Topics: - Awarding Procedures, Incentives and Efficiency - Performance and Renegotiation in Public Procurement - Public Procurement and Innovation - Green Public Procurement - Macroeconomic Implications of Public Procurement Policies - Corruption in Public Procurement - SMEs Participation -...

The objective is to present state-of-the-art empirical research and empirically motivated theoretical research on household financial behavior and on how this is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment. We solicit papers in the following areas, but...

The conference will focus on a number of topics related to tourism, travel, leisure and hospitality management. We invite full papers, doctoral research papers, poster papers, abstracts, and research proposals on any of the following themes: - Destination management - Hospitality management -...

The conference programme will cover all areas of environmental and resource economics, ranging from topics prevailing in the general debate, such as climate change, Kyoto protocol, energy sources, ETS, to less publicized and very specialized subjects such as biodiversity loss, waste...

A global network of individuals and institutions conducting economy-wide analysis of trade, resource, and environmental policy issues has emerged. Thousands of these researchers now use a common data base, supplied by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). The project is coordinated by the...

Reaching its Twelfth Session, the Mediterranean Research Meeting: - is committed to foster theoretical and empirical research and dialogue among scholars from countries across the Mediterranean, and with Mediterranean issue concerns; - stresses its aim to reach as wide as possible coverage of...

Conference Background: Theoretical and empirical research on financial markets and the banking system, with special focus on the interaction among economic agents, market rules and institutions, appears of foremost importance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

The Conference will be the occasion to present the results of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN 2007). The main themes of the Conference include: 1) Innovation in business services at the firm level and its impact on firms' performance 2)...

Topics: a) Global imbalances and the future of the international monetary system. b) Particular mix of policies adopted to face the crisis in different countries including developing countries (country studies). c) Financial liberalization and the restructuring of the financial system after the...

We invite submission of papers particularly addressing the following themes: 1) assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation instruments, taking into account spatial considerations and/or governance settings; 2) the development of new, incentive-based instruments...