Thierry Mayer (University Paris I) 1 – Why is gravity so universal? 2 – Border effects 3 – Trade with heterogeneity: gravity still rules 4 - The history of thought and facts in economic geography 5 - Interregional Trade and Market Size 6 - The Core–Periphery Structure 7 - Intermediate...

The Global Economic Symposium (GES) aims to provide a new collaborative setting to analyze the world’s most important economic problems, create shared visions of the future and formulate innovative strategies to achieve these visions. GES Themes: - Preserving our Natural Capital - Renewing...

Charles Engel (University of Wisconsin) This course will study international macroeconomic integration and the implications for monetary and exchange rate policies. It will balance both empirical studies and theory. Recommended readings are marked below with a ‘*’. There are nine sections of...

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

Keith Maskus (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Topic: The Labor Market and the Business Cycle

Antonio Ciccone (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Topics: 1. Institutions, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity 2. Trade, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity 3. Finance and Growth 4. Human Capital, Externalities, and Growth 5. Institution, Inequality, and Development

David DeJong (University of Pittsburgh) The focus of the course is on the empirical implementation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. The course is organized around the following empirical exercise. Beginning with a model environment, a non-linear expectational system of...

Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University) Topics: 1. Monetary Policy in the EU 2. Fiscal Policy in the EU

Gilles Saint-Paul (University of Toulouse) Topics: - Explaining the divergence in the unemployment experience of different countries in recent years - The role of shocks and institutions - The role of a more volatile environment - Is there a unique natural rate of unemployment? - The...