Economic Growth in Europe

Gemeinsame Tagung des Arbeitskreises Europäische Integration (AEI) und des Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Mannheim GmbH (ZEW)

Wissenschaftliche Leitung:
Dr. Friedrich HEINEMANN, ZEW
Marcus KAPPLER, ZEW

Ort: Mannheim

Datum: 23./24. Februar 2006

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Thema der Tagung

Most member states of the European Union have in many respects fallen behind the objectives defined in the Lisbon agenda. This failure is most evident regarding the aim of economic growth. Improving growth rates in Europe is particularly relevant for the long-term outlook, in which the demographic change in Europe will probably contribute to a further reduction of the rate of economic growth. Against this background, the conference deals with the following questions: Ex post, how can the different growth performances of industrial countries be explained? What are the future prospects for the European potential growth rates? How would different growth scenarios affect the stability of public finances and the social security systems? What policies and which institutions are able to positively affect long-term growth?

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Programm

Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Friedrich HEINEMANN, ZEW

Growth performance in the European Union

Human capital, the structure of production, and growth
Prof. Antonio CICCONE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

The role of creative destruction for growth and job creation in Europe and the United States: a micro perspective
Stefano SCARPETTA, PhD, World Bank, Washington DC

The „Lisbon Goal“ of the EU: rhetoric or substance?
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm KOHLER, University of Tübingen

Economic growth in Europe: pursuing the Lisbon strategy
Fabienne ILZKOVITZ, European Commission, Brüssel

Europe's social model, aging and growth

Growth and longevity from the industrial revolution to the future of an ageing society
Prof. David de la CROIX, Université catholique de Louvain

Europe's social model – A reason of low growth?
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst SIEBERT, Kiel Institute for World Economics and Johns Hopkins University, Bologna

Fiscal policy and growth

Public debt, public investment and economic growth
Prof. Dr. Alfred GREINER, University of Bielefeld

Public sector efficiency: evidence for the new EU member states and emerging markets
António AFONSO, PhD, European Central Bank and ISEG/UTL-Technical University of Lisbon

New empirical and theoretical approaches

On the relation between government size and economic development: some methodological and econometric remarks
Prof. Dr. Gebhard KIRCHGÄSSNER, University of St. Gallen

Multi-country endogenous growth models
Prof. Dr. Lutz ARNOLD, University of Regensburg

A meta-analysis of beta-convergence: the legendary two-percent
Maria ABREU, Cambridge-MIT Institute, University of Cambridge

Policy and regional growth: drivers of regional productivity development
Martin EICHLER and Michael GRASS, BAK Basel Economics

Once again: investigating hours worked
Marcus KAPPLER, ZEW

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