When we began to think about this outline, we realized that we had generally stayed away from issues of (more or less) pure theory. This was probably a good idea; neither our purpose nor our audience would be happy with screens full of equations. So we have tried to cull from various suggestions the outline of a conference on basic issues in macroeconomics that can be discussed in our style.

I. The most theoretical: a pro DSGE speaker and an anti-DSGE speaker.

II. The alternative research programs in macroeconomics. For example (a) Behavioral macroeconomics, (b) Simulation model.

III. The Role of Fiscal Policy. Do real disturbances require real instruments? What is the size of the spending multiplier in modern economies? The Automatic vs Discretionary issue, one on each side.

IV. Round table. Where do we stand? Macro-policy as a political, institutional problem, especially the need for coordination between fiscal and monetary policy among Europe, Asia and U.S. to accommodate distributional effect…

Part 1/2: Bernard Walliser

Part 2/2: discussion by Mikaël Cozic

29 & 30 November 2007
Does Company Ownership Matter?

Masahiko Aoki (Stanford University), Jean-Louis Beffa (Saint-Gobain), Margaret Blair (Vanderbilt University Law School), Wendy Carlin (University College London), Christophe Clerc (Shearman & Sterling), Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge), Ekkehard Ernst (O.E.C.D.), Jean-Paul Fitoussi (O.F.C.E), Donatella Gatti (University of Paris XIII), Gregory Jackson (King’s College London), Hans-Helmut Kotz (Deutsche Bundesbank), Xavier Ragot (C.N.R.S.), Antoine Rebérioux (University of Paris X), Lorenzo Sacconi (University of Trento), Robert Solow (M.I.T.)

30 November & 1 December 2006
Central Banks as Economic Institutions

Patrick Artus (École Polytechnique), Alan Blinder (Princeton University), Willem Buiter (London School of Economics), Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley), Benjamin Friedman (Harvard University), Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich (Free University of Berlin), Gerhard Illing (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Otmar Issing (European Central Bank), Takatoshi Ito (University of Tokyo), Hans-Helmut Kotz (Deutsche Bundesbank), Stephen Morris (Princeton University), André Orléan (E.H.E.S.S.), Nouriel Roubini (New York University), Robert Solow (M.I.T.)

1 & 2 December 2005
Augustin Cournot, Economic Models and Rationality

Michel Armatte (University of Paris IX), Robert Aumann (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Alain Desrosières (E.H.E.S.S.), Jacques Drèze (C.O.R.E.), Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Stanford University), Jean Magnan de Bornier (University of Aix-Marseille III), Thierry Martin (University of Franche-Comté), André Orléan (E.H.E.S.S.), Glenn Shafer (Rutgers Business School), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), John Vickers (Claremont Graduate University), Bernard Walliser (E.H.E.S.S.)

9 & 10 December 2004
France and Germany in the International Division of Labour

Bruno Amable (University of Paris X), Patrick Artus (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), Robert Boyer (E.H.E.S.S.), Anton Brender (University of Paris IX), Jerôme Clément (Arte), Stefan Collignon (London School of Economics), Noël Forgeard (Airbus), Hubertus von Grünberg (Continental), Gustav Horn (German Institute for Economic Research), Hans-Helmut Kotz (Deutsche Bundesbank), Pascal Lamy (European Commission), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Christian Streiff (Saint-Gobain)

2 & 3 October 2003
Public Sector, Private Sector: New National and International Frontiers

Patrick Artus (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), Avner Ben-Ner (University of Minnesota), Jacques Fournier (Conseil d’État), Louis Gallois (S.N.C.F.), Bernard Gazier (University of Paris I), Xavier Greffe (University of Paris I), Claude Henry (C.N.R.S.), Philippe Herzog (Confrontations), Inge Kaul (U.N.D.P.), Dominique Plihon (University of Paris XIII), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Joseph Stiglitz (University of Columbia)

7 & 8 November 2002
Organizational Innovation within Firms

Masahiko Aoki (Stanford University and R.I.E.T.I.), Carliss Baldwin (Harvard Business School), Jean-Louis Beffa (Saint-Gobain), Stefano Brusoni (University of Sussex), Eve Chiapello (H.E.C.), Giovanni Dosi (University of Pisa), Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo), Richard Locke (M.I.T.), Luigi Marengo (University of Pisa), Keith Pavitt (University of Sussex), Xavier Ragot (C.N.R.S.), Mari Sako (University of Oxford), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Edward Steinfeld (M.I.T.)

