The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and medical insurance. A large and increasing fraction of government budgets are allocated to these programmes. Their design varies...

The main theme of this year’s conference is "Real Estate, Financial Stability, and the Macroeconomy". A non-exhaustive list of potential topics: - Real estate "bubbles": identification and consequences for financial stability - Regulation of real estate financing, such as macroprudential...

The event is the result of interdisciplinary and interregional cooperation, and it presently promotes the analysis of Chinese development in the areas of culture, economics and technology in the context of Chinese and European traditions. This year’s BHF will focus on the topics Green Economy,...

International scholars and practitioners from various disciplines are invited to discuss the lessons learned from almost 20 years of power market liberalisation in Europe, new opportunities and future challenges. Advanced theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions on all aspects...

Speaker: Prof. Dr. K. Peter Mailänder, M.C.J. (N.Y.U.) (Haver & Mailänder, Stuttgart, GER)

This conference is open to all researchers interested in the relationship between real estate markets and capital markets. We welcome contributions from finance and economics, as well as from economic and urban geography, regional science, urban development planning, demography, and...

The objective of the conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Topicd: Software and Internet Industries...

The scientific committee therefore encourages contributions from all areas of labour economics and related fields focusing on the role of tasks in explaining changes in the wage and employment structure. Sociological, pedagogical or cross-disciplinary perspectives utilizing the task framework to...

Advanced theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions to all aspects of the economics of energy markets are welcome. Topics: - Competition and Investment in Electricity Markets - Infrastructure and Regulation - Transition Towards a Sustainable Energy System - Understanding Energy...

Topics: - Spillovers Between Real Estate Markets and Capital Markets - Financing Behaviour and Stability of Real Estate Markets - Urban Development and New Ownership Structures in Housing Markets - Performance and Risk of Real Estate Based Capital Market Instruments - Regulation of Real Estate...