This conference will address five areas that have characterized J.K. Galbraith's nonconformist economic thought: Galbraith's antiestablishment approach to political economy, the economic fluctuations of capitalism, firms and industrial organization, corporate governance, the regulating...

Topics in economics, finance or management science as related to risk and insurance.

The conference will include presentations on all aspects of health economics, including financing and resource allocation, economic evaluation, econometrics in health economics, incentives in health care, equity in health and health care, outcomes evaluation, pharmaceutical economics, social...

The theme of the 2004 Congress, Delivering Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Industry, captures well the sorts of issues that industry participants, policy makers and others involved with energy markets throughout the world are grappling with. Energy sustainability in...

What do we know about a knowledge based society, innovation processes, economic and social cohesion and their effects on long-run growth? What policy implications and recommendations can be drawn from the past experience? This workshop will bring together researchers and policy makers with the...

Our health systems are constantly facing new challenges. Therefore, the conference objectives are to: - Look closely at our methods of health systems analysis and at their potentialities in order to improve efficiency. - Reflect upon health care in a global perspective, taking into account...