During the week, participants will study, during morning and afternoon sessions, the theoretical properties of stochastic discount factors, and the empirical asset pricing anomalies that result from this framework, market incompleteness, predictability of asset returns, mutual funds and...

The topic of the second meeting will be "The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the emergence...

The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

A suggestive list of categories may be: - market regulation - market structure (sectoral/inter-sectoral, labor/product) - governance - role/implication of the public sector - fairness, justice, distribution - labor market regulation and welfare systems - financial sector - international context...

Following the success of the first four Money, Investment and Risk conferences we would like to invite academics, policy makers and business/industry professionals to the fifth International Conference. Papers are solicited on issues from any field of investment, money, risk and finance.

In recent years, the Annual Meetings have been preceded by meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the Development Committee, the Group of Ten, the Group of Twenty-Four, and various other groups of members. At the conclusion of their meetings, the International Monetary...

Note that papers and panels on other topics from all areas of comparative economics are also welcome. - Comparative economics - Economic Development - The Enlarged EU - EU Candidates - EU and its Neighbourhood - The Lisbon objectives - Privatisation and governance - Finance and Monetary Issues -...

This is the fifth in the series of international conferences on efficiency and productivity growth in the Asia-Pacific region, following on from APPC2004 that was held in Australia. The conference will consist of both invited and contributed paper sessions on efficiency and productivity growth...

This INFER Workshop provides an opportunity for all involved in research in Monetary Economics to exchange their ideas. Researchers are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers broadly in line with the theme of the workshop: “Monetary Policy in Emerging Countries”.

Topics at the conference are: - Bond market liquidity and microstructure - Relationship between derivatives and cash markets - Monetary policy, Fiscal Policy and Bond Markets - Corporate bond markets - Default risk - Integration of European bond markets - Public debt management - Links between...