Economists typically view personality, attitudes and preferences as central determinants of decision making. While there is a consensus that heterogeneity in personality traits and preferences is an important driver of socio-economic outcomes, the emergence and development of personality traits...

The two-day international workshop, taking place at the ifo Institute in Munich and hosted by CESifo, will gather doctoral students involved in research in the field of the Economics of Digitization with both theoretical and empirical focus Topics of Interest: Telecommunications – Internet and...

This two-day international workshop will gather doctoral students involved in research in the field of the Economics of Digitalization with both theoretical and empirical focus.

The relation of poverty and inequality to environmental hazards and changes are complex and important, and this workshop aims to motivate high-quality research on these links. A (non-exhaustive) list of keywords for possible contributions are: - Natural disasters, weather, or climate and the...

Global productivity growth—the key long-term driver of living standards—fell sharply following the global financial crisis and has remained sluggish ever since. This decline has been associated with subpar global economic growth and record-low real interest rates. If sustained, low...

This two-day international workshop will bring together in Louvain-la-Neuve doctoral students involved in research in the field of the Economics of Digitization with both theoretical and empirical focus. Topics: Telecommunications – Internet and Software Industries – Regulation and...

Recent developments have put international tax issues at the top of the global policy agenda. The US government has proposed a switch from worldwide taxation of corporate profits to territorial taxation while the US Congress is considering an even more fundamental reform of the corporate tax...

This 2-day international workshop (a joint initiative of CESifo Group Munich, Liege Competition and Innovation Institute, Telecom Paris Tech, and Toulouse School of Economics) will gather in Paris doctoral students involved in research in the field of the Economics of Digitalization with both...

Household-level data on consumption expenditure underpin key policy questions, both microeconomic and macroeconomic, including monetary policy, tax policy, social security, and their relation to consumption, savings, and inequality. While the measurement of consumer expenditures at the household...

Economic performance in the euro area has been very heterogeneous since 2010. Intra euro-area real exchange rates, however, have not adjusted very much during the last six years. This is arguably a major cause of the euro area's current woes. Yet, to date, there is no consensus as to why there...