Poverty reduction requires adopting the right institutions—including monetary institutions. Emerging market economies that peg their currencies and thwart market adjustments risk overheating and might engender protectionism on the part of their trading partners. This year’s monetary...

This is the first time that the Congress to be convened in Asia under its new name, the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law. There are also two new practices which will be adopted for this Congress. First of all, rather than just submitting their written reports as was...

China Summit 2005 will focus on key macro issues and big investment ideas for China in 2006. In addition to an array of expert outside speakers, CEQ editor Joe Studwell will present the results of CEQ's latest survey of corporate profitability in China, including the first comprehensive...

Our economic forecasting experts, along with local industry and business leaders, will address the following questions: U.S Economy Local froth or national bubble? How will real estate impact the US economy over the next two years? Will the Fed continue to tighten? When will this finally be felt...

Grid dependent sectors play an important role in the provision of competitive market struc­tures in particular in the enlarged EU and on globalised markets. Recent developments show various differences between national regulatory frameworks in transport, energy and tele­communications with...

The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in computational methods, methodology for data analysis and applications in statistics. It is associated with the Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (CSDA), the official journal of the...

Research themes: 1. A pan-European database 2. European growth from the mid-nineteenth century 3. European growth in the very long run 4. The history of European integration 5. Europe's changing position in the world [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's...

• Alternatives to the new consensus approach to macroeconomics • Theories of monetary policy and monetary policies of the ECB • Theories of fiscal policies and fiscal policies in the EMU • Theories of wage policies and wage policies in the EMU • The Maastricht Regime and its effects on...

The conference will cover issues and topics related to time allocation. Papers will be presented that utilize time-use data in: - Investigating the determinants of time allocation by gender, and other demographic and economic characteristics (e.g. by family-type or employment status) - Valuing...

Intra-family aspects are often neglected in the economic literature, although several studies have shown that intra-household distributional effects should not be ignored when evaluating the welfare effects of social and family policies. However some obstacles remain in the theoretical...