The three-day conference will bring together specialists from around the world to discuss the latest research on inequality in a broad sense, including inequalities that affect individuals or population groups across many dimensions of wellbeing (income, labour market outcomes, education,...

The focus of the seminar is on concepts, design, adoption and performance of greenhouse gas pricing policies and other market-based instruments in European agriculture and LULUCF. Papers that link experiences from other regions or domains (e.g., the energy sector) to useful lessons for EU...

International entrepreneurs and entrepreneurially-oriented smaller firms have dominated the growth of the global economy in the past two decades. These firms have grown to become International New Ventures, Born Global, Born Digitals, Early Internationalizing Enterprises that compete...

Climate change is one of the greatest economic challenges of our time. Given the scale of the problem, the question of whether a carbon tax should be introduced is hotly-debated in policy circles. This paper studies the design of a carbon tax when environmental factors, such as air...

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...

Preventing climate change is one of the largest global challenges requiring extensive actions by both firms and policy makers. This will also require a substantial transformation of flows intermediated by the financial sector. Recent years have seen a rapid rise in the extent to which the...

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the planet in the 21st century, and this event will provide insight for academics, policymakers and educators about challenges and insights that economics can provide relating to climate change. Event lead by the RES Education and Training...

Highly interconnected global supply chains make countries vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. In this paper, we estimate the macroeconomic effects of global supply chain shocks for the euro area. Our empirical model combines business cycle variables with data from international container...

IZA would like to encourage new research work in the important area of climate change. Global warming is increasing the frequency of extreme climatic conditions across the world. Despite efforts to mitigate the extent of climate change, exposure to extreme events such as heatwaves, floods, and...

We live in a time of unprecedented challenges for the energy sector. As the world begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, it becomes evident that the pandemic has brought to the surface economic and societal vulnerabilities, while its repercussions on energy systems have already started to...