The subject of the conference is "Empirical Models of Product Differentiation."

The conference will bring together academics, policymakers and business representatives to discuss issues related to the dynamics and growth of network industries (information and communication technologies, energy, transport, postal services, etc.).

The Prize Jean-Jacques Laffont, created in 2005 by the City of Toulouse in partnership with IDEI rewards every year in autumn, an international high level economist whose research, in the spirit of Professor Jean-Jacques Laffont, combines both the theoretical and applied aspects of economics....

Papers are encouraged on all aspects of the study of accounting regulation and standardization, including developments in theory, empirical studies and policy-oriented analyses. Papers that address issues of compliance, audit oversight and enforcement will be welcomed, together with other...

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: • Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization Games • Debt and Equity Pricing with Default Risk • Credit risk insurance and SME loan portfolios • Default risk, Value at Risk, and Extreme Value Theory • Credit Risk Derivatives...