The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based exercises. The following topics are likely to be covered: - techniques for modelling unobserved economic components, state-space...

This course will focus on issues that are often left out of methodology courses and training, notably: What are the different views on the theoretical contribution that a case study can make, and what lies behind these differences? As researchers, how can we theorize from case studies? How do...

Topics: - Reward in its context - Motivation and engagement in organizations - Reward systems

The Santiago Finance Workshop will bring together academics, regulators and practitioners from all over the world in order to discuss new empirical and theoretical research that deals with finance, to highlight some of the associated challenges for regulators, but also to assess how regulatory...

New Challenges for Monetary and Fiscal Policy Posed by Financial Frictions - Lawrence J. Christiano (Northwestern University) This course will address various new challenges for fiscal and monetary policy. Most of these reflect the increased recognition of the economic importance of financial...

Conference streams: - Property, Justice and Time - Political economy of property - Property and subjectivity - Property as institution and idea: law, morality, and justice - Spatialities of property

The aim of the conference is to bring together the community of scholars who employ laboratory experimental economics methods for research in developing countries.

This symposium aims to bring out some of these brand-related issues. We welcome submissions addressing a broad range of brand strategy and management topics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Topics: - New technologies and the sustainable use of natural resources in agriculture - Production and placement of agricultural products with special quality characteristics - Strengthening institutions and regional cooperation in function of agricultural development - Sustainable tourism in...