This workshop aims to bring together economic theorists, applied economists, demographers, and economic historians working on unified growth theory. It will provide a forum for discussion of recent research on what facilitated the transition to self-sustaining growth. Some of the possible topics...

The IMF is forecasting a slowdown in world GDP growth, which would suggest that a new phase of the business cycle is beginning. Fears of financial fragility, concerns of falling house prices combined with inflationary pressures from rising commodity prices are leading to questions about the...

This conference will provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues regarding the future of monetary policy design. Topics of particular interest include the optimal level of inflation, the zero bound on nominal interest rates, price-level...

Macroeconomic theories have traditionally been tested using non-experimental "field" data. However, modern, micro-founded macroeconomic models can also be tested in the laboratory, and researchers have begun to pursue such experimental tests. This June, graduate students specializing in...

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in international trade and finance. Studies focusing on macroeconomic consequences of international integration of goods and factor markets, financial and trade liberalization, exports and productivity, foreign...

Topics: • Econometric methodology: new approaches to the finance-growth nexus • Banking development vs. financial market development • Volatility, financial development and economic growth • Finance, the distribution of income, the size distribution of firms and innovation • Financial...