The conference has the following thrust areas: Testing trade theories; Trade indices; Facilitation Mechanisms for International Trade; Regional Economic Integration; Tariff and Non-tariff barriers; Firm level issues in international business (e.g. internationalization of business); Trade Related...

Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University) Topics: 1. Monetary Policy in the EU 2. Fiscal Policy in the EU

The tentative outline of the course is: 1. The Basic New Keynesian Model 2. Monetary Policy Design in the Basic New Keynesian Model a Baseline Model for Monetary Policy Analysis 3. Extensions of the Basic NK Model(I) 4. Extensions of the Basic NK Model (II) 5. Extensions of the Basic NK Model (III)

The conference will focus on the causes and consequences of global imbalances. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, international risk-sharing and portfolio choices, current account and international investment position dynamics, international asset pricing and valuation...

Conference Theme: - Offshore Oil and Gas Development & the Environment - Alternative Energy Development - Onshore and Offshore - Royalty Regimes, Leasing, & Incentives - Twin Goals of Energy Security and Environmental Integrity - Legal, Regulatory & Policy Issues - Infrastructure Requirements...

This 2-day conference will combine high-profile keynote speakers with academic sessions focusing on different aspects of integration and a round table discussion on the future of European integration. Topics: Financial, monetary, and fiscal integration; Optimum Currency Areas; European banking...

Both theoretical and applied contributions to environmental and natural resources economics and to economic growth literature are welcome, especially if their focus is on one of the following subfields: - Energy, - Preferences, - Normative aspects of sustainable development, - Health and...

Themes of the conference include (but are not limited to): - Energy security - Political and environmental effects of energy trade - EU–Russia energy relations - Global competition for energy resources - Energy logistics

Topics: • Cuba-Europe relations: half century of approaches and dissents. • The European Union Treaty: ratification and implications. • The Enlarged EU. Its impact in the political and economical contemporary international relations. • Convergence and Cohesion: the Socio-economic...

Topics: -Measurement, modelling and forecasting of correlation and volatility -Theory and Applications in: Banking; Stock and Bond Markets; Commodity Markets; Derivatives; Corporate Finance; Macroeconomic Modelling; International Finance; Insurance.