The annual conference aims to cover all fields of public economics and political economy, with behavioural public economics being the focus of this year´s keynotes lectures. Both full papers and ongoing projects are welcome. We also offer the opportunity to present posters for ongoing projects...

Topics: - Household savings behaviour; - Occupational pension schemes; - The role of housing and home equity release products; - Risk-management and investment strategies of pension funds and insurance companies; - Bank business models, bank funding and lending; - Low interest rates and...

The first session deals with the role of direct democracy and the implications of women in politics. The second and third session focus on the persistence of elite structures after democratic transitions as well as the role of perceptions of public and religious organizations. The last set of...

Development economists will meet online on 4 February 2021 to discuss issues related to political economy dimension of development in Africa. One set of papers will discuss the origins of favoritist politics along ethnic, religious and regional dimensions. A second set of papers will focus on...