ACE brings together experts who work on the economics of competition in government organisations, academia, and the private sector. It provides a forum for discussion of research topics as well as court cases. ACE is a non-profit organisation based in Europe open to all those interested in the...

Topics: - National entrepreneurship policy - Measurement of entrepreneurship - Organisational design and configuration theory - Innovation and entrepreneurship - Systems of entrepreneurial finance - Minority entrepreneurship - Regional systems of entrepreneurship - Statistical methodology &...

Goal of the conference is to gain feedback from experts and policymakers on draft policy notes outlining practical options for reforming environmental policies in Europe, and research needs to help improve policy design and evaluation. The focus will be on fiscal and regulatory policies...

The objective of the conference is to assess the role of financial regulation in competition among financial services providers in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Topics of interest include: international differences in financial sector regulation; regulatory arbitrage; regulatory...

Die durch die Digitalisierung hervorgerufenen Konvergenz der Medien sowie die Erkenntnisse aus der Theorie der zweiseitigen Märkte haben zu neuen Herausforderungen, sowohl für Medienunternehmen als auch für Wettbewerbs- und Regulierungsbehörden geführt. Zu diesen Herausforderungen gehören...

Economic Development: Asset markets in developing countries - Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

The conference serves as a forum for researchers interested in the issues Energy, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Regional Integration and Socio-economic Development, especially in the ECO countries (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran,...

Empirical Methods in Economic Growth and Development - Erich Gundlach (University of Hamburg and GIGA) The course discusses standard empirical methods with reference to seminal papers of the growth literature. The econometric software package Stata is used to replicate core empirical results. By...

Programm: - Engpassbasierte Nutzertarife und Investitionsanreize - Zur Lenkungs- und Finanzierungsfunktion von Strassenbenutzungsgebühren - Lkw-Maut in Deutschland: Aktueller Stand und Weiterentwicklung - Mautsysteme in Frankreich: Erfolge und Misserfolge - Nutzerfinanzierung und...

In September 2013, the United Nations began to discuss the post MDG 2015 agenda. Global Sustainable Development Goals seems to be the new slogan. The emphasis in the field of employment is placed on social protection, skill training, better business climate (plus a move to large-scale...