The conference welcomes research papers, monographies, case studies, PhD research-in-progress and experiential insights on different topics and experiments of alternative finance. ITEM encourages in particular reflections on the social and technological innovations, which broaden and deepen the...

The conference aims to shed light on what are the characteristics of a resilient and growth promoting financial system, with a view on banking and financial markets integration in Europe. Research papers will analyze various issues such as the link between financial structure and growth, the...

Original papers subject to high academic standards and preferably with important policy or practical implications are invited, for example, on the following topics, though not restricted to them: - The growth an business cycle effects of shifting demographics - Demographics and the financial...

This conference seeks to contribute to the ongoing research into financial regulation, combining approaches by economists, legal experts, political scientists, geographers and historians. It aims to adopt an empirical approach from a comparative and historical perspective to characterize public...

Seminar programme: 1. Economic crisis and protection of taxpayers’ rights – tax morality? 2. International indirect taxation of enterprise services. Multilateral, internal or bilateral approach? 3. Fragmentation of contracts and taxation. 4. Automatic Exchange of Information: a new...

The Annual Seminar on Risk, Financial Stability and Banking aims at bringing together private sector specialists and leading economists from academia, central banks and multilateral institutions to stimulate debate and research on risk analysis, financial stability, banking, prudential...

The EcoMod Modeling School will offer intensive hands-on courses in general equilibrium modeling, GVAR, DSGE, fiscal and budgetary policy and macro-econometric modeling using GAMS, Matlab, dynare and Eviews. The following courses will be offered: - Energy and Environmental CGE Modeling with...

Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Hedge fund risks and performance; transparency (reporting) and due diligence; hedge fund activity and broad macroeconomic issues such as systemic risk and contagion; hedge fund activism; portfolio liquidation and liquidity; financial regulation;...