JUNE

Foundation Banque de France organizes jointly with several research centers (PSE, TSE, CREST, Polytechnique, Sciences Po) its 4th Joint macro Workshop in Toulouse, on 5 June 2013. The workshop is open to any economist affiliated to a Europe-based institution.
The program Chair is composed of Olivier Loisel (Crest) and Romain Rancière (PSE).
To view the full program, please click here
To register, please write to jointmacro@gmail.com by 31 May 2013.

V Workshop On Fiscal Federalism: The Political Economy of Decentralization  Barcelona, June 13-14, 2013
Decentralization of the delivery of public services has been an important part of public sector reform in many countries. The arguments typically used by governments, international agencies and donors have been mostly of economic and technical nature. The political economy approach can complement this diagnosis and advice work by predicting the effect of decentralization reforms in real political and institutional settings, highlighting the practical pitfalls of particular reform designs implemented, and helping understand the motives that drive politicians to transfer responsibilities and resources to lower levels of government.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together original research papers that cast some light on this topic.
Keynote speakers
Frederico Finan (University of California - Berkeley), Gerard Padró-i-Miquel (London School of Economics), Eckhard Janeba (University of Mannheim)

JULY

Beyond Austerity vs Growth: The Future of European Political Economy, 1-3 July 2013, Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield.
Plenary speakers include Peter Katzenstein (Cornell University), Vivien Schmidt (Boston University), Iain Begg (LSE), Stuart Holland (Universidade de Coimbra and former MP) and David Marsh CBE (Chariman, OMFIF). There will also be an array of parallel-running panels, two think-tank panels and a policy roundtable discussion.
For more information about the conference and the programme please visit our website http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/speri.
email - speri@sheffield.ac.uk