The tax systems of developing countries differ considerably from those of developed countries. Revenue raised as a percentage of GDP is smaller than in developed countries and tax structures also differ considerably. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers working in this field to stimulate discussion about recent trends and future directions in taxation in developing countries. Questions to be addressed include:
The conference is intended to discuss research on topics like
Climate change is one of the greatest collective action problems facing the international community. The fiscal implications of climate change are, arguably, immediate, lasting, and they are liable to affect all countries, albeit in rather different forms and degrees.
The aim of this conference is to bring together the latest research that addresses issues related to the fiscal implications of climate change. This includes contributions that investigate issues such as: fiscal instrument design; the global public good characteristic of pollution emission reductions; fiscal aspects of adaptation and mitigation; aspects of international environmental policy coordination; and aspects of trade policy design.
Specific issues that the workshop will explore include preference elicitation, the importance of individual altruistic preferences, cultural transmission and social motivations for pro-welfare behaviour to arise. This workshop will address the social motivations and welfare, inequality aversion, preference for redistribution, inequality and risk, inequality aversion and inequality perceptions, attitudes towards the welfare state, altruism in health, education and social care, cultural transmission and welfare behaviour.
It is difficult to exaggerate the growing importance of China in the global economy. Economists and commentators alike these days are re-assessing China’s economic prowess not in terms of what China could do during normal times but in view of China’s ability to withstand both the 1997 and the current global finance crisis. Indeed, they are emphasising the importance of the policies pursued by China and other emerging countries in pulling the global economy out of its current recession.
The conference will offer an excellent opportunity for researchers to present their original research on the evolving role of China in the global economy and its economic implications. The conference’s general theme is contemporary issues related to China’s role in the global economy. Possible topics include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
We also would like to strike a good balance between academic rigour and practical relevance, and offer alternative viewpoints on China’s multiple roles in the global economy.
Central bank communication and governance questions have taken on greater importance and, as a result, these institutions have become more transparent. While the appeal of greater transparency is seemingly evident, how transparency improves the conduct of monetary policy is subject to differing interpretations. Does this imply constraints, implicit in the main, on how transparent central banks should be? Finally, central banks have also turned their attention to trying their hand at maintaining financial system stability. More research at exploring the nexus between financial system stability, the conduct of monetary policy, and how these are effectively communicated and delivered is also required.
The purpose of this workshop is to attract original contributions on these and related issues. All contributions with applied/policy aspects are welcome. Theoretical as well as empirical contributions aimed at delivering policy-relevant results are solicited.
The Louvain School of Management at the Catholic University of Mons and CESifo will organize in Mons, Belgium, a joint workshop on the financing of the Cross Border Mobility of Higher Education Students and Researchers. Papers, theoretical, empirical and policy oriented, are actively solicited on issues like (the list below is not exhaustive),
Professor Nicholas Barr (London School of Economics) and Professor Bruce Chapman (Australian National University, Canberra) will deliver the keynote lectures. The workshop is organized on the occasion of the Belgian Presidency of the EU and within the framework of the Interuniversity Research Program IAP 6/09 of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Department “Higher Education and Research”, led by Professor Mathias Dewatripont (ULB).
