In the presence of frictions, markets often (but not always) do not generate the socially efficient outcome. However, asymmetric information between the private and public sector prevents the government from designing efficient policies. In both labor and public economics advances have been made...

The conference organisers welcome submissions of a theoretical or empirical nature. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Debt consolidation, fiscal rules, debt sustainability, sovereign debt crises and default; 2. Fiscal and monetary policy in a liquidity trap, financial...

Topic: “Investment” Topics: Applied Sessions: • Master class on “Investments” • Sessions on “Alternative and Sustainable Investments” Research Sessions: • Sessions on “Frontiers in Portfolio Management” • Lectures on “Social Preferences – a Foundation for Cooperation,...

Topics: - Climate change, business and development - Managerial and entrepreneurial responses to global development challenges - Managing commodity and energy market s - Natural disasters and business (including tourism) - Energy efficiency and competitiveness - Green growth, consumer...

The organizers welcome theoretical and applied papers from a variety of areas and disciplines. Potential topics include: - Heterogenous agent-based models of the financial sector - Network topology and financial stability - Models of expectation formation and herding - Integration of financial...

Topics: 1. The Euro Debt crisis - Sovereign default, bailouts and moral hazard in a monetary union - Real and nominal convergence in a monetary union - Fiscal dimensions of regional and global financial crises - The political economy of debt crises and policy responses 2. The global economy...

The second annual conference invites contributions from those who critically engage with, extend or operationalize the Capital as Power approach in their own research. We also welcome contributions by those who present other power-centered alternatives to existing theories of capitalism....

Asset management is a broad and topical theme in finance and financial engineering. It includes issues such as optimal portfolio choice and portfolio risk management; long term investments and asset liability management; or liquidity and inflation risk; etc. This conference brings together...

The Efma Congress is dedicated to multichannel management. This year’s Congress will have two special sessions: - New banks and banking models This session will include case studies presented by senior executives of new European banks, such as Metrobank, Zuno Bank and Alior Bank. We will also...