Special Issues

Special issues contain collections of papers on a specific topic. They are compiled by an editor who is responsible for the selection of contributions to a special issue. Note that all special issue papers can also be found as ordinary contributions in the economics discussion Paper series or as journal articles in economics.


Economic Perspectives Challenging Financialization, Inequality and Crises

Editor: Silvano Cincotti and Marco Raberto, University of Genova, Italy, and Simone Alfarano, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain

Deadline for Paper Submissions: December 15, 2012


Coping with Systemic Risk

Editor: Sheri Markose, University of Essex

Deadline for Paper Submissions: June 30, 2012


Responding to the Labour Market Challenges of Globalisation

Editor: Dennis Snower, Sebastian Braun, and Wolfgang Lechthaler, Kiel Institute for the World Economy


[closed for submissions]

The Social Cost of Carbon

Editor: Robert Kopp, U.S Department of Energy, Washington, DC, Richard Tol, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, and Stephanie Waldhoff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC


[closed for submissions]

Tourism Externalities

Editor: Bianca Biagi, Economics Department (DEIR) & CRENoS, University of Sassari, Italy and Manuela Pulina, TOMTE, University of Bolzano, CRENoS, Italy


[closed for submissions]

Trade Facilitation, Transport Costs and Logistics: A New Challenge for European Competitiveness

Editor: Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, University of Göttingen, Germany


[closed for submissions]

New Approaches in Quantitative Modeling of Financial Markets

Editor: Taisei Kaizoji and Mauro Politi, International Christian University, Tokyo, Thomas Lux, University of Kiel


[closed for submissions]

The Measurement of Inequality and Well-Being: New Perspectives

Editor: Satya R. Chakravarty, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata


[closed for submissions]

Quasi Markets in Education

Editor: Gianni De Fraja, University of Leicester and Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata"


[closed for submissions]

Managing Financial Instability in Capitalist Economies

Editor: Thomas Lux, University of Kiel, and Marco Raberto, Reykjavik University


[closed for submissions]

The Knowledge-Based Society: Transition, Geography, and Competition Policy

Editor: Katharine Rockett, University of Essex


[closed for submissions]

Global Governance—Challenges and Proposals for Reform

Editor: Dennis Snower, Kiel Institute for the World Economy


[closed for submissions]

Reconstructing Macroeconomics

Editor: Masanao Aoki, University of California, and Hiroshi Yoshikawa, University of Tokyo


[closed for submissions]

Discounting the Long-Run Future and Sustainable Development

Editor: Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business


[closed for submissions]

Using Econometrics for Assessing Economic Models

Editor: Katarina Juselius, University of Copenhagen


[closed for submissions]

Recent Developments in International Money and Finance

Editor: Ronald MacDonald, University of Glasgow


[closed for submissions]