Since at least the mid-1990s, there has been a general consensus among economists that independent central banks rather than elected officials should conduct monetary policy to avoid political business cycles. As a result, a large majority of countries have now delegated monetary policymaking...

This workshop is focused on the interplay between economic geography, trade in products and production factors, and their relationship to economic growth. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - The causes and consequences...