, climate finance and green finance — focusing mainly on low and middle...

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

We welcome economic or econometric contributions on the following and related issues: - National safety as a public good - Strategic behavior and credible commitments (initiated by Thomas Schelling) - The theory of conflicts (initiated by Gordon Tullock, Jack Hirshleifer and Kai Konrad) - Theory...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

The original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit of such a ‘development-based’ agenda is...

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together CESifo members to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo Research Network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the domains of...