We welcome research papers from doctoral students in the following areas: - Game Theory (Non-Cooperative and Cooperative) - Models of Social Interaction - Network Economics - Economics of Information and Incentives - Evolutionary Game Theory - Dynamic Economic Models - Financial Markets -...

The aim of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers and practitioners to pro-mote and exchange ideas in the field of macroeconometric modelling.

Topics: - information uncertainty and information combination (e.g. observation window, disaggregate information, role of judgement); - measurement uncertainty (e.g. real time analysis); - parameter and model uncertainty (e.g. forecast and model combination, forecast model selection).

Programme: Session Nr. 1 on “Country progress reports” Session Nr. 2 on “Introduction of new business register systems/tools” Session Nr. 3 on “Classification systems within business registers” Session Nr. 4 on “Role of the business register in a future statistical...

We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions on survey data in economics, with a special emphasis on methodology and the usage of Ifo Business Survey data. Among the central ssues that could be addressed in this conference are: - methodology of business surveys - dealing with...

Für den offenen Teil sind Referate aus allen Arbeitsgebieten der Theoretischen und Angewandten Statistik, der Ökonometrie und der Wirtschaftsstatistik erwünscht.

Das ZEI wird vom 9. bis zum 22. September 2007, in Kooperation mit dem DAAD und mit Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amtes, eine europaweit einzigartige Sommerakademie in vergleichender regionaler Integration ausrichten. Junge Wissenschaftler aus Afrika, Asien, Lateinamerika und der Karibik werden am...

The importance of empirical methods applied to micro (household or firm) data, and the use of experimental methods to obtain new insights into micro behavior, has been emphasized most prominently by the Nobel Prizes in Economics to James Heckman and Daniel McFadden in 2000, and to Vernon Smith...

Topics: Regional effects of globalization • Clustering and agglomeration • Border effects and the role of distance • Locational competition Effects of globalization on households • Consumption volatility and diversification of risk • Wage dispersion and labor market volatility •...

Seminarprogramm: - Identität und Grenzen Europas (Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich WEHLER), - Entwicklungen und Perspektiven der europäischen Integration (Reinhold BOCKLET MdL), - Europa ein alternder Kontinent: Ist Migration die Lösung? (Prof. Dr. Herwig BIRG), - Does an European Economic and Social...