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Second Workshop of the Paul Woolley Research Initiative - 17 et 18 mars 2010

L'objectif de cette conférence est de réunir des chercheurs autour de récents travaux traitant de différents aspects de dysfonctionnement des marchés...

Carbon tax : TSE economists' explanations in the French Newspaper "La Tribune"

- Dossier spécial La Tribune/Toulouse School of Economics : "La taxe carbone arrive: des économistes vous l'expliquent" - La Tribune, 26 February 2010
- Interview N°1: Paul Seabright : "Faut-il une taxe carbone? Un économiste répond" - La Tribune, 26 February 2010
- Interview N°2: Claude Crampes: "Le Conseil Constitutionnel a-t-il eu raison de retoquer la taxe?" - La Tribune 1^st March 2010
- Interview N°3: Jean Tirole: "Sans coordination internationale, est-ce la peine de taxer le carbone? " - La Tribune 2^nd March 2010

Regulation, Competition and Universal Service in the Postal Sector - 25 and 26 March 2010

IDEI will organize the sixth Conference on regulation, competition and universal service in the postal sector sponsored by La Poste on March 25-26.
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Conference on the Political Economy of the Financial Crisis - 9 avril 2010

The aim of this conference is to add to the debate on the political economy aspects of the ongoing global financial crisis, and to stimulate research in this area. Topics that will be discussed include: regulatory capture and lobbying, bailout negotiations, and consumer protection.

Seventh lectures in Economics: Videos

Roland Bénabou - The Seventh Toulouse Lectures in Economics: "Revisiting Incentives: Values, Laws and Norms", Toulouse, France, 14-16 December 2009 : Videos online

Grenelle, carbon tax, Copenhagen : TSE in the press...

TSE researchers participate to the public debate about protections measures to be taken against global warming, for example by writing many articles in the press....

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Infrastructure and Development
Conference on Infrastructure Economics and Development - 14 and 15 January 2010

The first International Conference on Infrastructure Economics and Development (ICIED) was held in Toulouse on January 14 and 15. It brought together around 150 participants from around the world, including academics, members of international institutions and NGOs, and policy makers. The aim was to take stock of recent advances and research challenges, and exchange ideas and insights on the future research agenda. A number of dominant themes ran through the conference. These include in particular the relationship between climate change and infrastructure development, and the economics and policy of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and regulation. The sessions also showed that frontier research is active in a number of challenging topics, among which impact evaluation, economic geography and infrastructure.
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Newsletter January 2010