All papers in Empirical Economics will be considered. However, submissions of papers on the following areas of research are particularly encouraged: Labour Economics; Household Economics; Health Economics; Crime Economics: Political Economics; Industrial Organization.

Topics: - The impact of the financial crisis on arts organizations. - Human resource management in a new institutional context: threats, fears and opportunities. - Managing the heritage chain from archaeological discovery to museum access. - National variations and commonalities in managing arts...

The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

Guiding Questions: - How did trade policy affect the expansion of services trade and labor market outcomes over the last decades? - Which services sectors are most important for employment generation and how can services trade reform contribute to expanding them? - What are the employment links...

Topics: - Real estate finance and its impact on financial stability - Modeling of real estate cycles (demand and supply) - The development of property prices, its modeling and analysis

The key questions of the 14th ABIS Annual Colloquium will be: - What are the future “must-haves” for sustainable living and lifestyles, from industry, governments and society at large? What leadership profiles will be required? - To what extent will these transform current models of...

The sixth edition of the workshop on Tourists as Consumers, Visitors and Travelers aims to provide a platform for experienced scholars in tourism and allied fields. This year the four main topics, and the corresponding workshop sessions, will be hospitality, tourism macroeconomics and policy,...

The 14th University Meets Microfinance (UMM) Workshop invites university students, researchers and practitioners to explore the topics of Responsible Inclusive Finance and Customer Empowerment through various plenary and panel sessions by experts in the field of microfinance and financial inclusion.

The WIFO Regional Economics Workshop is organised in honour of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of WIFO's Scientific Advisory Board. This year’s workshop will focus on topics around services and their contribution to...