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 WSI Summer School 2010 focuses on the question whether or not European integration could develop towards a more Social Europe. It will provide an overview on the history, institutions and law-making procedures of the European Union and will discuss current European policy in the fields of...

The viability of innovation processes leading to increases in productivity and faster growth depends mainly on the coordination of the accumulation of physical capital and the complementary accumulation of human capital. This will be the theme of this year’s school, with focus on the financial...

The recent wave of globalisation has challenged the traditional paradigm on which our view of the international division of labour was based. A new paradigm is gradually evolving and the purpose of the Summer School is to take stock of these developments and assess their policy implications. The...

Issues of monetary economics, the theory of growth and distribution, and the relation of Post-Keynesian Economics to other heterodox traditions, but also to the now prevalent New Keynesian approach, will be covered as well as applications of Keynesian theory to issues of unemployment, monetary...

Lecture Topics: Asset prices and macroeconomics, identification with sign restrictions, new open economy macroeconomic models, exchange rates in dynamic general equilibrium models, models of exchange rate pass-through, open economy models of the current account

Purpose: The purpose of the ZEI - Summer School is to bring together young economists for a series of lectures covering the current frontiers of research in their area of interest and to create an opportunity for stimulating discussions and presentation of their own research to a group of...