Economic Governance Institutions, Economic Outcomes, and the Crisis: An International Conference

Economic governance is the study of institutions, rules, and norms that define expectations, grant power and legitimacy, and delineate the costs and incentive structures we face in day-to-day economic activity.

The conference will report and discuss original research findings on how or why economic governance quality is central to our understanding of economic outcomes in general and the financial crisis in particular. The papers to be presented are rich in terms of empirical content and innovative in terms of the questions they address and the methods they use. The aim is to create a stimulating and exciting forum for debate on the role of economic governance institutions in addressing the economic challenges of our times. The conference will be of significant interest for researchers, policy makers, journalists and students.

The programme consists of 4 sessions:

    * Economic governance and macroeconomic outcomes

    * Economic governance institutions: the impact of norms, commitment mechanisms, rules, and regulatory regimes on economic behaviour

    * An economic governance approach to crisis and public debt in Europe

    * Economic governance and microeconomic outcomes: issues in network industries and foreign aid