Topics: - Industry Regulation and Consequences - Industrial organization of the drug industry (and of other parts of the health sector) - Health System Reform, with a special emphasis on European health systems - Economics and Value of Health

For centuries, the same economic errors have tended to shape the public mind, but there are particular ones in our time that deserve a widespread debunking: - Outsourcing costs jobs at home and exploits the poor abroad - The Fed can stabilize the economy - Renters and laborers suffer while...

The AGROSTAT conference aims at drawing an overview of the use of statistical methods in the food industry and at evaluating practical benefits given by new techniques. It offers an ideal opportunity to statisticians and industrial users to meet, exchange experiences, keep in touch with the...

The aim of this event is to provide a service to economics departments and others wishing to recruit PhD students in the UK, Europe or the Rest of the World. Participating institutions are expected to use the event as a way of identifying potential candidates for forthcoming positions....

Das Nachfragepotenzial von mehr als einer Milliarde Konsumenten in China und Russland ergibt auf den ersten Blick ein schier unendliches Absatzpotenzial. Aber während sich in den urbanen Zentren kaufkräftige Bevölkerungsschichten entwickeln, herrscht in ländlichen Gegenden bittere Armut....

Topics: - Marketing chains and food quality management - Co-existence of GMO production and conventional agriculture - Participation, co-operatives and producer groups - Land markets, access to credit, farm planning and financing - Agricultural labour - Environmental monitoring, natural resource...

Econometrics studies or highly mathematical papers are not appropriate for sessions sponsored by the AEA.

The 2008 North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society will be held as part of the annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations. The program will consist of contributed and invited papers. It is hoped that the research presented will represent a broad spectrum of applied...

Every January, IAFFE meets with the other 50 or so associations that convene as the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA), formerly known as the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. IAFFE regularly convenes several panels at the ASSA, often in conjunction with other groups.

ACE will sponsor two professional sessions on the morning of Friday January 4. The association president, Earl Grinols, is currently accepting proposals for papers and sessions.