The European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (ESSET) is one of the key annual events for economic theorists. It has been held at the Studienzentrum Gerzensee (a foundation of the Swiss National Bank), Switzerland, each July since 1992. ESSET 2022, is retaining the focus of the postponed 2020...

ESSET 2015 will be devoted to ‘Persuasion and Information Acquisition’, and ‘Reviews and Feedback Mechanisms’. Focus sessions in the first week (29 June - 3 July) will be organised by Emir Kamenica (University of Chicago) and Dezsö Szalay (University of Bonn and CEPR) around the theme...

The Summit on the Global Agenda is the world’s largest brainstorming event, bringing together the most relevant thought leaders of the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils. Comprised of more than 80 groups of experts from academia, business, civil society, international...

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,...

The Annual Meeting of the New Champions is the foremost global business gathering in Asia. After five years, it is widely known as the Summer Davos – reflecting the “spirit of Davos” that for more than four decades has meant openness, collegiality and frank, yet friendly, exchange among...

We invite you to submit a paper for a workshop on boundedly rational/behavioral decision making and its implications for economics and finance. Topics of particular interest for submissions include: - Context dependent choice - Inattention to news - Applications to economics and finance

The contextual change at the top of minds remains the rebalancing and deleveraging that is reshaping the global economy. In the near term, this transformation is seen in the context of how developed countries will deleverage without falling back into recession and how emerging countries will...

The Annual Meeting 2011 will be particularly important as we rethink how to best achieve our mission. Improving the state of the world is increasingly important in a world still recovering from the recent financial crisis. The Meeting’s programme will concentrate on the important question of...

During the three-day Summit, over 700 participants will engage in interactive workshops and sessions to set priorities for the most compelling ideas to improve the state of the world and identify the latest trends, risks and innovative solutions to address the world’s challenges. The outcomes...