We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming German Development Economics Conference scheduled for May 23-24, 2024, and hosted by Leibniz University Hannover. We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speakers for this year's conference are Sandra Sequeira from the London School of...

We invite researchers to submit papers or extended abstracts to the 7th Economics of Media Bias Workshop. As a group of economists and political scientists, we investigate forms, causes, and consequences of bias, especially in news markets and on social media. Main questions of interest are: •...

The global economic order is undergoing a fundamental transformation, characterized by growing competition between China, Europe, and the United States, and a shift from a rules-based to a more power-based system. Geopolitical considerations now increasingly dictate policy decisions and the...

Im März 2023 kommt es in den USA zum größten Bankenkollaps seit der Finanzkrise von 2008. Steigende Inflationsraten, verursacht durch die hohen Energiepreise infolge des Ukraine-Kriegs, und anhaltende Lieferkettenprobleme zwingen die US-Notenbank zu dramatischen Leitzinserhöhungen. Daraufhin...

The anticipation of a future bailout of distressed firms worsens ex ante adverse selection, causing a market freeze at present and inviting government intervention ("bailout trap"). When firms of heterogenous qualities raise financing, high-quality firms are willing to bear adverse selection...

This conference aims at discussing recent research related to sustainability in global supply chains with a focus on impacts in developing countries. While sustainability concerns permeate various sectors in developing countries, certain industries such as agriculture, forestry, mining, and...

The Global Solutions Summit – the World Policy Forum – is an international conference aimed at addressing key policy challenges facing the G20 and G7 and other global governance fora. Distinguished experts from think tanks, research organizations, governance, business, and civil society come...

The organising committee invite young academics (PhD students and postdocs) dealing with theoretical or theoretically founded empirical research on banks and financial markets to submit a paper or a project outline for presentation at the 11th Workshop Banks and Financial Markets. Topics of...