Globalisation and the macroeconomy

Although the topic of globalisation has received considerable attention in many circles, it remains a phenomenon that we are still striving to understand. Not only can globalisation not be captured in a single measure or index, but its economic impacts are also difficult to isolate given the complexities in disentangling globalisation from other important structural changes that have occurred in parallel in recent years. Not least because of this, disagreements have persisted on both the characterisation of globalisation and its key macroeconomic implications. Against this background, the conference is a valuable opportunity to contribute towards sharpening our understanding of the mechanics of globalisation, on the one hand, and its macroeconomic consequences, on the other.