Topics: • Empirical evidence on misallocation and its sources. • Theoretical perspectives on misallocation and its impact on allocations and welfare. • Cross-country differences in TFP. • Firm dynamics and the aggregate economy.

Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

The aim of the Workshop is to bring together domestically-based dynamic general equilibrium macroeconomists. This is not intended to be a restriction. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

The workshop will cover among others the following topics: yield curve modeling, multi-country models of the term structure of interest rates, sovereign and credit risk models, modeling of money market rates, bond portfolio management, bond prices in dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE)...

Suitable research questions for submissions include (but are not limited to): - How do the dynamics of labor market variables vary across countries and what explains these differences? - How have labor market dynamics changed over time, e.g. with the recent financial crisis? - How have changes...

In the ageing society, products and services for older people become more and more important for the economy of the European Society. Long term care is one o fthe central aspects in the strategy of the EU and its member states to affront the ageing of the European Society. It is a challenging...

To encourage the emergence of new ideas and dialogue among students and researchers in the field of Entrepreneurship research from different countries, we invite doctoral students to attend this doctoral seminar.

This INFER workshop provides an opportunity for all those interested in labor market to exchange ideas. Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers broadly consistent with this year’s special topic Changes in the Labour Market and the...

Papers can be on any topic in Economics, Finance or Management Science as related to risk and insurance.

Among the topics which could be addressed are · cost functions of payment and settlement operators · costs of fragmentation and efficiency implications of unifying payment systems · pricing strategies of payment services and their welfare implications · consolidation in the payments industry...