Formation, growth, and closure of firms are crucial for innovation, employment, and structural change in modern economies. The aim of this conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions on the interdependencies between finance, human capital, innovation activities, and investment...

Contributions on the econometric evaluation of policies fighting social exclusion are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is: - Policies for long-term unemployed and welfare recipients - Econometric methods of evaluation - Rehabilitation policies - Policies for socially excluded and...

The IJCB is initiating two series of annual research conferences that will bring together leading economists from central banks and academic institutions to consider issues of critical importance for policymaking. Each spring conference will focus on topics related to financial stability; each...

The conference aims to bring together experts in inflation pricing and hedging, inflation-indexed issuer asset-liability management, and macroeconomics. Particular topics of the conference could include: welfare benefits of inflation-protected securities; estimation of the inflation risk...

This conference will bring together economists, policymakers and practitioners to explore the causes and conditions of poverty and to begin a dialogue on the policies and strategies that may address the needs of communities with high concentrations of poverty.