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What is the future of macro ABM? | YSI Side Event @ WEHIA 2022

University of Catania Metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy

Agent-based models (ABM) have recently gained space in economic research. They provide a useful tool for dealing with heterogeneity, non-linearities, interactions, etc, and offer important insights into policy decisions. This widespread use of ABM has been accompanied by a growing debate on how it should be related to mainstream economics. While some scholars believe that …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

Central Bank Cooperation 1924-31 | Stephen Clarke | Part 1

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This week, we will discuss the first 5 chapters of the 1967 monograph by Stephen Clarke. Access it here:https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/meltzer/clacen67.pdf?utm_source=direct_download Dramatis Personae 10 1- Introduction 15 2. The Problems of 1924-31 18Economic Difficulties 18Political Tensions 21Temporary Solutions 22Trouble Spots 23The Economic Breakdown 24 3. The Role of Central BankCooperation 27Introduction 27The Gold Standard Conception ofCentral Bank …

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project Series Decolonizing Economic Methodology Reading Group

Session-4: Decolonizing Economic Methodology Reading Group

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This reading group aims at exploring how the perspective of the postcolonial scholarship could open up new approaches to philosophy of economics/economic methodology. Our endeavor is inspired by the vibrant discussion on the need, possibility and promise of decolonizing economics. Once a month we will read and meet online to discuss a selection of chapters …

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Shifting Narratives

Online and UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Gower Street, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Shifting Narratives: The political economy of public services, spending and production Online conference with an in-person YSI workshop in University College London 27 June 2022 – 30 June 2022 Event Information: Open to: All but registration is required. Organisers: UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL-IIPP)University of Greenwich’s Public Services International Research Unit (UoG-PSIRU) …

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YSI @ IAFFE 2022

The Graduate Institute Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

DEADLINE EXTENDED (new deadline: April 18th) The YSI Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) would like to invite young scholars to submit their ideas for the YSI session at the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). This year we wanted to keep it as broad as possible, so instead of …

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project Series Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY

SESSION 4: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY | YSI Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND POLICY

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the last session of the Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY, organized by the Philosophy of Economics WG. SESSION 4 will focus on two articles on urban sustainability. Ghost cities are one of the most visible negative effects of property-led urban development. What can be done better in the future? …

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YSI Panel @ I Congresso do Desajuste

Casa do Professor - Apoesp São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

YSI Panel @ I Congresso do Desajuste - “Prospects for economic growth and redistribution in Brazil and Latin America: can heterodox economics lead the recovery?” In the 2000s, Brazil and other Latin American countries experienced a period of economic growth and income redistribution resulting from favorable external conditions and policies to foster aggregate demand. In …

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YSI Day @ EPOG 2022

Syros, Greece , Greece

YSI Day @ EPOG 2022 is a chance to introduce YSI to the community of EPOG alumni at the annual EPOG masters program conference in Syros, Greece from July 3-7. The event will consist of a presentation of both YSI and of a number of YSI working groups followed by a project-building session to create …

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YSI @ 15th EAEPE Summer School

Roma Tre University Rome, Lazio, Italy

Despite claims that COVID-19 is “the great equalizer”, a growing strand of the literature points to the heterogeneity of its effects across countries, population subgroups, and socioeconomic classes. This warrants a closer examination how governments managed the pandemic and provided legal and economic relief to those affected. Despite an increase in social spending in most …

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ECLAC School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES)

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

The Latin America Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the Program for Advanced Studies on Latin American Economies (ELADES, in Spanish) and will organize activities during the School, which include: (1) An Alumni Seminar, (2) Feedback activities on Students' final work, (3) a post-ELADES workshop in which students from the current …

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