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October 12, 2007
2008 Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics - Health Economics and Econometrics: Institute of Health Economics and Management (IEMS), University of Lausanne
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Dates: 27-28 March 2008
Submission date: 15 November 2007
Venue: Campus of the University of Lausanne
Main theme: Health Economics and Econometrics
Conference website: http://www.sgvs2008.ch/
Main organiser: Institute of Health Economics and Management (IEMS)
Call for papers: Submissions across a wide range of topics in Economics and Econometrics are strongly encouraged, including theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant contributions. The meeting will consist of an open part and a thematic part. The thematic part will focus on Health Economics and Econometrics. Submissions will be accepted from 17 September 2007. Authors must submit full versions of papers by 15 November 2007 via the conference website. Paper acceptance notification will be forwarded by email from 14 December 2007.
Conference registration: Registration to the conference will be possible from 17 September 2007. The deadline for registration to the conference is January 25, 2008.
Publication: A selection of contributions to the thematic part will be published on the website of the society: www.sgvs.ch.
Chair and program committee: The program committee of the meeting will be chaired by Alberto Holly (University of Lausanne) and consists of Philippe Bacchetta (Swiss National Bank and University of Lausanne), Marius Brülhart (University of Lausanne), Jean-Pierre Danthine (University of Lausanne), Massimo Filippini (University of Lugano and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Jean Imbs (University of Lausanne), Rafael Lalive (University of Lausanne), Robert Leu (University of Bern), Aurelio Mattei (University of Lausanne), Pascal St-Amour (University of Lausanne), Thomas Von Ungern-Sternberg (University of Lausanne) and Peter Zweifel (University of Zurich).
About the University of Lausanne: Founded in 1537, the University of Lausanne is composed of seven faculties where approximately 10’700 students and 2,200 researchers work and study.
The Institute of Health Economics and Management is an interdisciplinary institute attached to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, the Faculty of Business and Administration the CHUV (Vaud University County Hospital).
UNIL campus is beautifully located, with views of the Alps and Lake Geneva.
Contacts
Scientific Organisation:
Alberto Holly
Institute of Health Economics and Management
University of Lausanne
CH – 1015 Dorigny
Phone: +41 21 692.34.82
Alberto.holly@unil.ch
Administrative Organisation:
Sabrina Migani, Events Manager
Università della Svizzera italiana
Phone: +41 58 666 46 79
Fax: +41 58 666 46 62
congress-sgvs@lu.unisi.ch
