The workshop provides a forum to discuss state of the art research on the impact of shocks on households from a microeconomic perspective. The workshop is organized as part of the project “Economics of Climate Change: Coping with Shocks in Mongolia –Vulnerability, Assets and Migration”.

Der zweitägige Workshop der Dresdner Niederlassung des ifo In-stituts für Wirtschaftsforschung soll dem Austausch und der Dis-kussion aktueller Forschungsergebnisse dienen und richtet sich dabei vor allem an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die auf dem Gebiet der Regionalökonomie arbeiten. Besondere...

Much has changed since the onset of the global climate regime in the early 1990s. The globalization of the Western economic model and the rise of emerging economies are transforming the very structure of global governance. Due to decades of energy-intensive economic growth and exponential rise...

The goal of the workshop is to stimulate research in environmental and natural resource economics that is relevant to economic development in Latin America. Although priority will be given to papers that have empirical content, theoretical papers with clear policy implications will also be...

Program: Session A: (Natural) Disasters Session B: Climate Change Session C: Environmental Regulation Session D: Air Quality Session E: Energy Prices Session F: Green Jobs and Energy Turnaround

Topics of interest in this joint seminar on regional science include (but not limited to): 1. Spatial Economics 2. Economic Geography 3. Transportation 4. Asian Regional and Urban Problems 5. Regional Development 6. Location of Economic Activities 7. Housing 8. Regional and Urban Planning 9....

Topics: - Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments regarding the achievement of environmental targets - Assessments of environmental policies regarding their effects on economic welfare indicators - How to create sets of instruments with synergetic effects and how to avoid sets with...

Questions to be addressed in the workshop include: - What drives carbon prices? Is there evidence that firms reduced emissions relative to a business-as-usual scenario? Has the EU ETS induced the development new technologies, and/or the adoption of existing technology? - What is the relationship...

The purpose of the workshop is to promote research that uses innovative approaches to identify the causal effects of policy interventions, market incentives and social nudges on environmental quality and energy use. Possible identification approaches include, but are not limited to:...

Topics: - Development, application and theoretical basis for valuation methods in general. - Incorporating risk in valuation methods. - Incentive compatible alternatives and experimental economics - Methodological issues raised in applications - Advantages and disadvantages facing alternative...