Addiction, Obesity and Cost; Age and Dependency; Anthropometry & Economics; Econometrics; Epidemics and Poverty; Competition and Coordination; Consumer and Doctor Behavior; Cross-National Issues; Disparities in Health; Economic Evaluation; Health & Health Services Causality; Insurance and...

The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis for policy and decision making in the public and private sector. Particular emphasis will be placed on econometric and applied general equilibrium modeling. The meeting will cover all...

Abstracts proposing some exciting applicaation sessions are planned for ISF 2005. Some of these multiple paper topics are: Supply Chain management and forecasting; Seasonality; Combination Forecasting; Forecasting Innovations-Technology Forecasting; Forecasting and the Stock Market; Sports...

The uncertainty in international and financial markets, the growing globalization, the availability of ultra-high frequency data and the design of new and increasingly sophisticated financial instruments all combine to present a host of new and challenging research questions for financial market...

What to look for in the data before preparing forecasts How to treat data when "problems" are recognized How to prepare forecasts using different models and techniques When each forecasting model is appropriate How to use forecasts effectively after they are prepared And much more!

The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions on evaluation research. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy oriented contributions are welcome.