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Call for papers Heckscher-Ohlin Theory: A Modern Approach

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

International Review of Economics and Finance, papers should be submitted by 31 December 2009

The Future of Cities conference, Feb 8-9 2010, London

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Projecting city growth worldwide, our 'The Future of Cities' conference will ask how rapid urban growth can be planned, managed and financed, in terms of aspects such as energy supply, demographics and climate change.

Call for Papers: The emerging global financial architecture and exchange rate regimes in a volatile world

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

International Review of Economics and Finance - papers should be submitted by 28 February 2010.

Broadened Aims and Scope for the Journal Economic Systems

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Economic Systems is a refereed journal for the analysis of causes and consequences of the significant institutional variety prevailing among developed, developing, and emerging economies, as well as attempts at and proposals for their reform.

Call for Papers: Third World Conference EALE - SOLE

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Labour Economics - papers should be submitted by 31 January, 2010

Personal subscriptions for Elsevier�s Economics Journals

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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Free articles from Nobel Prize winners

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In recognition of the importance of their work, we are pleased to offer open access to a selection of articles that Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson have published with Elsevier.

Nobel prize winners on editorial boards for Elsevier journals

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Besides publishing many of their own papers with Elsevier Professor Williamson currently serves as Honorary Editor for Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization and is an editorial board member of Journal of Socio-Economics. Professor Ostrom is an e

2009 Economics Nobel Prize Winners

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009 was awarded to Elinor Ostrom for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons and Oliver E. Williamson for his analysis of economic governance, especially the b

Call for Papers: Fifth IZA/World Bank Conference on �Employment and Development�

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Labour Economics - papers should be submitted by 15 November, 2009

First ever published video abstract in economics

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Investigating bid preferences at low-price, sealed-bid auctions with endogenous participation - Timothy P. Hubbard and Harry J. Paarsch - International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2009

Call for Papers - Causes, Consequences and Cures for the Subprime Mortgage and Financial Crisis

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Journal of Economics and Business is calling for papers for a special issue on Causes, Consequences and Cures for the Subprime Mortgage and Financial Crisis. Extended deadline - 1 February 2010.

Top25 most downloaded economic and finance articles

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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How To Prepare A World Class Paper For An International Scientific Journal

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Colin Poulton Managing Editor, Food Policy Elsevier/IAAE Author Workshop Beijing, 21/08/2009

Life at theTop: The Benefits of Height

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Life at the top is good and we�re not just talking about penthouse views or your corner office on the top floor, although if you�re tall, that just might come with the package too.

Women in the boardroom and their impact on governance and performance

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes.

The Paul Geroski Best Paper Award

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Paul Geroski Best Paper Award is awarded to the two best papers published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization each year. Papers are selected by the editorial board of the journal.

Interview with Pat Barjari, International Journal of Industrial Organization

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Pat discusses the aims and scope of the journal and the direction he sees the journal moving in. He talks about a growth in empirical industrial organization submissions and breadth of paper submissions from mergers and cartels to regulated markets and bi

The US Food Stamp Program and Obesity is there a link?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Even though the U.S. is one of the richest countries in the world, food insecurity is still a major issue for millions of Americans and some have raised concerns that food assistance programs may encourage excess weight.

Weight gain in adolescents and their peers

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Since the 1960s, obesity rates among children in the United States have risen dramatically. There are definitely many culprits, for instance fast food, soda, television viewing and video-game playing. But researchers reveal a new link � peers.

eBay proxy bidding: A license to shill

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Within the last decade, the growth of online auctions as a means of trade has grown exponentially. eBay has seen its community grow from two million users in 1998 to 181 million in 2005.

Economics Special Issues available to order

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Print copies of selected Economics Special Issues are now available to order online. Visit this link for full details and to place your order.

