The Conference will be the occasion to present the results of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN 2007). The main themes of the Conference include: 1) Innovation in business services at the firm level and its impact on firms' performance 2)...

The Workshop aims at contributing to the ongoing debate over risk elicitation and its inclusion in climate change preference elicitation, dealing with both methodological and empirical issues. Special emphasis will be given on modelling risk preferences in environmental and agro-food economics,...

Topics: a) Global imbalances and the future of the international monetary system. b) Particular mix of policies adopted to face the crisis in different countries including developing countries (country studies). c) Financial liberalization and the restructuring of the financial system after the...

The workshop aims to promote discussion among academics by sharing recent research on the major topics related to audit quality. Papers on the following areas are welcome: - the role of regulation in improving audit quality - corporate governance systems and their impact on audit quality - audit...

The Catania Workshop will aim to concentrate mainly on the dynamic evolution of intangibles in socio-economic and business contexts. In particular, it intends to highlight the implications of measuring and managing intangibles in a crisis and recovery period such as we are currently living...

We invite submission of papers particularly addressing the following themes: 1) assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation instruments, taking into account spatial considerations and/or governance settings; 2) the development of new, incentive-based instruments...

The aim of the Fifth Workshop in this series is to make an informed contribution to the wider debate on the role of accounting and financial reporting. Papers are encouraged on all aspects of the study of accounting regulation, including developments in theory, empirical studies and...

The conference provides an opportunity for academicians, PhD students and professionals in social and environmental accounting to present their research projects, to discuss their preliminary findings and full paper in a supportive and interactive atmosphere.

We look for contributions on this topic by economists, political scientists and sociologists. We are particularly keen on seeing submissions in the following areas of research: • The historical perspective to migration issues • Circular and return migration • Migration and technology...

The Conference consists of a thematic session and a session including free contributions. The thematic session will be introduced by an invited lecture given by Peter Sloane (IZA, Bonn), followed by the presentation of the selected papers. A panel discussion on "The Future of Labour Economics in...