The International Economic Association (IEA) and Serbian Association of Economists (SAE) are pleased to announce the 21st World Congress of the IEA (https://ieawc2026.org/submission/) to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from 22 to 26 June, 2026. The 21st World Congress will be held at the Sava Convention Centre in Belgrade. Professor Elhanan Helpman is the current president of the IEA and professor Eric S. Maskin is the organisation's president-elect and programme chair.

On July 8, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “How Can Economics Help Us to Better Understand and Improve Today's World Economy?” This lecture was presented by Daron Acemoglu, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The webinar represented the twentieth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On July 2, 2025, the 49th Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy was broadcasted online. The Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), in partnership with Tsinghua University, invited esteemed scholars and experts from academic, policy and business circles to discuss the latest economic trends at its 49th Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy.

On June 16, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “How Can Government Promote the Market during the Industrialization Process?” This lecture was presented by Wen Yi, Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Antai College of Economics and Management. The webinar represented the nineteenth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

Government actions and behavior can have a far-reaching impact on an economy's performance, with China's major achievements during its period of reform and opening up having also benefited from the continuous evolution of the relationship between government and the market economy. Based on this economic experience and practice, government and economics has emerged to become an increasingly influential academic research field in economics. In order to further our understanding of government and e

On May 8, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "Role of the Government in the Research and Application of AI." This lecture was presented by Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics at the College de France, INSEAD and the London School of Economics. The webinar represented the eighteenth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On March 27, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “How Can the Government More Effectively Play its Role in Technological Innovation and Industrial Upgrading? The Case of Shenzhen.” This lecture was presented by Tang Jie, Member on the Board of Directors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. The webinar represented the seventeenth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

The Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) and the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) are happy to announce that the 7th Annual Conference of Government and Economics will be held on June 7, 2025 in Beijing, China. We will also celebrate the new launch of the journal (in Chinese): Economic Research on Government and Economics. The main goals of the annual conference are to deepen our understanding of the relationship between government and ec