We invite researchers to submit papers or extended abstracts to the 7th Economics of Media Bias Workshop. As a group of economists and political scientists, we investigate forms, causes, and consequences of bias, especially in news markets and on social media. Main questions of interest are: •...

The workshop will focus on behavioral/ experimental research in economics and its applications, for example, to development, environment, and health.

Topic: • Distributional consequences of agglomeration benefits • Labor market outcomes and housing affordability • Highly-local income inequality • Spatial extent of local labor markets and commuting patterns • Neighborhood effects and segregation • Interactions between local housing...

Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen sind Akteure in der und für die regionale Entwicklung. Man kann zurzeit beobachten, wie ihre Potentiale für den Wissenstransfer stärker in den öffentlichen Blick geraten. Es geht sowohl um technologische als auch um soziale Innovationen, die das...

This talk argues that there is a gap separating planning practice and the technical and legal requirements that smart city technologies entail. A pertinent case is Quayside, Toronto, where Sidewalk Labs (part of Alphabet and a sister company of Google) and Waterfront Toronto (a three-level...

This conference seeks to offer a platform for innovative empirical research in microeconomics (including labor, public, development, and industrial organization) and to foster opportunities for future collaboration and mentorship. The event will take place on September 29-30, 2023 and will...

Understanding when institutions change, how institutional innovations are propagated and how institutional evolution occurs, are key theoretical and empirical questions that have long shaped institutional research in economics, sociology, politics, history, geography and other disciplines. In...

The course addresses the following questions: What are the advantages and limitations of experimental economics? How important are deviations from the assumptions of full rationality and strict self-interest in determining outcomes of economic interaction? It is argued that identifying...

Quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome. Topics: - New and emerging issues around leveling up - Smart cities: data-driven urban analytics - Spatial analysis of productivity and labour markets - Higher education and impact of universities on regional economies - Migration,...