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...

Sessions will focus on: - Demand and Supply in the Global Market for Biomedical Innovation - The Role of Government Funding and Private Insurance - Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade - The Social Returns to Biomedical Research - The Fragile State of Europe’s Biomedical...

This conference will explore the relationships between government policy, market alternatives, and individual and family behaviour. It will have an inter-disciplinary scope, aiming at a fruitful interaction among different scientific fields.We seek high quality academic work from fields such as...

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...

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 •...

The aim of the first Kiel Institute Summer School is to permit top-flight graduate students, as well as young policy makers with a graduate degree background the opportunity to gain state-of-the-art insights on how to reform welfare systems, in order to meet the challenges in a globalizing...

The issues addressed in this conference thus lie at both the national and the international level, with a particular focus on the interaction between these two levels. At the national level, the question is how the regulation of medical technology can be improved to serve a country’s policy...