The measurement of IT-based services productivity is at the heart of the ProdIT research project, which is patronized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of this workshop is to share know-how and experiences on the measurement of service productivity....

The MaCCI Law and Economics Conference on Net Neutrality aims to provide a platform for discussion between researchers and practitioners in state authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies on net neutrality. We welcome submissions with a legal or economic perspective on net...

Educational inequalities have attracted growing interest in research as well as in the political debate due to the increased relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on the labour market. Educational and social policies with the goal to reduce educational inequality and to achieve a...

We welcome contributions in finance and economics, as well as in economic and urban geography, regional science, urban development planning, demography, and law. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): - Spillovers Between Real Estate Markets and Capital Markets - Financing Behaviour...

Formation, growth, and closure of firms are crucial for innovation, employment, and structural change in modern economies. The aim of this conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions on the interdependencies between finance, human capital, innovation activities, and investment...

The course includes the topics: - Introduction to central concepts: vector autoregressive processes, error-correction models, non-stationary processes and cointegration. - Representation of cointegrated processes. - Estimation and testing in the cointegrated VAR model. - Identification and...

This course introduces topics from research in financial time series econometrics. For each topic, econometric methods are discussed and illustrated by empirical applications. After completion of the course the student will have obtained a fundamental knowledge of central econometric modeling as...

Students learn how the toolbox of experimental economics can be used in research, and learn to be critical consumers of the rapidly growing behavioral and experimental economics literature. More generally, the course contributes to a deeper understanding of the basic principles of rationality...

Investment projects typically consist of an initial investment and some uncertain dividend. An example could be to build a factory and sell the produce at an uncertain market price. In the course investment projects are seen as flexible in the sense that investor is able to decide when to invest...

The course focuses on work organizations: Business organizations (private firms) and organizations within the public sector, for example public administration, public hospitals, educational and social institutions. A number of basic theories are presented such as Classical Organization Theory,...