The Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) initiative is sponsored by the BIS, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UN and the World Bank. The goal of the initiative is to develop and promote technical standards, content-oriented guidelines and related implementation tools to foster greater...

The objectives: 1) To increase interaction between researchers on all continents who share an interest in issues related to dynamic risk sharing: - Dynamic contracting (optimal compensation schemes, delegated portfolio management,...) - Dynamic risk measures, risk sharing implications - Risk...

Topics: - The industrial organization of the Software and Internet Industries (competition and regulation, contractual relationships, strategies of firms, demand). - Consequences for growth and employment of the Software and Internet Industries. - E-commerce, including jurisdictional...