The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries that face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. These countries are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. To help the LDCs address these specific challenges,...

This event starts with a bird’s-eye view of the current state of play in global and European steps towards climate protection. Next, it raises the question which policy areas, which mix of measures, and thus which actors are best suited to achieve the necessary results to comply globally...

Key themes: Time Use during COVID-19; Time Use and Family Health Behaviors; Time Use and Gender; Behavioral Effects Time and Financial Stress; Sleep and Employment; Fatigue and Leisure Consumption; Sleep Deprivation Wellbeing; Employment and Time Use; Mental Health and Labor Market. Keywords:...

After reviewing basic identification strategies in econometrics as well as reviewing main ideas and methods of supervised machine learning, the main part of the lectures concerns causal machine learning, i.e. how to combine the prediction methods of the machine learning literature with the...

This workshop will bring together local and international researchers to showcase scholarship on the economic and health sector response to COVID-19. This event will be presented online via Zoom.

Das mit prominenten Vertretern aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft besetzte Podium widmet sich der Frage, wie es nach der Corona-​Krise mit der Globalisierung weitergeht. Wird es als Lehre aus der weltweiten Pandemie eine Rückkehr zu Isolation und Protektionismus geben? Oder zeigen gerade die...

Smart products, such as smart household appliances, smart health devices or highly automated vehicles, are increasingly finding their way into everyday life. These products raise a number of economic and legal challenges, e.g. regarding product development, consumer acceptance, data privacy and...

Die Plattform »Eco Fleet Services« ermöglicht ein smartes und effizientes Management betrieblicher Mobilität. Sie unterstützt nicht nur den effizienten Einsatz von Flottenfahrzeugen, sondern ermöglicht auch die Integration von externen Mobilitätsressourcen wie beispielsweise Carsharing...

The conference theme is “Financial Stability and Sustainability” and covers related topics including but not limited to: accounting and regulation, asset pricing and portfolio valuation, banking and financial services, capital structure, behavioral finance, corporate finance, corporate...

The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to dicuss the lastest theoretical and empirical research from all areas of finance, banking and insurance. We hope for the conference to take place in physical presence. If not, it will be replaced by a virtual or hybrid meeting.