The focus of the 2020Public Economic workshop will be on (but not restricted to): - Taxation and Redistributive Systems; - Optimal Taxation; - Tax Evasion; - Welfare Economics and Normative Economics; - Social Security, Social Insurance and Health Economics; - Development Economics and...

The idea is to create a forum of junior and senior scholars discussing cutting-edge research in economic growth, trade, and economic history dealing with economic development disparities across and within countries. This workshop aims to share and discuss the most recent and innovative...

The 2020 May RIDGE Forum has been postponed following guidance of public health officials to December. The RIDGE forums aim at the spreading of high quality research in economics by bringing together prestigious researchers working on the frontier of knowledge to local and regional researchers...

LACEA BRAIN is accepting proposals for academic papers on behavioral economics and related topics. Papers should be relevant to policy and/or development issues.

Over the last few decades we have seen a lot of progress in the sustainability debate and practice. A growing number of companies are taking steps to be more responsible in how they treat their employees, communities and the planet. International organizations and governments are stepping up...

Empirical research in economics typically focuses on the unbiased estimation of causal effects. In contrast, statistics and computer science place more value on prediction (especially out-of-sample) and data-driven selection of models and variables. So far, only few studies apply these methods...

Focusing on ‘Building Development Studies Programmes for the Future’, this workshop will feature speakers from several European universities and provide insights into the design and running of study programs in International Development. In addition to presentations by speakers, thematic...

2-day seminar on the implications of post-growth economic thinking for the Global South and the development cooperation sector. Nach Ansicht von WachstumskritikerInnen sollte Deutschland sich als Land mit hoher Wirtschaftsleistung darauf einstellen, dass die Wachstumsraten der Wirtschaft bald...

Topics: - Modeling and forecasting commodity prices and quantities. - Macroeconomic implications and welfare effects of commodity price fluctuations - Monetary or fiscal policy responses to commodity price fluctuations - Fiscal budgeting and hedging policies for commodity‐producing countries -...

It is one year since the renowned Chilean economist, and winner of the "Alternative Nobel Prize", Professor Manfred Max-Neef, passed away. The Institute of Economics at the Universidad Austral de Chile (Max-Neef's main academic residency until his death), is organising a workshop to honor his...