Conference themes: 1. Competitive advantage of countries and regions: how do small open economies compete? 2. Regional and urban competitiveness: creativity and innovative drivers of urban competitiveness 3. New Thinking: Innovation systems and sustainable business models 4. Growing the...

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its IV Summer School in Public Economics that will be devoted to immigration and public policy. Within this broad theme there will be two parts: the economic effects of immigration, and the consequences of segregation (along the...

This workshop will focus on the interplay between institutions and international capital flows. Topics to be covered include: · Political, legal and financial determinants of international capital flows · International capital flows, risk taking and financial fragility · International capital...

The organizing committee is particularly interested in papers at the crossroad of child wellbeing and migration. The three sub-themes that the Global network project encompasses are: 1. Social and Economic Consequences of Age at Migration; 2. Institutions of the Welfare State and Child Wellbeing...