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The conference presentations and discussions will tackle several key questions, among which: 1. Do the insights from behavioural economics call for a more or less interventionist policy to influence consumer behaviour? 2. Are modern, ever more complex markets generating more choice that...

The PSID has included extensive information on pensions, wealth, consumption/expenditures, health, and other relevant domains in various years since the survey began in 1968. All of these domains are measured in the last several waves. The goals of this conference are to bring together scholars...

The theme of the ACR 2008 conference is "Port of Call." Researchers from around the world will arrive in the international trading center of San Francisco, laden with a valuable cargo of ideas for sale and trade. Our theme therefore is meant to highlight the international nature of our...

Thema: "Private Haushalte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Ökonomie und Ökologie" Themen der Veranstaltung sind: - der Konsum, der Energieverbrauch einschließlich der Treibhausgasemissionen, - die Pendler, die Nutzung und Einsparung von Flächen sowie das Abfallaufkommen und die Abfallwirtschaft aus...

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Socio-economic networks - Network generation mechanisms in socio-economic models - Evolutionary networks - Complex systems and emergent networks - Tools for network dynamics - Games on Networks

Kaum ein anderes wirtschaftspolitisches Thema wurde in den letzten Monaten so kontrovers diskutiert, wie die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns. Bietet der Mindestlohn tatsächlich Schutz vor "Lohndumping"? Oder fördert er vielmehr die Schwarzarbeit und verhindert die Entstehung von...

In the last few decades, house prices have undergone major medium-run fluctuations in many industrialized economies. Boom-bust cycles in house prices, coupled with a substantial increase in household indebtedness, have drawn the attention of policymakers and academics towards the developments in...

The objective of the conference is to present state-of-the-art empirical research and empirically motivated theoretical research on household asset accumulation, debt, and consumption behavior over the life cycle. The focus of the conference is on papers based on household-level, survey data...

Papers in all fields of interest to the IARIW, i.e. all papers that advance knowledge about income and wealth are welcome. Submissions in the following fields are particularly encouraged: input-output tables, theory and practice; PPPs; satellite accounts for non-profit institutions; and...