Firms must transform production processes towards sustainable technologies in response to climate change and the emergence of policies aiming to curb carbon emissions. The energy shock due to the war in Ukraine renders this transformation not only important, but also urgent. All this requires...

Topics: - Propagation of financial shocks; - Technology transformation in a locked-down world; - Covid-19 & digitalisation of the workplace; - Green technologies in a post-pandemic world; - Government involvement and investment allocation; - Fiscal emergency measures and the cleansing effects of...

This symposium will feature state-of-the-art academic research on the interaction between financial markets and the green transition. Individual papers will address various issues relating to climate risk, climate policies, adaptation and sustainable development. The symposium underlines the...

Topics: - productivity measurement at the micro level - micro productivity and aggregate real activity - credit constraints and investment - inefficient lending - funding innovation and entrepreneurs - financial repression, factor accumulation, and re-allocation - macroprudential and monetary...

The workshop will focus on labour supply, education and wages during the recovery, with an emphasis on micro/macro linkages. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions. Research topics of particular relevance to the conference include the following: - the determinants of labour...

Topics: - productivity and sectoral allocation, - endogenous labour supply and structural transformation, - the role of services and intangibles in productivity dynamics, - the importance of the quality of institutions for different sectors, - sectoral reallocation and income inequality, -...

The fourth annual ECB Forum on Central Banking will focus on investment and growth in advanced economies. During two days of sessions and panels, approximately 150 central bank governors, academics, financial journalists and high-level financial market representatives will exchange views on...

The conference aims to provide researchers and policymakers an opportunity to present theoretical and empirical research related to the subdued global growth performance. Of particular relevance are the implications for global linkages and monetary policies in an environment of high economic and...

Topics: - Benchmarking euro area/EU growth and productivity growth with other advanced economies. How much could be gained from catching up with best practice? - Which factors explain the TFP wedge with the US? What is the role of human capital, workforce organisation and management practices? -...

Economic Growth - Gino Gancia (CREI and University Pompeu Fabra) This course consists of five three-hour lectures on topics in the area of economic growth and technological progress. A first goal of the course is to discuss different theories of economic growth and their relative merits in...