CEPR and the Pierre Werner Chair at the University at EUI are jointly organizing a one and a half day workshop focusing on global integration and economic interdependence. Papers that focus on the following topics from the perspective of global integration will be included:
Monetary unions: theory and historical experience;
Current account and international portfolio dynamics;
International risk sharing; theory and evidence;
Financial and currency crisis;
Commodity markets and the macroeconomy;
International dimensions of monetary and fiscal policy;
Vehicle currencies and import pricing.
This is the fourth annual workshop of the CEPR Working Group on
Macroeconomics of Global Interdependence (MGI). MGI aims to encourage
academic research on macroeconomic aspects of global integration
(broadly defined). Further information on MGI can be found at http://www.cepr.org/mgi