The First Conference on Early Economic Developments is a meeting for scholars interested in exploring economic aspects of pre-historic, including Palaeolithic, events. While delineating the exact time-frame is difficult, contributed papers should at the very least deal with pre-industrial...

The increased availability of high-frequency data has lead to important new developments in the measurement, modelling and forecasting of volatility and risk premia, with profound implications for portfolio analysis, hedging and trading, and risk management decisions. The conference will focus...

The 2006 conference will examine not only those issues related to transition from a command to a market-oriented economy and their implications for the accounting and finance professions, but also all other aspects of accounting and finance affected by times of rapid social and economic change....

The main theme for the 2006 conference is the relationship between learning, the discovery of new technologies and products, and institutional development. Innovation in products, technology, routines, systems, and business processes that shape corporate strategies are important sources of...