The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for presenting studies on the economics of food production and choice in a world in which social media and social networks have assumed a prominent role. The objective is to promote a better understanding of peer group influence on food...

Within the general fields of economic growth and economic history, we are looking for papers dealing with, among others, the following topics: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress...

The conference aims at covering the following topics: - Incorporating risk in traditional Valuation methods (contingent valuation, choice experiments, experimental auctions,..) - Measuring risk and time preferences through hypothetical vs. Incentive compatible methods - Consumers’ decisions...

Topics: - What are the biases in existing measures of the welfare impact of new goods? - What do we really know about the value of variety for consumers? - How representative for the economic impact of new goods are existing historical case studies (lighting, cell phones, railways)? - What...

The aim of this seminar is to give an advanced treatment of research on or relevant for the analysis of consumer behaviour. The seminar is intended to provide inspiration to doctoral students dealing in their own work with topics related to consumer behaviour, but it is likewise intended to give...