The economic environment for monetary policy has been in a state of flux for an extended period of time. Years of low inflation and low policy interest rates were followed by the recent episode of high inflation and vulnerable growth. Both policy makers and researchers may need to revisit their...

Key Issues to be discussed at this year’s event will include: • How do lenders view the syndicated loan market in CEE? • What do borrowers expect from their bankers? • What are the preferred structures for leveraged finance? • Will there be a continued dominance of bank loans in the...

Theme: “Catching-Up Strategies after the Crisis” Session 1 - Catching-Up Prospects after the Crisis Panel 1 - Challenges for Monetary Policy in the CESEE Region Session 2 - The New Role of Growth Financing Session 3 - The New Role of Exports Session 4 - The Catching-Up Experience of the...

The main theme of the conference will be ‘How Has Our View of Central Banking Changed with the Recent Financial Crisis?’ The recent financial crisis has led to a plethora of new questions about the objectives, policy practices and tools of central banks, especially during and after crises....

The recent financial crisis has led to a plethora of new questions about the objectives, policy practices and tools of central banks, especially during and after crises. Whether the crisis has changed, or should change, our view of central banking, in particular about the degree of...

Conference Theme: Managing and Marketing Organizations in an Era of Global Economic Uncertainty and Environmental Complexity

Research papers covering any topics in financial and managerial accounting are welcome. The following list provides illustrative examples: * Economic consequences of accounting methods, e.g., conservatism and fair value accounting * Earnings management * Economic effects of international...

You are invited to submit research papers in the following tracks: Track A: Finance/Accounting Track B: General Management Track C: Marketing Track D: Organizational Behavior Track E: Production&Operations

The ‘New Consensus’, around independent central banks and the use of short-term interest rates as the key instrument of monetary policy, by no means exhausts the range of modern central bank activities or the issues that financial markets pose for the newly consensual monetary...

The aim of this UACES study group is to analyse a specific set of macroeconomic policies in selected Eastern European countries not covered by the current EU Enlargement process. Specifically, the aim is to concentrate on the major CIS (Community of Independent States) countries: Belarus,...