Call for Applications – Maria Zambrano Visiting Scholars Fellowship Sponsorship
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
The IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics) and the Department of Economics in the School of Economics at the University of Barcelona, aims to sponsor candidates for the Maria Zambrano Visiting Scholars Call by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation and the University of Barcelona. The Maria Zambrano are talent-attraction grants lasting 1 or 2…
The IEB and the Andorran Ministry of Finance sign an agreement to evaluate the tax gap
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and the Andorran Ministry of Finance have signed an agreement to evaluate the tax gap in the Pyrenean country. Specifically, the agreement, in place for a period of three years, aims to evaluate the tax gap existing in several different taxes: general indirect tax, personal income tax and company…
The IEB’s annual report reflects its intense activity during the year of the pandemic
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has just published its annual report, which describes the institute’s activity in 2020. The document reports on a particularly intense year marked by the pandemic, and reflects the IEB’s commitment to its two main foundational objectives: to promote and disseminate research, and to contribute to the debate and decision-making…
A research project designed by the IEB’s Judit Vall among the applications selected for ‘Pandemias 2020’
Thursday, 3 June 2021
The project ‘Policies for Resilient Societies in Times of Pandemics’ led by Judit Vall, lecturer in economics at the University of Barcelona and researcher at the IEB, is one of four applications (out of a total of 185) selected by AGAUR, the Catalan government’s agency for the management of university research grants, under the framework…
The IEB and the Barcelona Zona Franca Consortium sign a cooperation agreement
Monday, 31 May 2021
El Barcelona Economic Institute (IEB) and the Barcelona Zona Franca Consortium (CZFB) have signed an agreement that will allow the economic research centre to expand its activities and further strengthen its position as a benchmark in the areas of fiscal federalism, tax systems, urban economy, infrastructure, public policies and energy sustainability. The signing ceremony, held…
The IEB devotes Report 1/2021 to working from home and its effect on cities
Friday, 30 April 2021
Coordinated by professors Jordi Jofre-Monseny and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, the IEB Report 1/2021 was presented at an event organized jointly with the Barcelona Provincial Council, and attended by experts from a range of fields. The report, entitled “COVID-19, working from home and the future of cities“, analyses the extent to which the practice of working from…