20 & 21 June 2002
Work and Work Skills

Peter Auer (I.L.O.), Robert Boyer (E.H.E.S.S.), Jean-Christophe Le Duigou (C.G.T.), François Eymard-Duvernay (University of Paris X), Richard Freeman (London School of Economics), Bernard Gazier (University of Paris I), Jérôme Gautié (University of Reims), Tom Kochan (M.I.T.), David Marsden (London School of Economics), Mari Sako (University of Oxford), Fritz Scharpf (Max Planck Institute of Cologne), Karen Shire (University of Duisburg), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Arndt Sorge (University of Groningen), Wolfgang Streeck (Max Planck Institute of Cologne), Eric Verdier (C.N.R.S.)

8 & 9 November 2001
The Transformations of Finance in Europe

Michel Aglietta (University of Paris X), Patrick Artus (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), Jean-Louis Beffa (Saint-Gobain), Joseph Bisignano (Bank for International Settlements), Christian De Boissieu (University of Paris I), Giampaolo Galli (Confindustria), Charles Goodhart (London School of Economics), Henri Guillaume (Inspection des Finances), Jacques Hamon (University of Paris IX), Hans-Helmut Kotz (Central Bank of Hesse), John Llewellyn (Lehman Brothers), Ariane Obolensky (B.D.P.M.E.), André Orléan (C.N.R.S.), Michel Prada (Commission des opérations de bourse), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Neil Soss (Crédit Suisse)

7 & 8 June 2001
The Sources of Technical Change

Philippe Aghion (Harvard University), Bruno Amable (Lille University), Masahiko Aoki (M.E.T.I., Stanford), Tim Bresnahan (Stanford University), Geneviève Berger (C.N.R.S.), Paul David (Universities of Oxford and Stanford), Giovanni Dosi (Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies), Robert Gordon (Northwestern University), Dominique Guellec (O.E.C.D.), Jacques Mairesse (I.N.S.E.E.), Franco Malerba (Bocconi University), Dirk Pilat (O.E.C.D.), Denis Ranque (Thales), AnnaLee Saxenian (University of California, Berkeley), Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg (French Ministry of Research), Robert Solow (M.I.T.)

9 & 10 November 2000
Institutions and Growth

Michel Aglietta (University of Paris X), Robert Boyer (E.H.E.S.S.), Olivier Favereau (University of Paris X), Jean-Paul Fitoussi (I.E.P.), Robert Gordon (Northwestern University), Dominique Guellec (O.E.C.D.), David Marsden (London School of Economics), Colin Mayer (University of Oxford), Jean Peyrelevade (Crédit Lyonnais), Günther Schmid (W.Z.B.), Luc Soete (University of Maastricht), Robert Solow (M.I.T.), Wolfgang Streeck (Max Planck Institute of Cologne), Michel Volle (A.N.P.E.)

September 2010

Robert Solow is Institute Professor Emeritus of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1987, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his contributions to economic growth theory, and, in 1999, the U.S. National Medal of Science. He is a former president of the American Academy of Sciences and of the Econometrics Society. He is currently the Robert K. Merton Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation.

Hans-Helmut Kotz is a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank and an honorary professor of economics at the University of Freiburg. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Revue d’Economie Financière, the Panel of Financial Experts for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Program Council of the Center for Financial Studies in Frankfurt.

Bernard Gazier is a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is a professor of economics at the University of Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and a researcher at the Centre for Economics M.A.T.I.S.S.E.–C.E.S. (a joint research unit of the University of Paris 1 and the French National Centre for Scientific Research). He is also the President of the Société de Port-Royal.

Masahiko Aoki is professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University. He is the president of the International Economic Association (2008–2011) and was a former president of the Japanese Economic Association. In 2007, he created the Virtual Center for Advanced Studies in Institutions, based in Tokyo. He founded the Research Centre of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (M.E.T.I.) in 2001 and served as its director until 2004.
Professor Aoki has been an adviser on developmental issues at the World Bank since 1997. He was awarded the Joseph Schumpeter Prize in 1998.