The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas and experience among economists conducting quantitative analysis for policy and decision making in the public and private sectors. The conference will cover all areas of modeling applied to monetary, financial, fiscal, energy,...

Economists specializing in empirical international economics will present their latest research at this meeting.

As a group of economists and political scientists, we investigate forms, causes, and consequences of media bias, especially in news markets. Main questions of interest are: - How can media bias be defined and measured? - In which situations is bias driven by the supply side of the news market?...

The explosion of regional agreements in many parts of the world over the last decade and a half raises important questions about what this trend means for multilateral trade relations in an increasingly globalized world. There is much literature that seeks to explain and understand what...

Topics: - Performance Measurement - Transfer Pricing and Budgeting - Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation - Economic Consequences of Earnings Management - The Economics of Financial Reporting and Standard Setting - Cost of Capital and Financial Disclosure

Key questions: - What are «Nouveaux Niches»? - How do the new niche markets function? - What opportunities is this trend creating? - Where is new market potential emerging? - In what ways is brand communication changing? - How do customers make decisions and behave in the niche economy?