The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Households in Conflict Network (HICN) are organizing an international workshop to bring together researchers from different social sciences and countries sharing a common interest in studying the connections between...

Topics: 1. The measurement of inequality and poverty along different socio-economic dimensions. 2. The relationship between inequality, economic efficiency, individual welfare and social cohesion. 3. The role of globalization in shaping inequality and public policy. 4. The impact of fiscal...

The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for high-quality work in political economy and to bring together economists and political scientists from across Europe as well as key researchers from outside the region. Paper proposals are invited in any area of political economy. Both...

The workshop will present research in the field of income (re-)distribution with a political economy focus. In recent years, a substantial amount of political and academic attention has been given to the topic of income (re-)distribution. Despite this broad attention, political economy...

We welcome economic or econometric contributions on the following and related issues: - National safety as a public good - Strategic behavior and credible commitments (initiated by Thomas Schelling) - The theory of conflicts (initiated by Gordon Tullock, Jack Hirshleifer and Kai Konrad) - Theory...

Topics: 1. The Eurozone Crises. The Lackluster Growth and the Stagnation Hypothesis; 2. Rebooting Eurozone, Creating a Common Fiscal Space and Ensuring Euro’s Survival; 3. The Competitiveness Challenge: Deepening and Relaunching Single Market; 4. Unemployment and the Growing Intergenerational...

The conference welcomes contributions on the following topics: - Subjective and objective wellbeing indicators: relationships and correspondences. - Advancement in the use of subjective wellbeing indicators. - The determinants of subjective wellbeing indicators. - Satisfaction and objective...

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 ECINEQ conference provides a forum for a rigorous analysis of inequality, welfare and redistribution issues, both at the theoretical and at the empirical level, as well as for a discussion of the policy implications of the research findings in this field.

A global network of individuals and institutions conducting economy-wide analysis of trade, resource, and environmental policy issues has emerged. Thousands of these researchers now use a common data base, supplied by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). The project is coordinated by the...