Das Kolloquium richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die auf den Gebieten der Ordnungsökonomik, der Wirtschaftspolitik und der Rechtsökonomik forschen und lehren. Erwünscht wird die Einreichung von Forschungsarbeiten, die sich mit Themen der Ordnungsökonomik und Rechtsökonomik...

The Fifth Annual Conference in Political Economy will examine the global crisis from the complementary angles of scholarship, policies, conflicts and alternatives. Papers on all aspects of poitical economy are welcome, while those on these topics are especially encouraged.

The theme of the conference is "Foundations of Economic Change – Behaviour, Interaction and Aggregate Outcomes" The Conference is open to submissions that deal with theoretical, methodological, empirical, and policy issues with a broad Evolutionary or Neo-Schumpeterian focus.

Behavioural political economy uses behavioural concepts in explaining decisions of politicians, candidates for political office, voters, lobbyists, and others in the political and policymaking arena. Decision-makers may be subject to bounded rationality. Utility maximisation may be based on...

Subsidies to fossil energies are largely wasteful as they serve to increase carbon emissions, weaken public budgets and importers’ energy security, and in most cases impact income distribution adversely. Reform of energy subsidy policies is sorely needed in many countries, and is an important...

Using rigorous scientific methods, New Institutional Economics (NIE) focuses on the theoretical and empirical analysis of the economics of co-ordination devices - institutions, organizations and contracts-, as well as on the conditions under which these devices evolve. Objectives: - To promote...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Institutions and Development - James Robinson (Harvard University) The main topic of this course is recent developments in political economy, particularly the political economy of...

The conference brings together economists and political scientists to address political-economy issues related to international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the European Union, and also other...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and will give researchers the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

In the past decade, a new approach to political economy has deepened our understanding of how political institutions shape economic outcomes and how economic forces feed back on political processes. Concurrently, there have been fruitful developments on the effect of social and cultural...