Topics: - Labor market asymmetries among new and old EU countries and institutional reforms - The impact of asymmetries on the on common monetary policy and vice versa: the impact of a common currency on labor market flexibility - Synchronization of economic activities (optimum and enogenous...

The conference will provide an arena for discussion of a broad spectrum of issues related to the real estate market. Papers focusing on international comparisons and sustainability issues within the different fields are especially welcome. In each session different types of real estate will be...

The conference will present the main results of a three-year European research project on "Privatisation of Public Services and the Impact on Employment, Productivity and Service Quality" (PIQUE). The project is funded by the European Commission and has studied the consequences of liberalisation...

Der bisherige internationale Diskurs zu Fragen von Umwelt und Entwicklung ist von dieser Fragmentierung gekennzeichnet.Auffällig ist, dass ursprünglich Wachstum als entwicklungspolitisches Ziel in Frage gestellt wurde. Mit der Zeit wurden unterschiedliche Formen von Wachstum differenziert:...

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...

Topics: - Climate change and energy - Regional and rural development, structural funds - Sustainable development strategies at various levels of government - RTD for sustainable development - Sustainable consumption and production - Environmental resources and biodiversity - Gender and diversity...

Session 1: Commodities as an asset class Session 2: Financial investors and commodity market dynamics Session 3: Energy markets in Europe – state of play, future prospects and implications for financial markets Session 4: Oil revenues: Role and management of sovereign wealth funds, and...

Topics: - Growth and Innovation - Economic Models and of Political Processes - International Public law - Accounting - Commercial Law in the Context of the Globalisation - Finance (General Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, Investing and other related areas of Finance) - Mathematical...

The Euromoney Central and Eastern European Forum in Vienna has been the premier investment event in the CEE region for over a decade. This year for the first time the Euromoney Central and Eastern European Forum will feature special lunch panels. Lunch Panel I: Infrastructure Finance - Public...

Topics: - Methods and indicators for measuring the development of the services sector - Factors that characterise the potential fordevelopment of the services sector - Service industries important for socioeconomicdevelopment, especially in a knowledge economy - The economy-wide propagated...