CESifo Economic Studies Conference on

Understanding the Digital Economy

Call for Papers

The Third CESifo Economics Studies Conference will be held on 2 - 3 July 2004 in Munich. The subject of the conference is "Understanding the Digital Economy". The Conference will focus on consumer behaviour and pricing and marketing strategies in the digital economy, including the software, music and online games industry. People interested in presenting papers at the conference should submit a first draft electronically no later than 1 April 2004 to Agnes.Bierprigl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de Selected papers will be published after a due refereeing process in CESifo Economics Studies.

CESifo will provide accommodation and will reimburse economy travel costs for all participants with accepted papers or other active roles in the conference. Other CESifo network members are invited to participate, but are expected to provide their own funding for travel and accommodation.Further questions regarding the organisation and scientific content of the conference should be addressed to the conference organisers:

Gerhard Illing gerhard
illing@lrz.uni-meunchen.de

Martin Peitz
peitz@uni-mannheim.de

About CESifo Economics Studies:

With the Increasing specialisation in the Profession, there is an urgent need for building bridges between different areas in economics. The economic research papers published in academic journals are becoming increasingly less accessible to those not working in the same field. CESifo Economic Studies aims to bridge the gap between specialised research in economics and the interest of non-specialists.

The journal combines theory and empirical research with a strong emphasis on policy issues. CESifo Economic Studies publishes contributed papers by top level academic economists which are written in a style accessible to all economists regardless of their specialisation. The primary focus of the journal is on policy problems, but it also publishes highly quality, non-technical articles which are of general interest to economists.CESifo Economic Studies continues and replaces Ifo Studies, the academic journal of the lfo Institute. Started in 2003 we publish only in English, aiming at a much wider readership.

CESifo Economic Studies in published quarterly. All articles appearing in the journal are thoroughly refereed. The journal is circulated to a wide audience including governments, business, and policy-makers as well as academics and students. Subscribers to Ifo Studien automatically receive CESifo Economic Studies. For further information see the journal's web page www.cesifo.de/EconomicStudies