The last decades have witnessed tremendous growth, integration and innovation in financial sectors of advanced economies. These developments have very much increased the importance of accurate and comprehensive information about financial activity. This applies both to the financial industry and...

Topics: • Social preferences • Voting behaviour • Social learning and information aggregation • Heterogeneity across individuals and institutions • Rent-seeking • Public goods • Taxation • Monetary and fiscal policies • International political economy

Communication has become an integral part of the strategy of modern central banks. Over the past two decades central banks have generally become more transparent in communicating their objectives, explaining their strategy for setting the policy rate, providing their views regarding the economic...

Conference objectives: The topics of this conference include energy markets evolution of in a larger Europe; security of supply and the role of gas; efficiency and renewable energy for a cleaner environment; new technology for a sustainable future.