Call For Papers for the 2017 Award
Klaus Liebscher Award
Award offered to young economists from EU Member States and EU candidate countries for outstanding scientific papers dedicated to Economic and Monetary Union and European integration issues.
AWARD DETAILS: The Klaus Liebscher Award was established in 2005 on the occasion of the 65th birthday of former OeNB Governor Klaus Liebscher, in recognition of his commitment to Austria's participation in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and to European integration in general.
This award is offered for two outstanding (policy-oriented) scientific papers on Economic and Monetary Union and European integration issues written by young economists (born after February 12, 1982) from EU Member States or EU candidate countries. The winners of the award, who are announced at the OeNB's annual Economics Conference, receive EUR 10,000 each. They are expected to present their main findings at this conference.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: To qualify, papers must be written in English or German and must be submitted to the Oesterreichische Nationalbank by February 12, 2017, at the latest. The chair of the panel of reviewers is Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the OeNB. If you wish to make a submission, please e-mail your paper to the Head of Economic Studies of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Martin Summer, cc: Beate Hofbauer, citing the reference "Klaus Liebscher Award 2015" in the subject line.
FURTHER INFORMATION: For more details, please check the Conditions for Participation on the award homepage:https://www.oenb.at/en/About-Us/Research-Promotion/Grants/Klaus-Liebscher-Award.html
Call For Papers
Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University - Program on Economics & Privacy - Second Annual Digital Information Policy Scholars Conference
April 28, 2017, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
The Program on Economics & Privacy (PEP) at Antonin Scalia Law School, will host a scholars conference on the economics of digital information policy on April 28, 2017. The conference will be open to the public.
The mission of PEP is to promote the sound application of economic analysis to issues surrounding the digital information economy through original research, policy outreach, and education. The annual Digital Information Policy Scholars Conference is intended to further this goal by providing a forum to present original research on this important area of the US economy.
TOPICS: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Consumer valuation of privacy
- The impact of privacy & data security regulation on consumers and firms
- Data security in the payment industry
- Liability issues surrounding the Internet of Things
- The use of big data for consumers scoring
- Big data and price discrimination
- Targeted advertising
- Ad blocking
- The intersection of privacy and competition policy
- Information, privacy, and education policy
- Consumer responses to disclosures
- Privacy and data security issues surrounding biometrics
Selected authors will receive a $250 honorarium and will be provided lodging for the night of April 27, 2017. There will be a dinner for participants on April 27 as well. Selected authors will be responsible for submitting a final version of their paper by April 14, 2017. In addition to presenting their paper, selected authors will be expected to serve as a discussant for one paper at the conference.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Please send your paper or abstract by February 6, 2017, to Jeff T. Smith, Coordinator of PEP, at jsmithq@gmu.edu. Preference will be given to completed papers.
The selection committee includes Alessandro Acquisti (Carnegie Mellon), Jane Bambauer (University of Arizona), James E. Rogers College of Law), Michael Baye (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business), James Cooper (George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School), Bruce Kobayashi (George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School), Andrew Stivers (Federal Trade Commission), Catherine Tucker (MIT, Sloan School of Management), and Liad Wagman (Illinois Institute of Technology). Selections will be made by February 24, 2017.
Call For Papers
Conference on Agriculture and Development
March 31-April 1, 2017, New Haven, Connecticut
The Economic Growth Center, the Macmillan Center and the School of Management at Yale University are sponsoring a conference on Agriculture and Development on Fri-Sat, March 31-April 1, 2017 on the Yale campus in New Haven.
TOPICS: We plan to host both internal and external speakers to present papers on Agricultural Productivity and Development, Structural Transformation, and Rural-Urban Spatial and Sectoral Linkages, carrying on Yale's long tradition of research in these areas.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: If you would like to submit a paper to the conference, please email it to noel.sardalla@yale.edu with the subject header "Agri-Devo Conference" by January 15, 2017 midnight ET. There is travel funding available for presenters.
FURTHER INFORMATION: The program committee of Professors Dean Karlan, Mushfiq Mobarak, Mark Rosenzweig and Chris Udry aim to finalize the program by January 31, 2017.
The Israeli Law and Economics Association
Call For Papers for the 2017 Annual Meeting
March 12-13, 2017, Israel
The Israeli Law and Economics Association (ILEA) welcomes submissions of papers on any topic regarding the Economic Analysis of Law for its 14th annual conference to be held in Israel on March 12-13, 2017,
The keynote speaker will be Prof Kathryn Spier from Harvard Law School.
ILEA invites contributions in all aspects related to Law and Economics, both theoretical and empirical.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Submissions must be original and not previously published. Please note that this is the first time that ILEA opens its doors to international scholars. Therefore, the conference will be conducted in English only if a sufficient number of papers from outside of Israel are accepted by our reviewers.
Please email your draft to Israeli.lea@gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Paper submission deadline: December 5, 2016
- Communication of acceptance: January 15, 2017
- Registration before: February 1, 2017
- Conference: March 12-13, 2017
Professor Ronen Avraham
(Conference Organizer)
Call For Papers - Deadline Approaching
The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Conference on Financial Decisions and Asset Markets
March 17, 2017, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research invites academics to present their current research on topics related to empirical asset pricing, investment management, and household portfolio choice. The conference participants will include academicians and practitioners with expertise in this area. The majority of the papers will include empirical work. The conference format will include the presentation of four papers with two discussants for each paper. Attendance is by invitation only. Presenters at recent R. L. White conferences have included John Campbell, Eugene Fama, Kenneth French, David Hsieh, Pete Kyle, Andrew Lo, Gregor Matvos, Chester Spatt, Laura Starks, and Lu Zhang. Industry participants have included John Ameriks, Cliff Asness, John Bogle, Charley Ellis, Bob Litterman, Gus Sauter, Stephen Utkus, and Mark Zandi.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: The organizing committee consists of Jules van Binsbergen and Nikolai Roussanov from the Finance Department of the Wharton School.
CONFERENCE LOCATION:
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PROVISIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS:
The R. L. White Center will provide for travel expenses and hotel accommodations for academics and practitioners who are presenting or discussing papers.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Those interested in presenting a paper are invited to upload a copy of their paper, in PDF format, by clicking on the following link: http://universityofpennsylvania-qhiot.formstack.com/forms/paper_submission_march_2017_rodney_white_center_conference_copy_copy_copy. The deadline for submissions is December 5, 2016. Contact: Elaine M. Thomas, Conference Administrator, Email: emthomas@wharton.upenn.edu, Tel: 215-898-7616, Fax: 215-573-8084.
Call For Nominations
2017 Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research
Nomination Deadline: January 17, 2017
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is pleased to announce that the nomination period is now open for the Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research (KJFF). The Kauffman Foundation will award up to seven Junior Faculty Fellowship grants to junior faculty members in the United States whose research has the potential to make significant contributions to the body of literature in entrepreneurship. Each Fellow's university will receive a grant of $35,000 over two years to support the research activities of the Fellow.
NOMINATION DETAILS: Nominations will be accepted online from now until 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Nominees must be tenured or tenure-track junior faculty members at accredited U.S. institutions of higher education who received a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2015. Nominees will then have until 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, March 13, 2017 to complete their online applications for consideration for the fellowship.
SUBMISSIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION: To see the complete Call for Nominations, including submission guidelines, please visit http://www.kauffman.org/kjff. Please direct all questions to kjff@kauffman.org
