The workshop is an opportunity to bring together young labour economists to present and discuss their ongoing research. The programme will include 10-12 presentations, two poster sessions and a keynote lecture.

Theme and Topics: Recent work on labor markets has stressed the importance of trading frictions in accounting for the outcomes that we observe in these markets. The focus of this conference, hosted by CAP, is to further our understanding of how frictions in both labor markets and related markets...

Topics: - Awarding Procedures, Incentives and Efficiency - Performance and Renegotiation in Public Procurement - Public Procurement and Innovation - Green Public Procurement - Macroeconomic Implications of Public Procurement Policies - Corruption in Public Procurement - SMEs Participation -...

This conference aims to take stock of current research on executive compensation to provide a solid and research based background for these discussions.Topics: - Is there too much or too little regulation of executive compensation? - What determines the level and composition of executive...

The 10th International Conference bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent...

Thematic Session: Social interactions in the labour market Thematic Session: Match or mismatch? The role of skills, education and institutions Topics: 1. Macroeconomics of the Labour Market 2. Wages - Macro and Micro Analyses 3. Structural Change and the Labour Market 4. Labour Supply 5....

The 2 week workshop covers introductory topics related to choice models, preference heterogeneity and design of Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) (Introductory Week) and recent extensions of advanced discrete choice models, Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) and individual-level modelling (Advanced...

Investment projects typically consist of an initial investment and some uncertain dividend. An example could be to build a factory and sell the produce at an uncertain market price. In the course investment projects are seen as flexible in the sense that investor is able to decide when to invest...

National and international reforms focusing on the modernization of governments and their implementation at central, regional and local level rest on an evident assumption that improving mechanisms of accountability and governance will be result in better public sector performance. A critical...

The Summer School is open to PhD students and young researchers working in particular in the field of institutional economics and evolutionary analysis with a special focus this year on Institutions, Financial crisis, Keynesian economics and Labour economics, Unemployment. However, in the spirit...