15th PhD-Student Workshop on Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) 18-19 febrer 2027

The Research Center on Economics and Sustainability (ECO-SOS), studies the connection between sustainability and the following areas of interest: environmental and climate economics, health economics, regional and urban economics, education and labor market business and innovation, energy and natural resources, industrial organization, economic policy, game theory and environmental conflicts, and transport and tourism.

Workshop objectives

The 15^th edition of the WIPE workshop has been scheduled for February 18^th-19^th 2027, organised by ECO-SOS in Reus, at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

WIPE aims to be an academic meeting for PhD students to interact with other young scholars, postdoc, and senior researchers to exchange experiences, research ideas, ongoing projects, and future research activities in the fields of Industrial Organization and Public Economics.

WIPE will include about 18-20 presentations, each of them being discussed by a participant at the workshop, will also host a keynote lecture by Michelle Sovinsky (University of Mannheim, Germany).

Former keynote speakers at WIPE have been: Bettina Klaus (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Philip McCann (Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester), Andrés Carvajal (University of California), Inés Macho (UAB and BSE), Mar Reguant (Northwestern University), Natalia Fabra (UC3M), Kai Konrad (Max Planck Institute), Mark Armstrong (University of Oxford), Alessandro Gavazza (LSE), Luis Cabral (NYU), Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez (VU Amsterdam), Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London), Xavier Vives (IESE), and Massimo Filippini (ETH Zürich).

WIPE is organized by the Research Center on Economics and Sustainability (ECO-SOS) is a research center created in 2010 as CREIP (Research Center in Industrial and Public Economics), that recently moved to sustainability issues, in line with research interests of its members. Specifically, ECO-SOS studies the connection between sustainability and the following areas of interest: environmental and climate economics, health economics, regional and urban economics, education and labor market business and innovation, energy and natural resources, industrial organization, economic policy, game theory and environmental conflicts, and transport and tourism.

WIPE Awards
During the 15th WIPE the Department of Economics will award the young researcher presenting the best paper of the workshop. Furthermore, the Chair for the Promotion of Firm Innovation will award the young researcher presenting the best paper on R&D and innovation. Each prize consists on a EUR 600 cash award.
The decision will be taken by a jury composed by members designed by the Department of Economics and the Organizing Committee of the WIPE, and the verdict will be announced at the end of the workshop. Note that in exceptional and duly justified cases, the jury may award two papers, and the prize will be divided equally.

Submission of papers
Full papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format to eco-sos@urv.cat by November 30th 2026. The front page of the document should include the title, authors, affiliations, contact details, and a short abstract. The deadline for notification of accepted papers is December 18th 2026.

Registration and fees
All presenters must be PhD students. Papers must widely fit in the fields of Industrial Organization and Public Economics. There is a non-refundable fee of EUR 150 and attendants should cover their own travel expenses. Fee covers coffee breaks, lunch and a gala dinner, as well as full access of all activities of the workshop.

Scientific Committee
Aurelio Bariviera (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Yuliya Lovcha (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Alejandro Pérez-Laborda (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Ferran Mañé (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Carolina Manzano (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Miquel Manjón (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili).

Local Organising Committee
Yuliya Lovcha, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Miquel Manjón (ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Magda Lleixà (staff ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Verònica Gombau (staff ECO-SOS, Universitat Rovira i Virgili).

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