We welcome papers addressing a number of issues related to such markets, including: • the various forms markets may assume • the processes through which markets are realized • the import of economic theories at large on markets (economics, marketing, strategy) • the role of devices and...

This tutorial gives the participants the opportunity to present their near-final research results of their own research project/paper to leading peers.

The ECSB-doctoral seminar is a one day event in conjunction with the yearly RENT conference: “Research in Entrepreneurship”. The Doctoral Seminar has a successful tradition at RENT. To encourage the emergence of new ideas, communication and dialogue between students and teachers of different...

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE) command wide support among macroeconomists as a modeling methodology. In addition, they are widely used by policy institutions for both policy assessments and forecasting exercises. Nevertheless, there is much less agreement about the details...

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on various aspects of productivity, trade and development. The topics of the conference include: 1) the role of productivity growth vs. factor accumulation in convergence; 2) within and between sector reallocation; 3) relative...

State space models are a powerful tool to tackle difficult inference and forecasting problems common in economic and financial series. Given the emphasis placed on forecasting and nowcasting in modern central banks and other financial institutions, state space models seem a much under-utilized...

The main aim of the workshop is to gather new researchers in a friendly and unimposing environment where they can present their research and receive constructive criticism from their peers and leading economic historians. Another aim of the workshop is to demonstrate the breadth of Economic...

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...

The workshop will integrate three themes: (1) project organization and knowledge integration: developing capabilities for successful execution of R&D projects. Innovative organization structures, processes and integration mechanisms (2) co-locating versus off-shoring R&D and industrialization:...

The summer institute will be focused on the issues of Spatial Econometrics and Spatial Computable General Equilibrium (SCGE) Modelling. In a format of combined lectures and hands on training provided by top-level experts, we will deal with the following areas in the advanced training...