Minsky's question of how to stabilise an unstable economy is obviously of renewed importance today. But are the present policies merely stabilising an unsustainable accumulation regime based on income polarisation and the dominance of financial markets? What are the economic and political...

The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and their differential impacts across Europe. The main questions for consideration include: How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and...

Conference Program: Plenary Session 1: Innovation – Key Factor for Economic Growth Parallel Session 2A: House Price Movements and the Economy Parallel Session 2B: Surveys and Data Combination Plenary Session 3: The Impact of Globalisation Parallel Session 4A: Financial Services: Measurement...

Specific issues that the workshop will explore include preference elicitation, the importance of individual altruistic preferences, cultural transmission and social motivations for pro-welfare behaviour to arise. This workshop will address the social motivations and welfare, inequality aversion,...

Economics and business related areas covered by this conference include: - Financial Modelling & Risk Management - Game Theory, Mathematical Economics - Production Management & Supply Chain Management - Revenue Management & Managerial Accounting

The Centre for Human and Social Capital Research was established in mid 2006 with the objective of fostering high quality research into issues that involve aspects of human and social capital. Presenters include: - Professor Bruce Chapman, Crawford School of Economics and Government at...

Maria Concetta Chiuri was Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Mathematics of the University of Bari. Her research interests covered a variety of topics related to important policy issues, such as household decision-making process, housing market imperfections, illegal...

The workshop aims at having empirical and methodological contributions on economic and social inequality under a comparative perspective. The workshop is organized into two sessions, dedicated to themes of crucial importance in present economic and policy debates. The first session focuses on...

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics: Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.); Local Public Economics and...

Training Workshops (June 12-14) - PEP Standard Macro-Micro Model - Introduction to Impact Evaluations - Distributive Analysis Stata Package Policy Conference (June 15) 8th PEP General Meeting (June 16-18) - Presentations of final reports and shortlisted proposals - Individual meetings between...