The 5th Annual Conference on European Studies: Europe in Unchartered Territories brings together economists and political scientists to address European socio-economic issues, with the objective of contributing to the evaluation and design of institutions and policies in and for Europe. This...

Topics: - measurement of firm productivity, productivity dispersion, and their development over time; - firm internal determinants of productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of external factors (e.g., institutions) on productivity and productivity dispersion; - impact of globalization...

topics: - Productivity measurement and its determinants, - Spreading innovation across firms and globalisation, - External imbalances, adjustment to shocks and globalisation, - Productivity, income inequality and trade, - Firm growth and internationalization, - Trade and resource reallocation, -...

The idea of the conference is to bring together economists who have recently contributed new research on the interlinkages between current account imbalances and financial factors.

Conference Program: Session I - Transatlantic Macro-Financial Linkages: The Ties that Bind Session II - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Challenges in the United States and Europe Session III - Transatlantic Dimensions of Financial Reform

The Brussels Economic Forum is one of the European Union’s premier platforms for debate on economic policy issues. The next Brussels Economic Forum will look into the crisis exit strategies as an opportunity to create new sources of growth and enhance EU competitiveness, with a special focus...

Session I: Unwinding global imbalances Session II: Adjustment and integration dynamics in EMU Session III: Fostering catching-up and cohesion in the EU

Key issues would include - how the economic adjustment process changes; - the role of financial markets in promoting and financing adjustment; - whether converging and steady-state economies face different challenges; - the challenges for supervisory and structural policies; - what types of...