In cooperation with KOF/ETH Zurich, OECD and INSEE, CIRET will organise a 1 ½-day workshop on the measurement of output gap potential growth and productivity with a focus on how economic tendency surveys can improve the accuracy of the corresponding estimates in real time. Submissions on this...

The aim of the conference is to bring together policymakers and practitioners, international institutions, and leading academics to shed light on these issues from both practical and research perspectives, and draw robust and novel policy implications.

Financial systems play a vital role in boosting productivity growth by allocating resources efficiently and facilitating investment and innovation. But they are also prone to costly booms and busts, which can leave deep scars on the productive tissue of the economy. Indeed, in the aftermath of...

World Forum for a Sustainable Society is inviting scientists, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs to share ideas, theoretical developments and good practices in order to find ways of creating a sustainable society. MAIN STREAMS OF THE FORUM I. Economic theory of sustainability in societies...

Forum 2014, entitled Resilient Economies for Inclusive Societies, will be organised around three cross-cutting themes: Inclusive Growth, Quality Jobs, and Trust, exploring the multifaceted nature of resilience and how to now “bounce forward” in addressing economic, social, and environmental...

Topics: Main Streams I. Economic theory of sustainability in societies and business II. Sustainable entrepreneurial behavior and its framework III. Education and training for sustainable developments. IV. Implementation and optimisation of sustainable developments Streams 1. Sustainable Economic...

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on various aspects of productivity, trade and development. The topics of the conference include: 1) the role of productivity growth vs. factor accumulation in convergence; 2) within and between sector reallocation; 3) relative...

Key iussues: - Climate Change - How can we build a solid economic framework for combating climate change beyond Kyoto? - Growth and Stability - How to deal with risks following the shocks of financial turmoil, cooling housing markets and higher energy and commodity prices? How should regulators...