20th Anniversary Conference

IGIER 20th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

To celebrate its 20th birthday, IGIER organized a two-day conference in June 2011. 
To download a press note of the event click here

8 June 2011

WELCOME REMARKS
Francesco Giavazzi (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[video]

INSIGHTS FROM THEORY
Introduction by Fabio Maccheroni (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[Video]
Eddie Dekel (Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University)
[Slides]     [Video]
Jean-Charles Rochet (Toulouse and University of Zurich)
[Slides]     [Video]

FINANCIAL MARKETS
Introduction by Stephen G. Cecchetti (Brandeis University)
[Video 1]   [Video 2]
Franklin Allen (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
[Slides]     [Video]
Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago)
[Slides]     [Video]

MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK: THE BIG PICTURE
Introduction by Roberto Perotti (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[Video]
Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)
[Slides]     [Video]
Olivier Blanchard (MIT)
[Video]   

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: Central Bank Lessons from the Global Crisis
Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel
[Lecture]

9 June 2011

HUMAN CAPITAL AND LABOR MARKETS
Introductions by Tito Boeri (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[Video 1]   [Video 2]
Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University)
[Slides]     [Video] 
Wolfgang Lutz (Vienna University, IIASA, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
[Slides]     [Video]

ENGINES OF DEVELOPMENT
Introductions by Eliana La Ferrara (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[Video 1]   [Video 2]    
Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)
[Slides]     [Video]    
Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University)
[Slides]     [Video]

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GROWTH
Introductions by Guido Tabellini (IGIER, Università Bocconi)
[Video 1]   [Video 2]
Daron Acemoglu (MIT)
[Slides]     [Video] 
Esther Duflo (MIT)
[Slides]     [Video]

Download the PDF of the complete program here