The conference will provide a forum for presenting the latest advances in various empirical and theoretical issues. Possible topics include: - Financial market imperfections and business cycle fluctuations - Corporate finance and macroeconomic stability - Credit and the housing market - Banking...

Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University) Topics: 1. Monetary Policy in the EU 2. Fiscal Policy in the EU

The conference will provide a forum for discussing current issues and future challenges in risk transfer markets and for presenting state-of-the-art research in this field. Authors are particularly encouraged to submit empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented papers that are relevant in the...

Gemeinsam mit dem BVI Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V. richtet das CFR das jährlich stattfindende Seminar „Herausforderungen im Asset Management“ aus. Im Verlauf der Veranstaltung präsentieren Wissenschaftler des CFR aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse. Das Seminar richtet sich...

The organisers particularly encourage submissions of papers in the following areas: 1) Theory and Techniques - Monte Carlo simulation techniques for modelling and simulating asset returns - Use of contingent claim analysis in balance sheet risk management - Innovations in portfolio optimization...

Prof. Stefan Mittnik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Financial risk management is of vital concern in all enterprises, not only in financial institutions. This workshop gives insights into the issues and challenges of managing financial market risk. We start by defining the...

Session 1: Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) after ten years: what has the EMU brought to consumers and the corporate sector? Prices and quantities Session 2: Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) after ten years: what has the EMU brought to consumers and the corporate sector? The evolution and the...

The submission of papers in the following areas is encouraged: • Orthodoxy/Mainstream/Heterodoxy. Past and Present Developments • Is there Common Ground for Heterodox Economics? • What Can Macroeconomists Learn From Institutional, Experimental and Post Walrasian Economics? •...

In the recent past, developments in asset and housing markets have attracted a lot of attention. Economic policy, including monetary policy and financial supervision, has been confronted with several challenges resulting from this turmoil. The conference aims to shed more light on the reasons...

Submissions of theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions on all aspects related to liquidity are invited, especially papers covering the following topics: - Market liquidity, funding liquidity and liquidity in payment systems and their interrelations - The role of central banks in...