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....

The workshop, organized within the 20th ICABR Conference, will bring together academics and development practitioners on issues related to international development. Topics: - Agricultural transformation and rural development; - Entrepreneurship and private sector development; - Development and...

Topics: - Historical analysis of growth successes and failures - Specificity of development paths - Institutions and economic development - Institutions and growth constraints - Culture and economic development - The language and the rhetoric of economic development - Economic cooperation and...

The conference is devoted to investigating ways in which international migration affects economic and social change in developing countries. Possible topics include the effects of migration on poverty, inequality, and human capital formation; social networks and migration; diaspora...

The conference is open to economists, social scientists, experimental economists and psychologists, philosophers, theologians, historians. Some of the issues that well be discussed: - empirical/lab evidence about the role of vulnerability in economic, organizational and social interactions -...

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 original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit of such a ‘development-based’ agenda is...

The summer school is intended for PhD students, post-docs and junior and senior faculty members. The aim is to provide young researchers with a detailed overview of the main methods used in empirical and theoretical research in development economics. The main components will be lectures and...

The workshop welcomes submissions by PhD students at any stage of their PhD, as well as students who complete their PhD in 2015. There will be two types of contributions: contributed papers and posters presentation. Proposals are welcome in the areas of agricultural, environmental, food and...