22 Nov 2010 | NEWS

Limits of Quantitative Easing

"The recent decision of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (Fed) to increase its assets by purchasing $600 billion worth of Treasury bonds is unlikely to boost economic growth or employment prospects in the U.S. Instead, it will cause damage to the wo...

 
22 Nov 2010 | NEWS

Oil-led Economic Growth and the Distribution of Real Household Incomes and Consumption in Azerbaijan

While the oil-led economic growth in Azerbaijan 2004-2009 can be described as pro-poor, both in terms of real incomes and real consumption, actual...

 
12 Nov 2010 | NEWS

Advancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Economic Growth and Social Well...

The AEGIS project held its fourth project workshop on October 27 – 29 in Lisbon, Portugal. AEGIS (Advancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship an...

 
05 Nov 2010 | NEWS

Mediterranean Prospects for 2030 - Project Event

A scientific workshop of the MEDPRO project was held on November 2nd and 3rd in Milan, Italy.  Researchers participating in MEDPRO presented their...

 
02 Nov 2010 | NEWS

Macroeconomic Surveillance Within the EU

The new European Union (EU) economic governance package includes two major components, changes and amendments to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP...

 
26 Oct 2010 | NEWS

Emerging Europe and the Global Crisis: Lessons from the Boom and Bust.

Why was the slump in Emerging Europe so deep? Why did the banking and currency crises that many predicted not happen? Why were some countries in th...

 
21 Oct 2010 | NEWS

Will the U.S. Dollar Remain the Global Reserve Currency?

The U.S. economy's rapidly growing trade and current account deficits (2003-2007) along with the systematic weakening of the dollar have raised sev...