Topics: 1) Sources of financial frictions: - Sources of liquidity - Reasons of market incompleteness and dysfunctions - Role of banks 2) Financial frictions in macromodels - Financial sector and real economy - Sources and consequences of financial crises - ‘Sudden stops’, financial contagion...

The 8th ICAFT is concerned with all aspects of accounting and finance affected by times of rapid social, economic and political change including issues related to the transition from more centrally organised and command-based to more decentralised, market-oriented systems and its implications...

The three main sessions of the conference focus on: - The Post-Crisis Macroeconomic Environment for Banking in CESEE - New Banking Models - Issues in Supervision

We invite submissions of papers on labor markets, job creation and labor market policies in developing countries. Contributions on Africa and/or by Africans are particularly welcome.