The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Course Summary: The course (Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago) will examine the global credit crisis, including the deep underlying causes, the more immediate fragilities in the financial...

Preliminary Programme: Session 1 - Firm exports and multinational activity under credit constraints - Multinational enterprises and credit constraints Session 2 - The role of bond finance in firms' survival during the Asian crisis - Financial Crisis, Trade Credit and Export Performance: Evidence...

The aim of this conference is to add to the debate on the political economy aspects of the ongoing global financial crisis, and to stimulate research in this area. Topics that will be discussed include: regulatory capture and lobbying, bailout negotiations, and consumer protection.