The workshop, titled "Solving dynamic equilibrium models", will present methods used to solve macroeconomic models. The lectures will focus on dynamic programming, the value function iteration and perturbation methods, with applications to a variety of topics, from the consumption-saving choice...

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...

In many societies, a large fraction of the population is involved in philanthropic activities like charitable giving or volunteering, as recipients or providers. Accompanying this are significant levels of public support for such activities. Yet in spite of this, the evidence base is inadequate....

Papers from economists and researches from other disciplines working on issues of language policy are solicited. The following is a non-exhaustive list of possible specific themes of individual contributions: - languages and economic efficiency (e.g. languages in the labor market, language as a...

Papers in all areas of economics are welcome.

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THE 2005 JOINT MEETING with the American Economic Association will be held in Philadelphia, PA, January 7-9, 2005, as part of the Allied Social Science Association Meeting. The program will consist primarily of contributed papers. The program committee will be chaired by Colin Camerer of the...