The core of the Conference discusses various dimensions of Demographic Change and Sustainable Development in Europe from different perspectives, country-specific experiences and theoretical as well as empirical approaches. This hopes to contribute in pushing the frontier of knowledge and to...

The international colloquium shall bring together top experts on sustainable growth and sustainable resource management. It aims at analysing the contribution of increasing resource productivity to sustainability. Having a focus on economics, the international colloquium shall also cover the...

Papers can be on any topic in Economics, Finance or Management Science as related to risk and insurance.

Marvin Goodfriend (Carnegie Mellon University) Topics: 1) The New Neoclassical Synthesis; Overview and Implications for Optimal Monetary Policy 2) International Aspects of Monetary Policy 3) Monetary History of the United States 4) Central Bank Lending 5) The Future of Monetary Policy 6) Banking...

The cards and payments industry is being profoundly reshaped as both the Single Euro Payments Area and the Payment Services Directive are entering the implementation stage. This new regulatory framework is leading to increased competition, an expanded marketplace and a level playing field for...

Thema: Banken in Krisenzeiten: Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze

The financial crisis has been a sore reminder of the relevance of liquidity. A fruitful dialogue has developed among central bankers and regulators, academic researchers, financial institutions and market participants. To contribute to the academic and policy research on those topical issues,...

Asset management has become more prominent in recent years as manifested by at least four trends. First, the amounts involved have increased strongly as private sector assets have continued to grow and governments and central banks have more assets under management (sovereign wealth funds and...

The purpose of the 2008 issue is to compile last developments in Environmental, Natural Resource and Energy Economics. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome from the following fields: • Pollution control (tradeable permits, taxes, environmental policy,...

Key iussues: - Climate Change - How can we build a solid economic framework for combating climate change beyond Kyoto? - Growth and Stability - How to deal with risks following the shocks of financial turmoil, cooling housing markets and higher energy and commodity prices? How should regulators...