Themes: - Computational Methods - Credit, Illiquidity, Counterparty Risk - Energy/Commodity Markets and Emissions Regulation - High Frequency Trading - Insurance and Finance - Investment and Portfolio Theory - Measures of Risk - Optimal Liquidation - Order Book Dynamics - Systemic Risk -...

Following last year's success, the theme of the conference is "theory & experiments." We are delighted to announce that Dan Friedman (UC Santa Cruz) and Matthew Rabin (UC Berkeley) have agreed to be the plenary speakers: - Dan Friedman "How theory informs experiments (and vice versa)" - Matthew...

Economic theory rarely provides a parametric specification for an econometric model, but it often provides shape restrictions such as monotonicity or convexity. This conference will explore the uses of shape restrictions in identification and estimation of parametric and semiparametric...

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research in economics, undertaken by both IMF staff and by outside economists, and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) will...

The conference is a companion to the volume Advances in Econometrics: Missing Data Methods (Volume 27, 2011) to be published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. The focus of the conference includes the theory and application of Missing Data Methods. Possible topics include, but are not limited...

The theme for this fall's conference is Recession Aftershocks: Global Business and Policy Dilemmas, offering plenary sessions that address the issues at the forefront of the global economy.

Conference topics include theory and methods and applications across the sciences. Examples include: - Economics/Econometrics (Theory and Applications) - Finance and Risk Management - Philosophy of Science - Natural Sciences - Social Sciences

The conference organizers are soliciting submissions that address themes that include, but are not limited to, the following: - The Role of Global Financial Markets - Dynamics of International Trade, Capital Flows, and Recovery - Policy Interventions across Countries - Exchange Rate Policies,...

The conference is designed to provide extensive discussion of new and innovative research in economic history.