Gay Applicants Face Uphill Battle in Job Search

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

During the past several decades, the gay and lesbian community has fought for visibility, equal rights and respect. While the issue has created a lively public policy debate, it is apparent sexual minority individuals continue to face an uphill battle whe

Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Academic Performance in High School

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Do the pretty-looking girls and hunky young men score better in the GPA department? Many studies have already shown there are benefits to being physically attractive when it comes to scoring a better job and earning a more impressive salary.

A Soviet Chess Cartel in the Post-War Era? You Decide

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

No one can know with certainty what sorts of pressures were imposed on Soviet players during the heyday of the Soviet Union, especially in a politically significant sport like chess. Most of the leading players have since passed away � but by examining re

A Test of Pay-Per-Performance for Teachers in England

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Improving education outcomes is a key priority for governments around the world. The ever elusive question is how best to achieve this goal. In Elsevier�s latest Labour Economics, a new paper explores the impact of a performance-related pay scheme for

Latest Economics and Finance Impact Factors

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Highlights include: Journal of Financial Economics 2.248, Energy Economics 2.248, Journal of Health Economics 2.118, International Journal of Production Economics 2.026, see all our journals.

Interview with Daniel Berkowitz, Journal of Comparative Economics

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Daniel gives a brief introduction to the 30-year history of the journal, beginning as a journal that focused on comparisons of social versus capitalist economies. More recently the focus has changed to comparisons of institutional capitalist economics in

Elsevier Announces 2008 Journal Impact Factor Highlights

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the highlights of its journal impact factor performance in 2008. Elsevier overall saw 75% of its journal impact factors (IF) increase f

Call for papers - Heckscher-Ohlin Theory: A Modern Approach

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

International Review of Economics and Finance is calling for papers for a special issue on . Papers should be submitted by 31 December 2009.

Interview with Dan McMillan, Regional Science and Urban Economics

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Dan tells us about the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics as a forum for publishing theoretical and empirical research. He explains that the journal is primarily an urban economics journal that considers regional spatial relations. He continues

Interview with Stuart Rosenthal, Journal of Urban Economics

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Stuart discusses the aims and scope of the journal and the types of papers he looks for as an editor. He discusses topical symposium papers published in the journal in 2008 on the Housing Crisis and the forthcoming special issue on Entrepreneurship in Ci

Ensure you Keep Receiving Economics and Finance Contents Alerts

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We want to let you know that we are now moving our Economics and Finance journals table of contents alerts to ScienceDirect. The benefits of this mean you will only receive alerts from the journals you have selected and will be able to choose how you wi

Top 25 most downloaded economics and finance articles

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Top25 most downloaded articles from Elsevier's economics, econometrics and finance journals

Free Podcast - Negative equity and foreclosure

Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Free podcast with Paul Willen, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Paul's recent study exploring the decline of house prices and the relationship between negative housing equity and mortgage default, has been publish

Interview with Eric Maskin, Editor of Economics Letters

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Editor profile - Read the Elsevier interview with Eric Maskin, Editor of Economics Letters and winner of of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of Mechanism Design Theory.

2008 Ross Best Paper Award Winners for Finance Research Letters

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are very pleased to announce the joint winners of the Ross Best Paper Award for Finance Research Letters. Modeling loan commitments Finance Research Letters, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2008, Pages 11-20 Sudheer Chava, Robert Jarrow Patterns in c

Contributions to Macroeconomics in Honor of John Taylor

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Contributions to Macroeconomics in Honor of John Taylor Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, containing selected papers from an October 12-13, 2007 conference honoring John Taylor Volume 55, Supplement 1, October 2008

Journal of Econometrics Best Paper in Econometrics

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Arnold Zellner Award from the Journal of Econometrics for the best paper in theoretical econometrics and $5,000 prize was awarded to Xiaohong Chen and Yanqin Fan for their paper Estimation of copula-based semiparametric time series models, Journal of E

New Co Editor-in-Chief joins Journal of Public Economics

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to welcome Professor Raj Chetty, Harvard University, as the new Co Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Public Economics.

