The Conference will investigate the following topics: - Growth and development ; - Business competitiveness ; - Digital and green solutions for next generation ; - Cities and regions ; - Challenges in and lessons from Croatia ; - Challenges and opportunities for EU economy.

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 had a very deep and significant impact on economic relationships, especially on international trade, social and employment policies, technological developments, and the macroeconomic context. Against this background, economic researchers and policy-makers are now...

The BSE Development Economics Summer School explores some of the most recent and exciting work in the field of economic development. Both theoretical and empirical aspects will be covered, with a precise focus on policy that improves economic well-being in poor and developing countries. The...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

This workshop is a forum for junior and senior experts to discuss cutting-edge research in the fields of economic growth and fluctuations (EGF). The workshop is open to the best type of research conducted in the EGF field. The workshop is not limited to any specific topic. We are regularly...

The workshop is jointly organized by the BSE and MOVE. The goal of the workshop is to bring together, as in previous editions, leading researchers in the estimation of structural microeconometric models on different topics (labor, IO, development…). Submissions from well-established...

This workshop aims at being a showcase of recent outstanding contributions in the broad literature on development economics. The workshop aims to create an annual meeting of top researchers in this field in the framework of the BSE Summer Forum. Both empirical and theoretical contributions will...

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: - The causes and consequences of the spatial...

Barcelona Summer School 2020 has been cancelled.

The Summer School in Development Economics will cover some of the most recent and exciting work in the field of economic development. Both theoretical and empirical aspects will be covered, with a precise focus on policy that improves economic well-being in poor and developing countries. The...