The aim of the workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of various themes concerning social norms in multi-ethnic societies. Social norms attract wide interest in many fields of social sciences, and appear to be highly relevant in societies that include groups having...

Topics of the workshop: - Measurement of preferences and personality traits using survey instruments and experiments - Malleability of preferences and personality traits, and their rank order stability - Preferences and personality traits as driving factors of selection into labor market states...

The conference will focus on recent challenges for macroeconomic policies and structural reform design, with an emphasis on micro-macro linkages. Issues of particular interest include the links between international trade and competitiveness, the implications of dispersed productivity growth,...

Topics: - Public goods, externalities and pro-social behaviour, - Welfare economics without revealed preferences, - Taxation and behavioral economics, - Neo-utilitarianism and happiness research: measures and implications for public intervention, - Social preferences, moral behaviour and...

Central Theme "GIS and Regional Science: Theory and Applications" The summer school will first introduce the basic ingredients which underpin much of the analyses within a GIS framework including mapping, buffer, overlay and network analysis. It will then introduce a wide range of GIS...

Theme: “Cities and regions in a changing Europe: challenges and prospects” The core theme of the conference is devoted to the new challenges that cities and regions are facing in the changing European landscape. The aftermath of the economic crisis has created a completely new environment...

During the three days of the Conference almost one hundred papers were presented in parallel sessions either in Italian or in English on various subjects, among which: growth in Asian countries, corporate governance, China, Russia, theories of the firm, transition economies, industrial and...

Main topics: - The Robustness of Globalization Theory. Trade Liberalization and its Benefits; - Globalization, Inequality and Social Inclusion; - The United States and the Protectionist option: a New Trade Deal?; - How Scary is Disruptive Technology? Perspectives on Employment; - The Upcoming...

The aim of this conference is to foster interaction and dissemination of research idea among researchers active in different areas of applied microeconomics. The selection of invited presenters will give preference to faculty at the early stages of their career.

The goal of the Symposium is to strengthen linkages and networks between leading business economists in the United States and their colleagues across the Atlantic through a dialogue and roundtable that will foster debate and the exchange of frank views on economic issues of common...