The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

The SAFE Summer Academy provides a research-based training for European policy makers dealing with financial markets regulation. Its objective is to foster an open debate and to contribute to the participants’ capacity to evaluate arguments and appraise policy initiatives. This year’s SAFE...

This workshop aims to bring together researchers working on housing and household finance to improve our understanding of the interaction between housing markets and the real economy, challenges high household debt pose for financial stability and possible distributional consequences of policies...

"Consolidation of European Securities Markets" with the Belgian Financial Forum, in co-operation with the Centre for Economic Studies (KU Leuven) and Euronext, followed by the 12th SUERF Annual Lecture entitled: "Stock Market Consolidation and Regulation in Europe" will be delivered by...

The conference is to be an academic forum for current research in market microstructure. The conference goes over two days. Each day will concentrate on papers analyzing one of the two markets: Equity and Currency. Possible topics are: - market microstructure and asset pricing - trading and...

In recent years, capital markets have been hit by a series of accounting scandals across the globe, from Enron and WorldCom in the United States to Parmalat in Europe. These scandals create challenges and opportunities for regulators and standard setters. We dedicate the 12th Annual HKUST Summer...

Possible topics: - Liberalization - Electronic competition to mail and express carriers labor economics - Service quality, reliability and pricing issues - Transition from monopoly to competition - Productivity issues - Financial viability and agency problems - Privatization, and...