Harvard Conference "Europe in a post-crisis world"

Client/Funding Institution

Schumpeter Gesellschaft

Abstract

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) was co-organiser of the conference “Europe in a post-crisis world” which has taken place at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies of Harvard University. The conference consisted of four sessions: 1) Political ramifications of the EU crisis; 2) Longer-term consequences of the crisis for the EU; 3) Consequences for Europe's periphery and the European neighbourhood; 4) Europe's position in the global economy - longer-term scenarios. Conference speakers included prominent economists and political scientists from Europe and the US (amongst others Larry Summers, Barry Eichengreen, Jeffrey Frankel, Andre Sapir, Loukas Tsoukalis, Peter Hall, Bart van Ark, Romano Prodi). The program has been put together by Prof. Jeffrey Frieden (Harvard) and Prof. Michael Landesmann (wiiw). The conference was funded by the Schumpeter Society and was organized in cooperation with the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies of Harvard University and the Program on Transatlantic Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University.

Duration

October 2013 - November 2013

wiiw team Leader

Michael Landesmann

Project Partners

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies of Harvard University; Program on Transatlantic Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University

Research Areas: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy

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