Topics: - Dynamics of unemployment: How does unemployment, and particularly long-run unemployment, adjust to a slowdown in economic activity? Is there symmetry between upturns and downturns? Have these adjustment mechanisms changed in the current crisis environment? What explains variations of...

Topics of interest include: - Technical change and the environment - Sectoral and macroeconomic effects of IT on energy demand - Productivity gains and cost savings through Green IT - Green IT innovations - Energy and resource use of IT products over their life cycle - Smart grids and transport...

We welcome both empirical and theoretical papers about housing markets that address policy relevant questions. Questions to be addressed include: - How housing markets and labour markets interact? - What are the economic and social benefits from reliance on owner-occupied vs. rental housing? -...

Im Fokus des 7. Deutschen Sportökonomie-Kongresses steht vom 17. bis 19. November 2010 das Thema „Markenmanagement im Sport“. Rechtliche, ökonomische und managementbezogen Fragestellungen zu Marken im Sport sowie zum Markenmanagement mit Sport werden während der Kongresstage aus den...

The workshop will focus on but not be limited to empirical research in the following fields: - Labour market institutions and policies - Labour mobility and dynamics - Inequality and education - Qualification and skills - Regional disparities

Possible issues and topics for workshop papers are: - Law and ecological tipping points - Law and environmental management: prescriptive or enabling? - Law and marine ecosystem adaptive management - The rule of law: legal certainty vs. flexibility and adaptability? - Private property, state...

Die Stuttgarter E-Business-Tage 2010 des Fraunhofer IAO stellen die Themen Web Intelligence und Internet der Dienste für Marketing, Vertrieb und strategisches Management in den Fokus und zeigen anhand zahlreicher Praxisbeispiele, Erfahrungen und zukunftsweisender Ideen von Anwenderunternehmen...

The workshop discusses recent research that evaluates passive and active labour market policies. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy-oriented contributions are welcome.

The conference is based on the themes of the new framework programme “Research for Sustainable Development” released in February 2010 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This year’s Forum and its sessions will focus on the following topics: - International...

Minsky's question of how to stabilise an unstable economy is obviously of renewed importance today. But are the present policies merely stabilising an unsustainable accumulation regime based on income polarisation and the dominance of financial markets? What are the economic and political...