EC-squared is a series of annual international conferences on research in quantitative economics and econometrics, launched in 1990. The acronym (EC)2 stands for European Conferences of the Econom[etr]ics Community. Its main aim is to maintain and extend an adequate forum for both senior and...

Institutions for collective action are institutional arrangements that are formed bottom-up by groups of people in order to overcome certain common problems over an extended period of time by setting certain rules regarding access to the group (membership), use of the resources and services the...

The WorldPensionSummit is the platform "for and by" pension professionals and industry leaders, exchanging knowledge and sharing the latest insights on securing sufficient pension provision.

FRESH meetings are aimed at researchers in any field of economic and social history. The meetings build on the concept that scholars present their ongoing research at an early stage, i.e. normally before it becomes published as a working paper or the like, and certainly before it is published in...

This pension day is targeted mainly (though not exclusively) at junior Netspar researchers. However, all Netspar researchers, including those who have not had an opportunity to present their Netspar research at recent Netspar workshops, are also encouraged to submit their paper(s).

This conference aims to bring together researchers and policymakers to discuss the effects of the financial crisis on household finances and behaviour. In recent years, household income and wealth have been severely affected by simultaneous adverse conditions in the labour, housing and stock...

Topics: - The impact of government ownership of banks on efficiency, credit and financial stability - Politics and banking - Subsidies implicit in the financial safety net, and how to eliminate them - How to cope with the too-big-to-fail and too-complex-to-fail phenomena - The fiscal costs of...

Ambiguity is pervasive in the economy and widely discussed in the economic science. It plays a role at all levels of economic decision-making, starting with individual choices, and extending up to the way institutions and cultures respond to the less than perfectly quantifiable uncertainty of...

The socioeconomic gradient in health has been described by some as one of the most intriguing questions for the social sciences. While its universal existence is well known, less is known about the relative roles played by various potential mechanisms in causing it. During this workshop we bring...

The Summer School is a valuable experience for anyone involved in doctoral work in the area of technology and innovation management. It provides a unique opportunity for doctoral students in technology management to learn from presentations of leading academics in the field and to meet...