The “Institutions and Economic Performance” Programme of the Center for Economic Policy Research (C.E.P.R.)is organizing jointly with the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (B.R.E.A.D.) an international conference in the framework of an EBRD sponsored program on...

The conference will include a combination of theoretical models, measurement analysis, and empirical results. It will serve to bring together researchers working on the long-run effects of macroeconomic volatility, with a particular emphasis on issues relevant to developing countries. The...

In recent years, economic theorists have made important advances in understanding the transition of economies from pre-industrial stagnation to modern economic growth, while economic historians have developed a detailed empirical account of economic growth over the second millennium. The aim of...