The Institute of Public Finance and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung have organized an international scientific conference on Finance and Growth in Central and Eastern Europe which was held in Zagreb, April 29-30, 2010. The discussed topics have covered areas such as financial crises, banking sector efficiency, financial integration, and economic growth. Fourteen papers were presented at the conference, by authors arriving from various European universities and international institutions. List of papers presented at the conference and their abstracts can be found here.

Our special guest and invited lecturer, Professor Fabrizio Coricelli from University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), has presented his research on the implications of the global financial crisis for emerging European markets.