Corporate governance issues are often highly politicized and controversial, and the politics of governance has become an exciting field of research in economics and finance e.g. comparative corporate and political governance systems. We organize this workshop on the politics of corporate...

The programme offered by the 2nd World Ageing & Generations Congress aims to capture the breadth of this topic, structured in the following four modules: (1) Work and Welfare (2) Health (3) Innovation (4) Lifestyle and Society

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: - Regulation and risk taking in small business lending; - Risks in trade credit; - Structured loan derivatives; - Modelling credit risk for individual...

The purpose of the seminar is to discuss ideas and present research findings on the impacts of the key instruments, introduced by the CAP 2003 reform, on agriculture and agri-food sectors in the EU-15 and the new EU Member States. The seminar will address: a) theoretical issues of decoupling; b)...

THEME: THE CHANGING FACE OF AGRICULTURE

In recent years, the Annual Meetings have been preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the Development Committee, the Group of Ten, the Group of Twenty-Four, and various other groups of members. At the conclusion of their meetings, the International Monetary...

Asia has been the main driver of growth in world sugar consumption since the late 1980s. It is already the world's main deficit area and China is likely to become a major importer due to a shortage of suitable land. If Asia decides to use cane for ethanol, the supply gap will widen and Asia will...

ESSLE is designed to bring together economists in the field from across Europe and key researchers from outside the region. The symposium provides a unique opportunity for researchers from different universities and countries to discuss their work and to develop long-term collaborative...