Events

We are pleased to announce the organisation of a workshop in Turin, on Friday 30 November 2012. (Download programme)

Hosted by Enrico Colombatto, Professor at the University of Turin and IREF Research Director, the event will take place from 10 am to 4 pm at the School of Economics and Management, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis.

Four papers will be presented, each followed by Q & A session. The papers will be posted on the IREF website as they become available.

No place left to hide

The global financial crisis engendered panic in politicians worldwide. The reaction of the G20 was to move towards harmonization of financial regulation, particularly through what they regarded as a strengthening of the Basel Accords. Yet the risk was that global regulations threaten to make the next crisis truly global in effect. Harmonized regulations actually produce in some countries a systemic risk that did not exist before.

The 6 and 7 of February IREF is organizing two conferences on the topic of tax solutions to go out of the crisis. The French, Italian and Swiss cases will be discussed by Victoria Curzon-Price, Professor at the University of Geneva, Enrico Colombatto, Professor at the University of Torino and Jean-Philippe Delsol, lawyer specialized in taxation. Closing remarks by Jacques Garello, Professor emeritus at the Aix-Marseille University and Alain Mathieu, President of the French taxpayers association Contribuables Associés.

Understanding the current crisis to find our way out: post welfare State - this is the topic of the 2011 Summer University in Aix-en-Provence, France.The Summer University of New Economics bring together social scientists, economists, lawyers, philosophers, and historians for three days to discuss recent developments and put forth tangible proposals without regard to artificial or disciplinary boundaries that often stifle reflection and debate.
 

IREF and Liberalni Institut organized an international conference on energy taxation.
The conference took place on Thursday September 30th, 2010 at 4:00 pm at the Congress Hall of the Czech National Bank. The participants discussed the nature and scope of energy taxation in Europe, its economic ground and future development. Lecturers were Pierre Garello, Miroslav Zají?ek, Michael Fehn, Miroslav Šev?ík, Martin Chren, Ivo Strej?ek. The event was moderated by  Prince Michael von Lichtenstein.