Topics: - National and European legal regime’s evolution - Incentives and organisation of patent offices - IPR litigation and enforcement - University patenting - Patents in new technological fields - The governance of IPR systems - The impact of IPR on competition and innovation - The new...

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together young and established researchers with an interest in political economy and public choice. Papers can be theoretical and/or empirical.

Topics: - Applications of e-Government - Challenges to e-Government - The e-Voting issue - e-Democracy - Measuring e-Government/Economics of e-Government - Legal, agency, trust and governance issues in e-Government