Social Spending and Automatic Stabilizers in the OECD

Julia Darby (University of Stratchclyde and CPPR) Jacques Melitz (Heriot Watt University and CREST)

Discussants:
Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics)
Igor Masten (University of Ljubljana)

Household Debt Repayment Behaviour: What Role Do Institutions Play?

Burcu Duygan-Bump (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Charles Grant (University of Reading)

Discussants:
Clemens Fuest (University of Cologne)
Jean Imbs (HEC Lausanne)

Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality

Daniele Checchi (University of Milan and IZA)
Cecilia García-Peñalosa (CNRS and GREQAM)

Discussants:
Barbara Petrongolo (London School of Economics)
Josef Zweimuller (University of Zurich)

Declining Discount Rates: Economic Justifications and Implications for Long-Run Policy

Christian Gollier (IDEI, University of Toulouse)
Phoebe Koundouri (DIEES, Athens University of Business and Economics)
Theologos Pantelidis (NUI Maynooth)

Discussants:
Jan Boone (Tilburg University)
Pierre-Yves Geoffard (PSE)

From Individual Attitudes Towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes

Giovanni Facchini (University of Essex and Università degli Studi di Milano)
Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University)

Discussants:
Luigi Guiso (European University Institute and Ente Luigi Einaudi)
Christian Schultz (University of Copenhagen)

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Financial and Institutional Forces

Nicolas Coeurdacier (London Business School)
Roberto A De Santis (European Central Bank) Antonin Aviat (PSE)

Discussants:
Gianmarco IP Ottaviano (University of Bologna)
Morten Ravn (European University Institute)

Regional Inflation Dynamics Within and Across Euro Area Countries and a Comparison with the US

Guenter W Beck (Goethe University Frankfurt and CFS)
Kirstin Hubrich (European Central Bank)
Massimiliano Marcellino (IEP-Bocconi University and IGIER)

Discussants:
Klaus Adam (European Central Bank)
Diego Puga (Universidad Carlos II Madrid)

The Euro and the Competitiveness of European Firms

Gianmarco IP Ottaviano (University of Bologna)
Daria Taglioni (European Central Bank)
Filippo Di Mauro (European Central Bank)

Discussants:
Kevin O’Rourke (Trinity College Dublin)
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (New Economic School and CEFIR)