The theme of this year’s conference is the relation between financial risk on the one hand and pandemic, climate and disaster risk, on the other hand, with particular attention to the possible compounding of different sources of risk. The organizers encourage submissions on a range of topics...

Welcoming are contributions on the pandemic and on the prospects for employment recovery, but not only. In IREC traditions, papers with a comparative or international dimension are prioritised: research presented should be, if not comparative, at least comparable. The main topical clusters...

Academics, researchers, managers, administrators, support staff in the areas of focus of the Conference are invited to submit theoretical contributions, empirical analyses, experiences, case studies or reflections aimed at quality and excellence in services. Areas of focus 1. Education 2....

The conference is planned as an in-person event. Should travel restrictions bind by the time of the conference, we will allow speakers to participate on-line if needed. We welcome submissions of theoretical or empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - Business cycles...

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: - Regulation and risk taking in small business lending; - Risks in trade credit; - Structured loan derivatives; - Modelling credit risk for individual...

The aim of this conference is to investigate theoretically and empirically the effects that operational and functional distances from communities may exert on banks’ lending decisions, efficiency and profitability and on local economic development. Areas of interest include, but are not...

The scourge of unemployment has been roundly identified as one of the most pressing social and economic problem on the current political agenda. Much of Europe remains plagued by high levels of unemployment. Although recent years have been characterised to some extent by improvements in the...