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....

All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers, which may deal with any topic within the broad domain of Applied Microeconomics (industrial organisation, experimental and behavioural economics, market regulation, banking and finance, auctions).

The Area Conference is intended to give an overview of the current research undertaken by members of the Public Sector Economics area of the network and to stimulate interaction and co-operation between area members. All CESifo research network members are invited to submit their papers which...

Participants are expected to address, and deliver potential answers to, a number of specific questions including, but not limited to: • Have the recent changes to the Eurozone fiscal framework been effective? • Does the Eurozone require deeper fiscal integration? • What are the benefits...

The aim of this workshop is to promote economics tools to study entrepreneurship. Therefore, the emphasis will be on a selection of works that investigate the following: - the location choice of entrepreneurs and policy interventions that can help develop location-specific factors; - the...

Over the past two decades, technological advances have facilitated an increasing international fragmentation of production processes. The academic literature has proposed several explanatory paradigms for this new form of trade. Some of these follow the lines of comparative advantage, while...

The recent crises at the global and regional levels have brought this issue to the forefront of policy debate in many parts of the world. China, for instance, has recently increased its efforts to promote the use of the renmimbi in international transactions. Eurozone countries have been...

The original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit of such a ‘development-based’ agenda is...

Papers can be on any topic under the Global Economy field, covering trade, international finance, migration, global environmental issues, and others. Papers will be discussed in seminar format.