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… Societies, Economies and Enterprises 4th Annual Conference 2024 Track: Expectations and Narratives in Macroeconomics Maastricht, the Netherlands, 23-25 October 2024 Track Chairs: Julian Ashwin, Giulia Piccillo Description of the track The aim of this track is to bring together empirical and theoretical evidence on the role of expectations and narratives for the macroeconomy. The role of expectations and how they are formed is central to the study of macroeconomics, from the rational … learning (Evans & Honkapohja, 2001) and the many recent innovations surrounding heterogeneous and boundedly rational expectations. A growing literature also recognises the importance of narratives in economics, documenting how stories or concepts can spread between people and have substantial economic impacts (Shiller, 2017). Furthermore, methodological innovations in surveys and natural language processing have begun to allow narratives to be measured quantitatively (Flynn and Sastry, 2022; Andre et al 2023). By bringing together these two literatures, this track aims to further our understanding of how narratives evolve and how they influence economic agents’ expectations. This includes, but is not limited to, applications to narratives around resilience and the climate crisis. Examples of relevant …

… Human Resources Management received by HRM on ……..…..…….(do not fill in) PO Box 616 | NL 6200 MD Maastricht UM wage tax statement Aim of this form Employers must usually withhold wage levy on their employees’ salaries or bonuses. This is an umbrella term including wage tax and national and employee insurance contributions as well as the income-dependent Health Insurance Act contribution. For this purpose, your employer must have a record of your personal details, which you … you live abroad)       Date of birth       CSN       Payroll tax credit Payroll tax credit is a rebate on the wage tax and national insurance contributions. Your employer automatically applies the rebates you are eligible for. The payroll tax credit can only be applied by one employer or employee insurance implementing body simultaneously. Tick “Yes” if you want UM to apply the payroll tax credit. If you change your mind, you must fill out a new form. Do you want UM to apply payroll tax credit? …

… plays an important role in our understanding of a variety of complex systems in engineering, physics, biology, and medicine. A major challenge is to achieve a data-driven and adaptive decomposition of a multi-variate signal in a set of components that can accurately capture the nonlinear and nonstationary dynamics typical of complex systems. Current approaches have limitations in terms of their ability to properly separate the information in a multi-variate signal while minimizing leakage of information over several … starting from state-of-the-art univariate signal decomposition methods. Setting and Methods: Recently, we proposed singular spectrum decomposition, an adaptive and data driven method for the decomposition of univariate signals (Bonizzi et al., 2015). This method is based on standard matrix factorization techniques like singular value decomposition, and on the concept of trajectory matrix, which links to recurrence analysis of complex systems. Modification of these techniques, also by means of …

… Economics? • Multidisciplinary approach: - Economics and law - Business and economics • Taxation in an international business context • In close cooperation with the Faculty of Law • Close links to practice • Growing demand for fiscal economists who can interact on a senior level with accountants, tax lawyers and management What will you learn? (1) Economic analysis of taxation and its effects on the decisions made by consumers, companies and institutions • Manage tax risks • Support the operating … Context Skills Training: Writing a Master’s Thesis 3 What is the programme structure? (2) 4 Block Fiscal Economics Economics or Law Elective course 5 International Tax Planning and Transfer Pricing Completing the Master’s Thesis6 NB. The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/sbe for the latest information. Economics or Law Elective course Writing the Master’s Thesis Fiscal Economics In-depth study of taxation at the interface of …

… University (NL) Proposal (250 words): Introduction: Strong emotional memories of traumatic, fearful experiences are characteristic of stress- and anxiety-related disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Reactivating emotional memories can induce a labile period during which these memories are sensitive to change before being reconsolidated (i.e., stored into long-term memory again). Research has shown that it is possible to induce amnesia for the emotional constituents of fear memories through reconsolidation interference strategies. This opens up new avenues for treating fear memories, yet there are several boundary conditions that limit its practical applicability. As exposure to acute stress is known to enhance the consolidation of emotional memories while impairing their … positive effects of reconsolidation interference on the emotional affective components of the fear memory; and (2) stress will impair the reactivation of fear memories and the subsequent usefulness of reconsolidation interference. Setting and Methods: This project utilizes standard stress protocols, as well as memory reactivation and reconsolidation interference strategies within a human fear conditioning paradigm. Impact: This project may lead to an improved reconsolidation-based treatment of the …

