The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and public choice and will give researchers in these areas the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Focal Challenges 2008: - Dealing with Climate Change - Reconstructing the Welfare Systems Essential Issues 2008: - Creating and Disseminating Knowledge, - Creating Security, - Spreading the Benefits of Globalization, - Tackling Inequality, - Promoting Social Cohesion, - Promoting Health.

Courses: - Advanced Economics of Innovation - Advanced Theory of Institutions - Antitrust Law and Economics - Behavioral Labor Economics - Cooperative Game Theorys - Econometric Analysis of Experimental Data - Experiments and Models of Collective Behavior - Intra and Intergroup Decision Making -...

Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demographics, geography, political science, public health, psychology and sociology) who use either the public-use version of the SOEP or the GSOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent Files (CNEF) are encouraged to submit an abstract.

The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis for policy and decision-making in the public and private sector. Topics: Agent-based modeling; Agricultural issues; Business cycles; Developing countries; DSGE modeling; Energy and...

Courses for Postgraduates with a Background in Law & Economics

Increasing emphasis has been placed on how to stimulate research performance, an issue of interest to governments, funding bodies and research institutions alike. Some of the questions that have been raised in this debate, in particular in the field of economics, include: How should institutions...

The conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may...

National science systems, particularly those in the OECD countries, have come under considerable pressure to change in the last 10 to 15 years. Given the repeatedly attested importance that science and research have for the innovative capacity of national economies, the need to legitimate...

The European Public Choice Society promotes scientific research on the economics and politics of public and non-market decision-making, political economy and the economics of institutions.