Topics: · Concrete ways to achieve the optimal degree of transparency for different intermediaries and markets · Mark to market accounting · Opacity of banks’ assets · The role of credit rating agencies · Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure · Implications for market liquidity

In recent years, Efma has run highly successful conferences on customer loyalty. The major changes that have taken place in the retail banking sector in the last year or so have increased the importance of retaining the most profitable customers. This year, therefore, the conference will focus...

PhD students and young researchers in the fields of migration, diaspora, and ethnic studies, with particular emphasis on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), are invited to apply to the IMISCOE PhD Conference. Within the European Union, one of the identified emergent research areas...

Themes: 1) Case studies on innovative and sustainable microinsurance programmes and/or products 2) Thematic issues a) New distribution channels b) Claims handling c) Strategies to develop microinsurance d) Microinsurance solutions for natural disasters e) Insurance literacy 3) Scientific track...

Within the general fields of economic growth and economic history, we are looking for papers dealing with, among others, the following topics: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress...

In the ageing society, products and services for older people become more and more important for the economy of the European Society. Long term care is one o fthe central aspects in the strategy of the EU and its member states to affront the ageing of the European Society. It is a challenging...

In three panel discussions, the conference will explore the challenges facing the Russian Government in building a competitive financial system through its stated twin aims of establishing Moscow as a global financial centre, and the Ruble as a leading reserve currency. An assessment of the...

MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics) is a brand new Economics research institute in the Barcelona area, engaged in high quality economic analysis research. Its objectives are to push the frontiers of knowledge in its three broad areas of expertise, to attract the best junior and...

The ESPAnet Summer Schools are open to doctoral students with projects related to social policy from any discipline. They usually last between 10 and 14 days. Topics covered during summer schools are, for example, the origins and development of social policy, principles and practices of benefit...

Following the PICMET tradition, this high-impact conference will set the stage for technology management for decades to come. The world’s leading experts from academic institutions, industrial corporations and government agencies will participate in the discussions.