To mark 100 years since Joseph A. Schumpeter joined the University of Bonn (Wintersemester 1925/26), the Center for Advanced Studies: Finance and Inequality (CASFI) will host the conference “Schumpeter@100: Firm Dynamics, Growth, and Heterogeneity”, to be held February 19–20, 2026 at the University of Bonn sponsored by DFG. CASFI invites paper submissions for a focused conference on firm dynamics, growth, and heterogeneity, bringing together perspectives from modern macroeconomics and quantitative economic history.
CASFI welcomes theoretical, empirical, and quantitative papers on (including, but not limited to):
- Firm entry, exit, and reallocation; business dynamism and productivity
- Micro-to-macro aggregation with heterogeneous firms and households
- Innovation, diffusion, creative destruction, and long-run growth
- Trade and international macro with heterogeneous firms
- Finance, credit frictions, and inequality across firms/households
- Measurement and history of firm dynamics; archival data and new data sources
The conference will consist of two half-day sessions, providing ample opportunity for presentations and discussions.
Confirmed speakers:
- Florin Bilbiie (University of Cambridge and CEPR)
- Basile Grassi (Bocconi University and CEPR)
- Alessandro Nuvolari (Santa Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, and CEPR)
- Tetsuji Okazaki (Meiji-Gakuin University, Tokyo)
- Petr Sedláček (UNSW Sydney and CEPR)
- Jochen Streb (Mannheim University)
- Kaspar Zimmermann (Kiel Institute / University of Hamburg)
Keynote: Marc J. Melitz (Harvard University and CEPR)
Submissions:
- Please submit a full paper (preferred) or an extended abstract (≥ 1,500 words) in PDF.
- Submission method: Email your PDF to casfi@uni-bonn.de with subject line “CASFI
Schumpeter@100 — Submission”.
In the email body, include title, authors/affiliations, and a 150–200 word abstract. - Submission deadline: December 10, 2025