The conference aims to create a forum for discussion on issues related to the recent patterns of firms activity, the organization of production and financing decision, as well as their determinants, consequences and implications for policymaking. Topics: - The evolution of firm market power and...

There seems to be general agreement that „populism“ has been on the rise over the past decade, and that it has implications for election outcomes and economic policies. There is the notion that pupulist economic policies oriented towards short-term gains at the cost of long-term structural...

The conference will cover a variety of themes related to the use of alternative datasets for economic analysis and monetary policy. Topics: - Econometric methods for the analysis of large unstructured datasets - Structural analysis with large datasets - Large micro datasets for monetary policy -...

Specific topics of the seminar are: - Cultural changes and food consumption. - Local culture, global culture and rural/sustainable development. - Food quality and culture. - Cultural issues in the organization of agri-food global value chains. - Culture and innovation. - Culture and agricultural...

Topics: 1. Multi‐level finance and public budgeting; fiscal federalism. 2. Public choice, political economy; voting. 3. Theoretical and empirical analyses of taxation and income redistribution; welfare economics; inequality. 4. Asymmetric and private information; mechanism design; games and...

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on social norms in developing countries.

Topics: - Accounting and regulatory compliance; - The continuing challenges and opportunities presented by the adoption of IFRS and other international standardization and convergence projects; - Auditing and oversight of the accounting profession; - Effect of regulation on management behavior,...

The aim is to analyze topics related to the institutional underpinning of fiscal policies. The workshop focused on research at the intersection of political economy, public finance, and macroeconomics. Topics of interest included: (i) the political determination of public policies (fiscal and...

The Workshop is intended to give young economists a chance to meet and discuss their work on Social Economy, and to stimulate interaction with peers and tenured scholars. Theoretical, empirical and experimental papers on topics such as social capital, social norms, cooperative and social...

The Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures is the annual event that brings together all the Areas of the Florence School of Regulation. This 8th edition aims to identify the key challenges of digitalisation for traditional network industries; discover various regulatory approaches to...