The CESifo Venice Summer Institute, held every year in July, focuses on themes of current interest in European and global economic policy. The Institute brings together international economists working on economic policy topics for workshops, panel meetings and discussion. The conference venue is Venice International University on San Servolo, a tiny island across the water from San Marco in the bay of Venice.
How to get to Venice International University (the conference venue)
CESifo's thirteenth Venice Summer Institute will be held from 16 to 21 July 2012, with five workshops dealing with the following topics:
Cross Border Mobility of Students and Researchers: Financing and Implications for Economic Efficiency and Growth Organisers: Marcel Gérard and Silke Uebelmesser Keynote Speakers: Nicholas Barr, London School of Economics, David E. Wildasin, University of Kentucky Date: 16 - 17 July See call for papers Submit a paper Portability of Social Benefits: The Economics of a Critical Topic in Globalisation Organisers: Robert Holzmann and Martin Werding Keynote Speakers: Alain Jousten, University of Liège Salvador Valdés-Prieto, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of Chile Date: 16 - 17 July See call for papers Submit a paper The Economics of Long-Term Care Organisers: Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau Keynote Speakers: Luigi Siciliani, University of York Edward Norton, University of Michigan Date: 18 - 19 July See call for papers Submit a paper The Theory and Empirics of the Green Paradox Organisers: Karen Pittel, Rick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen Keynote Speakers: Michael Hoel, University of Oslo Hans-Werner Sinn, Ifo Institute and University of Munich Ngo Van Long , Ifo Institute and McGill University Date: 20 - 21 July See call for papers Submit a paper Taxation of the Financial Sector Organisers: Ruud de Mooij and Gaetan Nicodeme Keynote Speakers: Michael Devereux, University of Oxford, Colin Mayer, University of Oxford, John Vickers, University of Oxford Date: 20 - 21 July See call for papers Submit a paper