The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based exercises. The following topics will be covered: • unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; • techniques for...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. This 1-day session will involve a series of lectures and worked examples, but will not include hands-on training. The topics covered will include: - Introduction to...

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study which began in 2001. The aims of the course are: - Introduce the distinctive features of panel data. - Review some panel data sets commonly used in social sciences. - Present the advantages...

The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers from the U.S. and Europe who are working in the area of household finance. Topics: -International comparisons of household finances using micro-data - Household borrowing decisions, including decisions about debt in general and...

Suggestions for Stream Themes: 1. European Union and social policy 2. Comparative methodology 3. Pensions 4. Health care 5. Labour market policy 6. Family policy 7. Social services 8. Poverty and social assistance 9. Inequalities and social policy 10. Political economy of welfare 11. Migration...

The program will consist of keynote speakers, invited speakers and contributed papers on a wide range of topics including: theoretical and applied econometrics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.

The Quantitative Methods in Finance - 2012 Conference will be organised jointly with the BFS 7th World Congress as one event. Quantitative Methods in Finance (QMF) 2012 Conference will gather the leading professionals in Quantitative Finance from industry and academia under one roof....

The aim of the Bachelier Finance Society is, through international contacts, the advancement of the discipline of finance under the application of the theory of stochastic processes, statistical and mathematical theory.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS John Campbell, Harvard University, Gala Dinner Speaker Alain Monfort, CREST, Banque de France and Maastricht University, Invited JFEC Lecture INVITED SPEAKERS Rene Garcia, EDHEC Business School Peter Reinhard Hansen, EUI and Stanford University Lord Robert May, OM AC Kt FRS,...

Central banks rely increasingly on the empirical analysis of financial markets and the information contained therein to help them analyse the state of the macroeconomy, the impact of policy actions and to estimate the effects of risk. This one-week event will provide a rigorous overview of the...