The purpose of the conference is to bring together the members of the CESifo Research Network to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. Submissions may deal with any topic within the field of Energy and Climate Economics.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together the members of the CESifo Research Network to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any...

We welcome economic or econometric contributions on the following and related issues: - National safety as a public good - Strategic behavior and credible commitments (initiated by Thomas Schelling) - The theory of conflicts (initiated by Gordon Tullock, Jack Hirshleifer and Kai Konrad) - Theory...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

Subsidies to fossil energies are largely wasteful as they serve to increase carbon emissions, weaken public budgets and importers’ energy security, and in most cases impact income distribution adversely. Reform of energy subsidy policies is sorely needed in many countries, and is an important...

Papers from economists and researches from other disciplines working on issues of language policy are solicited. The following is a non-exhaustive list of possible specific themes of individual contributions: - languages and economic efficiency (e.g. languages in the labor market, language as a...

Among the main questions to be addressed are: - Financing new infrastructures in the international debt and post-financial crisis era - Global comparison of different infrastructure roll-out and maintenance approaches including historical analysis - Analysing regulatory barriers to collaboration...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together the members of the CESifo Research Network to present and discuss their ongoing research, and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between them. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any...