… In the last decades, evidence has accumulated that optimism protects against pain-related disability. Moreover, recent work suggests that positive emotions/cognitions might enhance short- and long- term exposure effects. Hypothesis and Objectives: This project aims to further unravel ‘if’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ optimism enhances extinction of pain-related fear. The key objectives are to systematically investigate: 1. causal effects of optimism on distinct extinction phases and 2. the role of … in the causal effect and underlying mechanism of optimism on fear extinction. The project will contribute to a novel/exciting research field. It might stimulate creating new avenues in the treatment of chronic pain based on optimism. Requirements candidate: Highly motivated student with good English communication skills and proactive and resolute attitude. Keywords: optimism – fear of movement-related pain – fear extinction - best possible self – exposure treatment – (chronic) pain Top 5 … pain-specific expectations on experienced cold-pressor pain. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37(1), 47-58. (Impact Factor: 2.500; Number of Citations WoS: 16) 5. Geschwind, N., Meulders, M., Peters, M. L., Vlaeyen, J. W. & Meulders, A. (2015). Can experimentally induced positive affect attenuate generalization of fear of movement-related pain? Journal of Pain, 16(3), 258-269. (Impact Factor: 4.519; Number of Citations WoS: 11) …

… transcript together with a diploma supplement explaining the grading system and scale applied in the country where the certificate was issued. Indications of acceptable GPAs from universities or universities of applied sciences outside The Netherlands can be found below. These examples are subject to change without prior notice. The Board of Admissions will ultimately decide whether a GPA is sufficient or not. Please consider that only EEA certificates of University of Applied Sciences provide … scale Australia: D or HD grade Belgium: equal to, or higher than, 14 on a 20- point scale, 70% or 2nd class honours Brazil: equal to, or higher, than 8 on a ten-point scale, 80% or B Bulgaria: equal to, or higher, than 5 on a 6-point grading scale Canada: equal to, or higher than, B China: B, equal to, or higher than, 75%; equal to, or higher than, 4 on 5-point grading system; equal to, or higher than, 3 on 4-point grading system Denmark: equal to, or higher than, 7 on a 7-point grading system …

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… unilaterally. Also, terms of employment will be recorded in collective labour agreements rather than in the current legal status regulations. Like private employees, civil servants will be bound by private employment and dismissal legislation. This means that in case of a dispute or dismissal, civil servants will no longer lodge an objection with their own employer with the possibility of appealing to the administrative court. Instead, they will lodge their objection with the (civil) … or a subdistrict court, a mechanism known as preventive protection against dismissal. Although the procedure around dismissal will change, employers will be required to have legally based grounds of dismissal; the same as under civil service law. Why this new Act? The standardisation fits in with contemporary labour relations. Bilateral employment contracts are a better basis for trust and equality between employers and employees than unilateral appointments. Also, private law is better suited to … and political office holders. 8 November 2016 press release for employers These groups will retain an administrative legal status rather than being bound by standard labour law. Effective date A lot still needs to be done before the new Act can take effect. Many legislative and regulatory adjustments will need to be made, and employers will need to introduce changes to their organisations. This will take roughly between two and a half to three years. It is as yet too early to state a …

… involved (approx..) 10 Descriptive summary of the project (main goal(s), main activities, main results Why a new master’s programme in nutrition is needed In Mozambique, 43% of the children are chronically malnourished and suffer from stunted growth. This will seriously affect their future health and wellbeing, and it will limit their capacity to contribute to the further development of the country. In many cases, the cause is not primarily inadequate supply of food. A key factor causing inadequate nutrition resides on the consumer side of the value chain. People in the rural as well as the urban areas, lack awareness of what a healthy and balanced diet consists of. This is exacerbated by cultural beliefs that restrain people from changing their behaviours towards improved nutrition. Mozambique needs experts to address malnutrition. Therefore, various institutions offer training programmes in nutrition. All these … at higher levels and a lack of training facilities. With regard to knowledge development and training the Water and Sanitation Unit (WSU) of the Faculty of Science, University of Cape Coast is one of the actors with the potential to make a significant contribution to improved sanitation. That is the reason why strengthening capacity of the Water and Sanitation Unit (WSU) of the Faculty of Science, University of Cape Coast is one of three NICHE projects intended to contribute to institutional …