Beeronomics, the economics of beer and brewing

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Prof. Jo Swinnen

LICOS & KU Leuven (Chair)

Prof. Julian Alston

University of California at Davis

Prof. Kym Anderson

University of Adelaide

Prof. Xavier Gellynck Ghent University

Prof. Harry de Gorter

Cornell University

Prof. Hamish Gow

Michigan State University

Prof. David Harvey

University of Newcastle

Prof. Thomas Heckelei

University of Bonn

Dr. Jikun Huang

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Tim Josling

Stanford University

Prof. Karen Macours

Johns Hopkins University

Prof. Jill McCluskey

Washington State University

Dr. Bart Minten

International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr. Wolfgang Münch

European Commission

Prof. Alessandro Olper

University of Milano

Prof. Joost Pennings

University of Maastricht

Prof. Scott Rozelle

Stanford University

Prof. Alexander Sarris

FAO-United Nations and University of Athens

Prof. Piet Sercu

KU Leuven

Prof. Leo Sleuwaegen

KU Leuven

WELCOME TO BEERONOMICS!

The first Beeronomics conference in Leuven

LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance is organizing the first ever Beeronomics Conference from the 27th to 29th May 2009 in Leuven, Belgium.

The first Beeronomics Conference is meant to provide a forum to exchange ideas and high-quality economic research related to the economics of beer, brewing and related activities. It covers a wide array of topics, including, but not limited to: production, trade, industrial organization, economic history, law and economics, marketing, consumption, policy and regulation, macroeconomics, etc.

As the country of beers, we thought that Belgium would be the appropriate place for this conference, and as the city hosting the famous “Old Market” (well known among beer lovers), the headquarters of InBev (the world’s largest brewing holding), and a prestigious university (the Catholic University of Leuven), Leuven would be the perfect town.