The discussions at the conference will be divided into four sessions: 1) Does a European model exist for SMEs? 2) SMEs and credit risk analysis. 3) Banks and financing of SMEs. 4) SMEs and regulatory issues.

The purpose of the 2008 issue is to compile last developments in Environmental, Natural Resource and Energy Economics. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome from the following fields: • Pollution control (tradeable permits, taxes, environmental policy,...

This conference will address the design of regulation and competition policy. The Ninth CEPR Conference on Applied Industrial Organization will be supported by the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme for Research (Euroconferences). A school for young researchers will be organised as...

Economic growth is more and more questioned internationally. A debate has been developing the last years in France on the concept of "Sustainable De-growth”". The question reaches the researchers: the so-called "decoupling" between ecological degradation and economic growth appears...

Main Topics: - Economics of Services and Sustainable Development - Management of Services and Sustainable Development - Sectoral Approaches

Topics: - Climate change and energy - Regional and rural development, structural funds - Sustainable development strategies at various levels of government - RTD for sustainable development - Sustainable consumption and production - Environmental resources and biodiversity - Gender and diversity...

ACE brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases. It is a not-for-profit organization based in Europe and is open to all those interested in the economics of...

The Conference aims to engage experts on exporting developing and transition economies as well as specialists from industrialized countries to share their experience on various aspects of the resource exploitation, its environmental consequences, on consumption patterns, and markets.