Investments are the gamble on the future of a community. Their benefits span over the present. They stimulate aggregate demand. They have positive effects on expectations as well as spin-offs in terms of knowledge and innovation. Their benefits also project into the future adding productive...

The central themes of the Conference are: - Financing SME - Corporate governance and financial regulation - Experimental economics and finance - Internationalization and economic development - Finance cycles and macroeconomic cycles - ECB monetary policy and the crisis - Employment distribution...

Submissions of papers concerning any aspect of the economic theory and policy are also welcome.

Proposals for sessions or submissions of papers concerning any aspect of the history of economic thought are welcome. The special theme of the conference is "Economic development and social cohesion: converging goals?".