Economics and Finance

Conferences and Workshops

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Ninth Annual Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop

October 19-20, 2012
Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
David Andolfatto (SFU/FRB St. Louis)
Martin Gervais (Southampton)
Gabriel Lee (University of Regensburg and IHS)

For information regarding the workshop logistics, please contact:
Elisabeth Potzmann
Institute for Advanced Studies
Department of Economics and Finance
Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 59991 145
Fax: +43 1 59991 163
E-mail: economics@ihs.ac.at

Conference Website
Program
Program (pdf)

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DESIGN AND IMPACT OF TAX REFORM

October 4-5, 2012
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

jointly organised by:
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna; CEPR, London; Oxford Centre for Business Taxation; and University of St. Gallen.

Programme Committee
Christian Keuschnigg, IHS, University of St. Gallen, and CEPR
Michael Devereux, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, and CEPR
Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics, and CEPR

Keynote speakers:

Richard Blundell, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies,
"Tax Policy Reform: The Role of Empirical Evidence"

Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics,
"A Theory of Optimal Capital Taxation"

The conference aims at bringing together researchers in public economics with a focus on the economics of taxation. We aim at a mix of theoretical and empirical studies relating to taxation in an open economy. The themes listed below are indicative:

• Designing the tax transfer schedule and labour supply
• Labour taxation and business decisions (investment, outsourcing, FDI)
• Taxation of savings, bequests and wealth
• Taxation, portfolio choice and financial structure of firms
• Taxing the financial sector and financial transactions
• Taxing intellectual property, R&D tax credits and innovation
• Entrepreneurship and start-up activity

Conference website

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CEPR Conference Finance and the Real Economy

September 3-4, 2012
University of St. Gallen

Programme Committee
Martin Brown (University of St. Gallen)
Christian Keuschnigg (University of St. Gallen, IHS & CEPR)
Thorsten Beck (University of Tilburg & CEPR)
Harry Huizinga (University of Tilburg & CEPR)
Marco Pagano (University of Naples & CEPR)
Frank Westermann (University of Osnabrück)

The conference aims at bringing together researchers in corporate finance, banking and macroeconomics to explore topics at the intersection of these fields. The focus will be on the impact of banking and financial markets on the real economy with a mix of theory and empirical studies. The themes listed below are indicative:
· Micro- and macro-prudential regulation of banks and financial markets
· Taxation of banks and financial markets
· Access to external finance, investment and innovation
· Finance, institutional reform and growth
· Financial intermediation and business cycles
· Financial development, international capital flows, and FDI.

Keynote speakers: Jean-Charles Rochet, University of Zürich & CEPR

Conference website
Scientific Program

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Workshop on Extensive Form Games in honor of Harold Kuhn

June 11-12, 2012

Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna

Conference Website
Program
Address by Harold Kuhn
Photos
Invitation and Call for Papers

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Eighth Annual Vienna Macroeconomics Workshop on Current Topics in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

October 14 - 15, 2011
Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
David Andolfatto (SFU/FRB St. Louis)
Martin Gervais (Southampton)
Gabriel Lee (University of Regensburg and IHS)

Program
Conference Website
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Workshop in honor of Stephen Turnovsky

May 20-22, 2010
Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna and the Society for Computational Economics (SCE)

Program
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Workshop on Risk, Ambiguity, and Decisions in honor of Daniel Ellsberg

May 10-12, 2010
Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory

Program
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Sixth Annual Vienna Macroeconomic Workshop on Current Topics in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

October 9-10, 2009
Institute for Advanced Studies
Stumpergasse 56
1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
David Andolfatto (SFU/FRB St. Louis)
Martin Gervais (Southampton)
Gabriel Lee (University of Regensburg and IHS)

Conference Website
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ÖGOR - IHS Workshop and ÖGOR-Arbeitskreis
"Mathematische Ökonomie und Optimierung in der Energiewirtschaft"

September 24, 2009, 09.00 - 05.30
Institute for Advanced Studies
Department of Economics and Finance
Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria (HS II)

ÖGOR-IHS 2009 Program
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4th Japanese-European Bayesian Econometrics and Statistics Meeting (JEuBES 2009)

August 22-23, 2009, 09.00 - 05.30
University Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona, Spain

Organized by:
Wolfgang Polasek (IHS)
Hajime Wago (University of Nagoya)

JEuBES 2009 Program
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Econometrics, Time Series Analysis and Systems Theory
A Conference in Honor of Manfred Deistler

June 18 - 20, 2009
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
Department of Economics and Finance
Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria

Organized by:
Benedikt M. Pötscher (University of Vienna, IHS)
Wolfgang Scherre (Vienna University of Technology)
Martin Wagner (IHS)

The purpose of this conference is to celebrate Manfred Deistler’s scientific achievements over a lifetime devoted to academic research and teaching at the occasion of his retirement from the University of Technology Vienna.

Conference Website
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Fifth Annual Vienna Macroeconomic Workshop on Current Topics in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

October 17 - 18, 2008
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna

Organized by:
David Andolfatto (SFU)
Martin Gervais (Southampton)
Gabe Lee (Regensburg & IHS)

Conference website