The conference will focus on the new global challenges for international fiscal and monetary policy. Just three years after the recent pandemic, policy makers are confronted with a new set of global challenges. These include increasing geoeconomic fragmentation, regional conflicts and climate...

The Public Economics Area Conference will take place as an on-site event in Munich and we are pleased to welcome Nathaniel Hendren (Harvard University) as the keynote speaker. On the evening of the first day of the conference, the Richard Musgrave Lecture will be delivered by Rosanne Altshuler...

This annual area conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the CESifo network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their...

Congress theme: "The Impact of Public Policies on Labor Markets and Income Distribution". In line with the Congress theme, the aim of the 2018 Congress is to provide a venue for presenting and discussing cutting-edge research in public economics, especially including research at the intersection...

The theme of the keynote speeches and panels will be “Fiscal Reform". Contributed papers on any topic within the field of Public Economics and related disciplines will be considered, as is traditional at IIPF congresses. Both practitioners and academics are invited to participate. Papers on...

The conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers which may...

The Area Conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers which...

Topics: - Stabilisation policies and growth in a low interest rate environment; - The economics of high public debt reconsidered; - Fiscal federalism revisited; - Fiscal rules, fiscal institutions, or both: political economy considerations.

The conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers which may...

Issues to be addressed include: What is special about the public sector? Public sector efficiency. Public debt sustainability. Changes in the role and size of public sector. Incentives in the public sector. Tax-spending mix. Optimal public policy. Delay of reforms. Rent seeking, tax evasion and...