The ageing population and increases in longevity have drawn attention to the management of longevity risk in pension funds, life insurers and health insurers. Governments face the challenge of financing an ageing population with longer life spans and providing an environment conducive to private...

This workshop will focus on the political economy of policies that promote economic development. We are particularly interested in understanding the following questions: Why are growth-conductive policies or regulations adopted in some regions but not in others? What is the role of capture by...

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets. Their vulnerability to liberalization, however, varied across space. Similar to the effects identified in the "China shock'' literature, we hypothesize...

We invite contributions from both senior and junior researchers that focus on the role of families in insuring individuals against downside risk. Potential topics include: - The role of households in insuring against income risk or health risk; - The trade-off between self-insurance of...

This international conference has long and proud history of bringing together the actuaries, statisticians and investment specialists in the social security domain from around the world. For the first time, the ACT Conference will be organized virtually and the ISSA is excited to be able to...

The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent research in the area of transport and infrastructure economics. The meeting will focus on issues related to pricing, investment and competition, but research papers in other areas of transport economics and infrastructure analysis, both from empirical...

Topics: - Data and measurement related to structural transformation; - Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy; - Labour, home production, and structural transformation; - Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps; - Trade and spatial frictions; - Political economy and public...

The Conference constitutes a vibrant forum for presenting scientific ideas and results of new research in the areas of investment theory, financial markets, banking, corporate finance, insurance and risk management. Much emphasis is put on practical issues within the fields of finance and...

The economics of fiscal rules and debt sustainability. Government debt levels have increased dramatically since the outbreak of the pandemic. EU fiscal rules have been temporarily suspended, and the persisting low interest rate environment seems to remain favourable to loose fiscal policy. As...

The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers from a broad range of economic disciplines to present and discuss ongoing research leveraging data sets made possible through the digitization of economic activity. The conference will have a focus on work at the intersection of...