The School is designed to be of particular benefit to PhD students as well as researchers in the Social Sciences, Economics and Statistics, willing to learn how to use micro data to inform policy making. The School will present 1) the fundamental principles of impact evaluation with a specific...

The conference theme of 2011 is "Econometrics for Policy Analysis: after the Crisis and Beyond". Theoretical and applied contributions are invited and we particularly welcome contributions focusing on econometric methods and models that can assist in the formulation, implementation and...

The reform process triggered by the recent financial crisis is gradually making progress. Advances are underway in the area of banking regulation, accounting standards, and market infrastructure (e.g. clearing houses for derivatives, etc.). A new framework for macroprudential policy is also...

We invite empirical and theoretical submissions, which relate to the Workshop theme of "Crises, Institutions and Labour Market Performance: Comparing Evidence and Policies". Papers offering a comparative perspective are encouraged though selection will be primarily based on quality.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together economists and political scientists working on different aspects of the complex processes through which migration policies come into place. Topics: - Analysis of individual attitudes towards immigration - Models of the distributional effects of...

The University of Bari “Aldo Moro” partners Universities participating to the MA in Economics of Globalization and European Integration (E.G.E.I.) are jointly organizing a workshop on the “Economics of Global Interactions”. The workshop will provide scholars with the opportunity to...

From the 1960s onwards, international economics and international business have been developing as separate fields. More recently, four trends that may lead to a possible convergence of international economics (IE) and international business (IB) have become evident. First, the modern IE...

During the course participants will analyze on the one hand some models of growth, distribution and structural change belonging to the post-Keynesian and structuralist tradition and, on the other hand, some Post-Keynesian models - the so called Stock Flow Consistent (SFC) models - which are...

The Conference will be the occasion to present the results of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN 2007). The main themes of the Conference include: 1) Innovation in business services at the firm level and its impact on firms' performance 2)...

Topics: a) Global imbalances and the future of the international monetary system. b) Particular mix of policies adopted to face the crisis in different countries including developing countries (country studies). c) Financial liberalization and the restructuring of the financial system after the...