The International Conference on Financial Development and Economic Stability (FDES-2016) aims to assess the opportunities and challenges of financial development as well as the conditions to ensure economic stability, with an emphasis on: - Robustifying the role of financial development in...

Topics: - Banking and Finance - Empirical corporate finance - Empirical industrial organization - Experimental economics and finance - Labour economics - International economics - Economics of development - Political economy - Public economics and finance

UACES accepts papers and panels on all areas of contemporary European Studies. We broadly define contemporary European Studies as an interdisciplinary field that focuses on current developments in European integration. We accept papers from across a range of disciplines including (but not...

At the Summer School, students are able to debate and discuss economic issues with renowned academics including Andrew Oswald, Ken Binmore and Abhinay Muthoo. We also attract top guest speakers and offer interactive sessions with eminent economists and public figures. Courses: - Intermediate...

Economists are invited to submit a paper or organized a session for presentation consideration. Empirical or theoretical papers in all economic fields, with or without direct relevance to the Asia-Pacific economies, are welcome.

Submissions of abstracts (max 500 words) are welcomed in any area of heterodox economics and related social science disciplines. The Board are particularly interested to receive submissions that relate to the following themes: - Industrial Districts/ Organisation/ Industrial Strategy -...

This one-day conference will focus on applications in insurance and actuarial science that use R, the lingua franca for statistical computation. Topics covered include reserving, pricing, loss modelling, the use of R in a production environment, and more. All topics will be discussed within the...

Topics: - Social Policy challenging change: radical, resistant, resolute - Welfare reform - Welfare policy and politics - Austerity and Social Policy - Family policy and politics - Devolution, Governance and Citizenship - Race, Ethnicity & Migration - Current Political Landscape and Social...

The comprehensive set of reforms in Basel III is due to be finalised in 2016. Once the reforms are fully phased in, banks will be subject to multiple requirements (eg capital requirements, liquidity requirements and additional buffers that depend on an institution’s systemic importance). This...

Topics: - Mortgage and bankruptcy constraints in equilibrium - Role of individuals’ beliefs and expectations about income and house prices - Interactions between housing and labour market choices - Tenure choice: Why does anyone buy a house? - Housing supply - Contracting frictions in housing...