We invite papers that address the following issues: - Social causes of environmental change - Social consequences of environmental change - Justice, Equity and Distribution - Governance, Institutions, and Policy Integration - Indicators, Assessment, and Monitoring - Theoretical and conceptual issues

Papers focusing on general equilibrium growth and models of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of financial stability, global and regional trade patterns, foreign direct investment, and international governance are of particular interest. Contributions on other specialized topics,...

The Summer Academy will bring together scientists, practitioners, and students to work together on the following questions. - What are the major themes in intercultural communication, what has been done in regard to the globalisation process, how has communication changed? - How do management...

The objective of the workshop is to address new developments in theoretical and empirical research in productivity and efficiency measurement from economics, agricultural economics, management science, operations research and related fields. Papers on the theory of productivity and efficiency...

The Center for Emotional Economics at the University of Mainz organizes a small workshop on economics and psychology in the context of the lectures by Andrew Caplin (NYU). The workshop and lectures take place on 28 and 29 June 2010. Both the lectures and the workshop are public and everybody is...

Die 57. Jahrestagung der DGfA wird sich mit dem Thema “American Economies“ den vielfältigen Zusammenhängen zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Identitätsbildung widmen. Dabei soll besonderes Augenmerk darauf gelegt werden, dass die Begriffe ‘Ökonomie‘, ‘Markt‘ und ‘Kapital‘ nicht...

All CESifo Research Network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the domains of employment and social protection. Both domains are to be broadly defined, the former including, in particular, issues of the organisation of labour. The latter domain, in...

Papers in allareas involving public economics and growth, including -but not limited to- regulation, social security, education and public goods, are welcome

Topics: - entrepreneurship and “the entrepreneur” in modern theories of economic growth - long-run relationship between entrepreneurship, economic growth and productivity - knowledge context and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities - regional variation in new firm formation:...

Culture matters for innovation, say entrepreneurs and politicians. But their high expectations raise questions. How do professional, urban or organizational cultures help the new to emerge? When does intercultural confrontation foster creative potentials? Can artistic interventions change the...