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 Congress aims to bring together academics, educators, students, researchers, professionals, government officials, and representatives from non-governmental organizations in the field of leisure, recreation, tourism, and sports to discuss the academic, social, industrial, and political issues...

While the theme of the conference is national competitiveness, papers on institutions broadly defined are welcome.

The ESPAnet Summer Schools are open to doctoral students with projects related to social policy from any discipline. They usually last between 10 and 14 days. Topics covered during summer schools are, for example, the origins and development of social policy, principles and practices of benefit...

The event will highlight Microeconomics and Macroeconomics topics relating to the Mediterranean, including Social Protection, Public Sector Performance, Climate Change, Free Trade Agreement, Unemployment and Market Liberalisation, among others. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters -...

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...

Conference Topics: - Copenhagen & Post-Kyoto Protocol - Energy Crisis and Renewable Energy Industry - Eco-efficiency : Measurement and Improvement - Product and Financial Market’s Role - CSR and Sustainability Reporting - Green IT - Material Flow Management - Sustainable Cities and...

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...

Degrowth carries the idea of a voluntary reduction of the size of the economic system, which implies a reduction of the GDP. Test a new model of organizing a conference, based on participative methods for the development of policies and research priorities around the topic of degrowth.

All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face...