There is still no consensus on the policy tools which are most successful in fighting crime. How important are for example direct (e.g. police, prison, protective measures) and indirect (e.g. education, employment, fertility decisions) levers available to decision makers in reducing offending?...

By invitation only.

The purpose of this workshop is to achieve a better understanding of conflict and attempt to reach policy conclusions. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, • Contracting in the shadow of conflict • Understanding civil wars • The "Natural Resource Curse" • Alliances and their...

The workshops focus will be China’s interaction with the Global Economy; both how China affects overall global economic performance and how the global economy affects China’s development. The coverage will be broad covering such topics as trade, both inward FDI flows into China and outward...

From the 1960s onwards, international economics and international business have been developing as separate fields. More recently, four trends that may lead to a possible convergence of international economics (IE) and international business (IB) have become evident. First, the modern IE...

All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the broad domain of the Economics of Education.

Central bank communication and governance questions have taken on greater importance and, as a result, these institutions have become more transparent. While the appeal of greater transparency is seemingly evident, how transparency improves the conduct of monetary policy is subject to differing...

The conference’s general theme is contemporary issues related to China’s role in the global economy. Possible topics include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: • The Chinese Renminbi – its valuation and prospect as an international currency • China and international...

Climate change is one of the greatest collective action problems facing the international community. The fiscal implications of climate change are, arguably, immediate, lasting, and they are liable to affect all countries, albeit in rather different forms and degrees. The aim of this conference...

Specific issues that the workshop will explore include preference elicitation, the importance of individual altruistic preferences, cultural transmission and social motivations for pro-welfare behaviour to arise. This workshop will address the social motivations and welfare, inequality aversion,...