We seek both empirical and theoretical policy-relevant papers. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: - Interactions between commodity prices and the macroeconomy - Macroeconomic effects of shocks to the terms-of-trade - Business-cycle spillovers and international co-movement -...

Economists and professionals working in related fields are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of economics for presentation at the Congress.

Papers from all fields of behavioral and experimental economics are welcome. We especially encourage submissions on the topic of policy instruments, and work based on field experiments, as we plan special sessions on these two topics.

This year, a special focus is given on social and community entrepreneurship. A faculty consisting of established and well-known researchers will give lectures in plenary sessions and assist the students in paper sessions. In the paper session, the participants will get an opportunity to present...