Topics: 1. Introduction: Key Theoretical Concepts and Empirics of Political Economy 2. Collective Choice and Voting 3. The Role of the State and Different Political Regimes 4. Institutional Change and Democratization versus Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies 5. Beliefs, Culture and...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Topics: - cross-border financial linkages and monetary policy; - trade integration, financial integration and the propagation of and adjustment to shocks; - sovereign risk, financial frictions and monetary policy; - standard and non-standard monetary policies in multi-sector/multi-country...

Wir wollen uns auf dem Herbstforum mit den Schlüsselthemen Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialpolitik und der Rolle der Gewerkschaften auseinandersetzen, um einerseits die Gefahren, die sich auf nationaler wie europäischer Ebene zeigen, deutlich zu benennen, aber andererseits gezielt die neuen und...

Die Konferenz soll die folgenden Fragen aufgreifen: - Welche Fakten sprechen dafür, dass die von der Krise am stärksten betroffenen Staaten in Europa dabei sind, die Rezession zu überwinden, welche sprechen dagegen? - Wie viel Konvergenz und Divergenz in der Europäischen Währungsunion sind...

The conference aims to bring together researchers working on theoretical and empirical issues related to the patterns of recovery from the Great Recession. Among the areas of interest are: 1. The role of labor markets in macroeconomic rebalancing (in particular, the euro area) 2. Jobless...

The submission of papers in the following areas is encouraged: - The theory of employment and unemployment - Possibilities and limitations of monetary and fiscal policy - Labour market institutions, active labour market policies, and decent jobs - Industrial policy, productivity and...

Topics: -the challenge of fiscal adjustment in times of high debt, low growth and high unemployment - implications of the financial crisis and the “Great Recession” for fiscal adjustment - implications of crisis management frameworks for fiscal adjustment - political constraints to the pace...

The European Forum for New Ideas is an international conference of business communities, also attended by representatives of the cultural sector, scholars and politicians. Plenary sessions: - How to heal the Old Continent? Ideas and values for overcoming the crisis - Economic architecture for a...

Der Kongress diskutiert mit entsprechender Öffentlichkeitswirkung zukunftsorientiertes Wissen und dessen Anwendung von der Individualebene auf die gesamtgesellschaftliche Ebene befördern. Durch den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaft und gesellschaftlichen Akteuren ermöglicht der Fachkongress...