You are encouraged to submit a proposal to present research findings at the 2005 meeting of the Southern Risk & Insurance Association (SRIA). Papers on any risk or insurance related topic are welcome. Specific subject areas include, but are not limited to, insurance law or regulation, public...

The aim of this one-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in intermediation. Hamid Mehran of the NY Fed and Alexander Ljungqvist of Stern are the organizers.

Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) is an inter-disciplinary gathering of researchers, policy makers and practitioners that highlights current and conceptual issues in the development of cultural policy, theory, and arts administration practices in the United States and abroad. The...

This conference, which takes its inspiration from one held in 1970 entitled "The Econometrics of Price Determination," aims to take stock of the current knowledge about quantitative aspects of inflation dynamics. A combination of invited papers and papers contributed in response to this call...

This conference will bring together researchers working on issues related to consumer credit and payments. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. We also encourage researchers to submit papers on consumer credit or payments outside the U.S. Areas of interest include, but are not...

The goal of this one-day workshop is to promote a better understanding of credit derivatives or modeling in credit and fixed income areas. The participants include academicians and practitioners with special expertise in this area. The majority of the papers will include empirical work. The...

In addition, this year's conference will incorporate thematic sessions exploring the link between financial sector integrity, emerging risks and economic growth. We encourage the submission of papers that address issues related to financial sector integrity in a period of new and heightened...

The Ninth University of Illinois Tax Research Symposium will be held on the Urbana-Champaign campus on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2005. This is a biannual symposium designed to bring together leading tax scholars from accountancy, economics, finance and related fields. Authors...

In recent years, credit and debit card systems have been the focus of significant antitrust inquiries and actions. Card-based payment businesses in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America have been investigated for their methods of determining interchange fees, exclusivity arrangements,...