The conference should lighten aspects of the function of offshore jurisdictions and their impact on global economy, e.g.: - Business models and instruments of offshore activities - The significance of the offshore economy for actual crises - The role of economic theories and economists in...

The Summit on the Global Agenda is the world’s largest brainstorming meeting, aimed at shaping the global agenda by bringing together the most relevant thought leaders of the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils. The Councils, comprised of experts from academia, business,...

Program for Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop 2012: 1. Why Rent When You Can Buy? A Theory of Securities Lending Repurchase Agreements 2. Can Contraception Account for the Decline of Marriage? 3. A Model with Spillovers in the Adaptation of Renewable Technologies 4. Nature and Nurture in the...

Papers may be on any topic in or related to Law and Economics including: Antitrust and Regulation - Bankruptcy, Commercial Corporate Law and Corporate Governance - Behavioural Law and Economics - Comparative Law and Economics - Contract Theory and Contract Law - Crime, Deterrence and Criminal...

Theoretical and empirical papers from all areas of macroeconomics are welcome. Examples of topics of interest include economic growth and business cycles; asset pricing within a general equilibrium context; dynamics of the income distribution; labor market dynamics; international macroeconomics;...

The Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies (UCFS) at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University biennially organizes a workshop in public economics for Ph D students in the Nordic countries. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum in which papers can be presented and discussed by...

Topics: - Optimal taxation schemes for commuters - Effects of taxation on commuting and choice of residence and workplace - Cross-border commuters and taxation in the EU - Tax deductions and subsidies for commuting - Pension and social security for cross-border commuters - Public policies...

Increasing life expectancy and low birth rates are shaping the future of the European population. The economic consequences of demographic ageing are manifold. Changes in the age structure of a population have a decisive impact on the labour market, consumption, savings and investment patterns,...

Im Stabilitätspaket der Bundesregierung ist die Einführung einer Finanztransaktionssteuer als Teil der einnahmenseitigen Maßnahmen zur Konsolidierung des Budgets vorgesehen. International und auch in Österreich gibt es dazu eine sehr lebhafte Diskussion über die Möglichkeiten zur...

Die Unternehmenskauf stellt eines der komplexesten und zugleich für die Praxis wichtigsten Themengebiete des Unternehmenssteuerrechts dar. Sowohl aus der Sicht des Käufters wie auch aus der Sicht des Verkäufers haben beim Unternehmenskauf steuerliche Fragestellungen oft große Bedeutung. Es...