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,...

Ambiguity is pervasive in the economy and widely discussed in the economic science. It plays a role at all levels of economic decision-making, starting with individual choices, and extending up to the way institutions and cultures respond to the less than perfectly quantifiable uncertainty of...

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...

Mobility seems to have become the new paradigm for social sciences. Not only for scholars working on immigration, but social sciences in general indicate a tendency to explain social phenomena by referring to different forms of mobility. A few decades ago sedentary was the norm for social...

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...

The broad topic of the Symposium is Theory and Experiments and centers around the question if and how economic experiments can inform economic theory and vice versa.

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,...

The topic is professional oaths and codes in the broadest sense of the word, including philosophical, economic, psychological, sociological approaches.