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 purpose of this workshop is to further contribute to this theoretical work but also to the empirical and numerical analyses in the field. We will therefore especially invite contributions dealing with - the theoretical analysis of supply reactions to climate policy, - new approaches to...

The following non-exhaustive list of topics would be particular welcome: - Theoretical and empirical analysis of taxes on the financial sector - Analysis of interactions and trade-offs between regulation and taxation - Effects of financial sector taxation on the macro economy and financial...

In most OECD countries the era of long-term care (LTC) has arrived. More than two out of five people aged 65 or older report having some type of functional limitation (sensory, physical, mental, self-care disability, or difficulty leaving home). A few years from now, the ageing trend will...

The conference is thus meant to stimulate further research and to create an opportunity for discussions of topics such as the following: - objectives of portability and optimal design of portability rules, - conceptual issues arising in different sub-fields, old-age provision and health care in...

Topics: 1. Mobility of Higher Education students across Europe and the world is increasing, but it creates imbalances (some countries are net importers of students, like Austria and Belgium, while others are net exporters); moreover, many graduates spend their career in jurisdictions other than...

The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. Topics of Interest: Software and Internet...

The conference programme will include keynote addresses as well as presentations of contributed papers. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim invite the submission of theoretical as well as empirical work. We particularly encourage the submission of...

This workshop offers young interested researchers within the field of the economics of innovation and competition the possibility to intensively discuss their dissertation plans or drafts within a peer group of experienced and renowned scholars, as well as other PhD students and post-doc...

Topics: - Expectation formation, especially Uncertainty and risk perception, heterogeneity of opinions Cognitive biases in forecasting and decision making - Impact of expectations on financial markets Impact of expectations on economic activity Impact of sentiments and disagreement on market...