The theme for the 2014 workshop is “Social Capital and Healthy Aging.” Recognizing that aging takes place across the life course, substantive questions in this vein may include: How does social capital improve peoples' health and well-being and how does this change over the life course? If...

The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for presenting studies on the economics of food production and choice in a world in which social media and social networks have assumed a prominent role. The objective is to promote a better understanding of peer group influence on food...

The 2010 theme is Markets and Movements for Sustainability. We will explore the intersection of social movements and market creation for more socially and environmentally responsible products and services; governance and leadership topics that bridge the social and organizational domains; and...

The complexity of wetland ecosystems poses challenges for management, valuation and the establishment of sound policy to conserve them. In recognition of these challenges and the important but often neglected role of wetlands in society, selected papers from the workshop will be published in a...

Topics of interest include applications of game theory to: - Electricity and gas (market design, investment decisions, imperfect competition models, regulation, etc.) - Oil industry (international markets, competition in retail markets, etc.) - Resources (fisheries, renewable and non renewable...

Papers and posters from all areas of environmental and natural resource economics are invited. Specific session themes are: - Multidisciplinary analyses (economics with other disciplines) - Applied research on the sustainable development of natural resources - Environmental regulation in the...