The ageing population and increases in longevity have drawn attention to the management of longevity risk in pension funds, life insurers and health insurers. Governments face the challenge of financing an ageing population with longer life spans and providing an environment conducive to private...

This workshop will focus on the political economy of policies that promote economic development. We are particularly interested in understanding the following questions: Why are growth-conductive policies or regulations adopted in some regions but not in others? What is the role of capture by...

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets. Their vulnerability to liberalization, however, varied across space. Similar to the effects identified in the "China shock'' literature, we hypothesize...

Organizational Excellence has established itself the key to success in management for all types of organizations for many years now. This Conference looks at the role of Excellence both from theoretical and practical points of view. Academics, researchers, managers, administrators, support staff...

We welcome submissions on ‘digital platforms’ in terms of the regulatory and competitive challenges that they pose, and how they may be addressed in a post-Covid world. In addition, we welcome submissions on a range of topics as outlined below: - The current and lasting impact of Covid-19 on...

We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers that focus on the role of families in insuring individuals against downside risk. Potential topics include: - The role of households in insuring against income risk or health risk; - The trade-off between self-insurance of...

This international conference has long and proud history of bringing together the actuaries, statisticians and investment specialists in the social security domain from around the world. For the first time, the ACT Conference will be organized virtually and the ISSA is excited to be able to...

The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent research in the area of transport and infrastructure economics. The meeting will focus on issues related to pricing, investment and competition, but research papers in other areas of transport economics and infrastructure analysis, both from empirical...

Topics: - Data and measurement related to structural transformation; - Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy; - Labour, home production, and structural transformation; - Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps; - Trade and spatial frictions; - Political economy and public...

We invite papers that address the changing nature of the Nordic welfare states and other European countries in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic (as an external shock) or in response to other structural and institutional changes. Both quantitative and qualitative investigations and studies...