This stream covers papers on the theme of efficiency and productivity analysis and performance management. Both parametric and non-parametric papers will be considered. We especially welcome papers on the theory, methodology and application of Data Envelopment Analysis and econometric methods in...

The aim of the conference is to bring together economists, econometricians, statisticians and social scientists interested in or working on panel data issues. The conference provides an active forum for researchers to discuss their findings, seek feedback, exchange idea and promote active...

The workshop will include state-of-the-art research on household financial behavior and on how this is influenced by other choices, government policies, and the overall economic environment. We solicit papers in the following areas, but other related areas may also be considered: - Patterns of...

Topics: - Mortgage and bankruptcy constraints in equilibrium - Role of individuals’ beliefs and expectations about income and house prices - Interactions between housing and labour market choices - Tenure choice: Why does anyone buy a house? - Housing supply - Contracting frictions in housing...

Recent years have seen an increasing use in economics and finance of models employing large datasets, involving the estimation of large number of parameters. The severe computational problems that these models involve have partly motivated the huge body of contributions on stationary and non...

Contributions are welcomed on the following themes: • Health and welfare at the local and regional scale • Happiness and wellbeing: definitions and indicators • Poverty, exclusion and wellbeing • Social impacts of housing • The personal, social and financial costs of housing •...

This three-day intensive course presents methods for performance measurement for multi-input multioutput firms. Among other things, participants will learn how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) can be used to decompose indexes of profitability and...

Abstracts are welcome on theoretical, empirical and applied housing research but are particularly welcomed from a sociological or social sciences perspective (broadly and not in any way exhaustive: geography, political science, public policy, social policy, economics, finance, management &...

This conference provides an international forum for the exchange of research based on longitudinal data. While priority will be given to papers based on research using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), the European Household Panel (ECHP), or the European Union Statistics of Income and...

The course will describe techniques for analysing and modelling time series in Finance and Economics. It is suitable for economists and statisticians with a basic background in time series or econometrics and it will also be useful for people working in other fields such as Geography,...