Chair: Brigitte Preissl, Intereconomics and ZBW Speakers: - Introductory remarks by Felix Roth, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Intereconomics - Torben M. Andersen, University of Aarhus - Anton Hemerijck, VU University Amsterdam - Thomas Leoni, Austrian Institute for Economic...

The Ifo-CoR BrIEF, an annual conference series, is co-organised by the Committee of the Regions and the Munich-based Ifo Institute. The series aims to strengthen the contribution of Europe's economic expertise to European economic policy-making and to provide a platform for prominent...

The conference will be structured around five main topics: - Building a dynamic European labour market: transitions, human capital investment, mobility - Impact of the crisis on employment: "programme countries", wages, jobless households - Sectors with high job-creation potential: green...

Many times in history, public authorities have decided to pursue economic policies (mainly development policies) by directing the financial flows of the economy. The central idea of the conference is to study this phenomenon using a comparative approach. The basic question to be addressed is...