The aim of the present symposium is to get a handle on this confusing picture of economics. We invite papers that appraise, criticize, or evaluate the economics-made-fun genre (books such as Freakonomics) from the perspective of the nature, scope and success (or failure) of economics as a...

The conference aims at bringing together the world's best researchers from a variety of fields where the nature of preferences and decision-making is a main area of research. To a large extent, this will combine researchers who otherwise do not regularly visit the same conferences. These include...

The symposium aims to bring together Economists, Psychologists, Marketing researchers and others who work on Behavioral Decision Making, either in individual or interdependent settings. We look for empirical contributions from the diverse fields, such as Individual Decision Making, Consumer...

WICaNeM 2010 offers sessions in both established and new tracks, such as: • development impact of agrifood chains • biorefinery, green technology, and biobased business • medical and health networks • innovation intermediaries, clusters and valleys • 21st century agro-production •...

Topics: - Social capital and health (both public and individual), - Social capital and depression, - Social capital and ageing, - Adolescent suicide, suicidal pact and social capital, - Youth health, youth growth and development, and social capital, - Ethnic diversity, migrations, and minority...

Main themes: - Value added creation and supply chain management in a globalising world; - Towards a new food policy: supply chain developments and interactive policy making; - Transparency and social responsibility in an international context.

The symposium's main theme is Decision Making: Interdependent and Individual approaches. We aim for contributions from the fields of the Dynamics of Bargaining, Social Decision Making, Power and Influence, Group and/or Team Decision Making, Social Dilemmas, Experimental Games, Fairness and...