The main aim of this 25 hours course is to provide an introduction to applied macroeconomics and macroeconometrics with MATLAB. The approach is problem based, i.e. students will be made familiar with the software using well-known examples from both economic theory and applied econometrics.

The central theme of the conference is "Financial Crises in the Economists' View". Proposals of sessions or submissions of papers concerning any other aspect of the history of economic thought are also welcome.