The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the identification of the real effects of financial frictions. We are particularly interested in applied theoretical and empirical work on the interplay between financial frictions, micro- and macroeconomic shocks, and their...

This workshop is focused on the causes and effects of political institutions, and the behavior of voters and politicians facing different constraints, incentives and information. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers from economics and political science addressing...

The sixth biennial European Establishment Statistics Workshop (EESW19) is devoted to furthering the understanding of topics in designing, collecting, analysing and using statistics about and for businesses and other organisational entities. EESW19 is aiming to continue to be a prime European...

The recent economic crisis has posed important challenges to the political institutions and public finances of developed and developing countries. These challenges have motivated scholars to study both the political determinants and consequences of these recent events. The aim of this workshop...

Graphical models and network models play an important role in social sciences. They model interactions between agents in socio-economic networks but also give a way of representing complex probabilistic relations in large systems. The recent dynamic theoretical development of network modeling is...

All papers that present an alternative economic perspective on the conference theme 'Can the EU still be saved? The implications of a multi-speed Europe' are welcomed. In particular, we encourage submissions specific to one of the following topics on which the workshops will be based. Topics: -...

The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments in the study of the interaction between asset prices, finance and macroeconomics. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - Sources of asset price fluctuations:...

Topics: Applied Economics and Social Policies, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics

Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

Decentralization impacts the political and economic environment in many ways. One of its possible consequences is a reduction in the information asymmetries between citizens and politicians. The aim of this workshop is to analyze the extent to which decentralization affects the accountability of...