EIEF will host the “2nd Summer Workshop in Political Economy”. The aim is to analyze topics related to the institutional underpinning of fiscal policies. The workshop will focus on research at the intersection of political economy, public finance, and macroeconomics. Topics of interest include: (i) the political determination of public policies (fiscal and monetary policy, social insurance, taxation, transfer programs, public investment, public employment, regulation, education, and health); (ii) the effects of political reforms; (iv) the impact of budgeting rules; (v) political polarization and partisan conflict; (vi) economic policy uncertainty and its determinants.