Topics: - Asset allocation and debt behaviour over the life cycle - Financing retirement and the demographic transition - Consumer indebtedness, financial distress, and default decisions - Behavioural approaches to household finance - Financial literacy and financial education programs - Trust,...

The main themes of the conference can be summarized in the following categories: Circular Economy, Zero waste management, Eco–Innovation, Eco–Design/Design for Sustainability, Eco–Efficiency, Sustainable/Smart Cities, Advances in Sustainable Consumption & Lifestyles, Sustainability in...

The aim of the conference is to bring together economists, econometricians, statisticians and social scientists using panel data for their applied and/or theoretical research. We will welcome submissions related to all aspects of panel data, including factor models, non-parametric estimation,...

The summer school "Experimental Auctions: Theory and Applications in Food Marketing and Consumer Preferences Analysis" is aimed at learning the fundamentals and the recent advances of experimental auctions. It will provide the appropriate techniques to construct an experimental design, with...

The workshop will focus in applications of DEA models to sustainable development, economic and trade policy,efficiency in service industries and industrial engineering. The workshop´s purpose is to discuss recent developments in the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), its various...

The principal purpose of this mid-term conference will be to explore the various social impacts of the Eurozone debt crisis. Specifically, papers, power-point presentations and works in progress are invited on the following topics: - The Political-economy of the EZ Crisis - The EZ Crisis,...

The 9th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA 2011) is intended to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with the development of DEA methodology and its hybrids and applications of DEA to performance management and measurement in both public and private sectors.

Program: - Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa - The School Reentry Decision of Poor Girls. Structural Estimation and Policy Analysis Using PROGRESA Database - Do Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Improve Work and Earnings among its Youth Beneficiaries? Evidence after a...

The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.

As with any ACR conference, the Latin American conference will provide a multi-topical forum for scholarly presentations, discussions, and collaborations on consumer behavior. In addition, a theme for this conference has been established to encourage some attendees to focus on a set of issues...