New Editor-in-Chief joins Labour Economics

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to welcome Professor Ian Walker, from the Lancaster University Management School, who succeeds Andrea Ichino. as the new Editor-in-Chief of Labour Economics from January 2009. Ian Walker was trained at Liverpool and Warwick Universitie

Cite Alert - free author citation service

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Free automated service to notify authors when their articles are cited in Elsevier-published journals.

New Coordinating Editor for Review of Economic Dynamics

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Gianluca Violante, Assistant Professor Department of Economics at New York University, joins the editorial team of Review of Economic Dynamics as the new Coordinating Editor for the journal.

Call for Papers - Economics of Digital Piracy

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Information Economics and Policy is calling for papers for a special issue on Economics of Digital Piracy. Articles should be submitted by 1 October 2009.

Mortgages and the Housing Crash: A Symposium

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mortgages and the Housing Crash: A Symposium, Journal of Urban Economics - Housing supply and housing bubbles - Do borrowers know their mortgage terms?

EALE Labour Economics 2008 Best Paper Award

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The biannual 2008 EALE/Labour Economics best paper award was awarded to Professor S.E. Carrell for his paper: The National Internal Labor Market Encounters the Local Labor Market: Effects on Employee Retention, Labour Economics, Volume 14, Issue 5, Oct

2009 Conference Calendar now available

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

2009 Conference Calendar now available on Elsevier�s Economics webpage

Call for Papers - Corporate Finance and Governance in Emerging Markets

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Journal of Corporate Finance is pleased to announce a conference and a special issue on Corporate Finance and Governance in Emerging Markets. The conference will be held at Peking University, Beijing, China on 24 - 25 August 2009. Submission deadlin

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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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Owner Occupied Housing and Durables in National Accounts and Inflation Measures

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Journal of Housing Economics is calling for papers for a special issue on Owner Occupied Housing and Durables in National Accounts and Inflation Measures. Articles should be submitted by 1 March 2009 to http://ees.elsevier.com/jhec.

Free journal access for developing countries

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

All Elsevier's economics and finance journals are available via the UNs' online access programs, including AGORA and OARE. These programs provide users - including researchers, scientists, faculty and students - in qualifying developing countries with fre

Dr Ruan Awarded Promising Young Economist

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Ruan, China Academy for Rural Development (CARD) at Zhejiang University, was awarded Promising Young Economist from a Developing Nation at ASSA (Allied Social Science Association) held on January 3-5, 2009 in San Francisco. The award is sponsored by

Free Author Workshop Videocast

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are delighted to provide you with a free podcast of a presentation delivered at an Elsevier Author Workshop during the 12th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME). The presentation was delivered by Jeroen Loos, Publisher,

Paul Krugman Wins Economics Nobel Prize

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Elsevier would like to congratulate Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, USA, on being awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008 �for his analysis of trade pa

New Virtual Special Issue from Labour Economics

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New Virtual Special Issue from Labour Economics European Association of Labour Economists 19th annual conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 20�22 September 2008

New Free Author Pack for Publishing in Journals

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The author pack gives authors a guide to publishing in scholarly journals and contains 11 factsheets covering all areas of journals publishing. These factsheets have been produced with feedback from experts within Elsevier and can be downloaded free.

Impact Factor and Citation Index Acceptance

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Elsevier is pleased to announce the following journals have been accepted for coverage in Current Contents and Social Behavioural Sciences and in the Social Sciences Citation Index. International Review of Economics and Finance, European Journal of P

New Virtual Special Issue from Journal of Health Economics

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New Virtual Special Issue from Journal of Health Economics We are pleased to bring you a virtual special issue in honor of Michael Grossman�s most important contributions to the field of Health Economics.

SciTopics: research summaries by experts

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

SciTopics, the new free online expert generated knowledge sharing service has been launched. Designed as a perfect starting point for scientific research.