Has the path to development through industrialization as we know it been exhausted? Or is the world at the dawn of a new era in industrialization and development? These are some of the questions that this two-day workshop aims to address. With the world in financial and economic crisis and...

Topics: - Financial innovations in mortgage markets - Transmission of credit shocks - Subprime lending - Housing and credit in DSGE models - Housing and the macro economy - Determinants of house prices or mortgage lending - House prices in monetary policy strategies - Lessons from the credit crisis

The three dimensions of stability - the macro, meso and micro perspective – are interdependent in that the one cannot exist without the other. This interdependency is reflected in the structure of the 28th SUERF Colloquium, which is organised in three commissions. Commission 1: The End of the...

The Zvi Griliches Research Summer School in the Economics of Innovation promotes interactions between academic researchers, innovation policy practitioners, statistical office analysts and PhD students with a general interest in analyzing technological innovation from an economic point of view....

The courses cover recent developments in different areas of banking, including theoretical and empirical aspects of banking, banking regulation and supervision, financial markets and payments systems.

Macroeconomic theories have traditionally been tested using non-experimental "field" data. However, modern, micro-founded macroeconomic models can also be tested in the laboratory, and researchers have begun to pursue such experimental tests. This June, graduate students specializing in...

The aim of the Conference is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and results across a range of fields, including the economics of the household, labour economics, public economics, demography, and health economics. Examples of research topics are: human capital investment, gender...

World Retail Congress is the most influential and highest profile gathering of the retail industry across all sectors at global level.

The conference will offer unparalled networking opportunities, with interactive streams focusing on the key topics of Direct Mail, Sustainability and the Retail Network. The dedicated operations day will showcase the latest developments in postal technologies.

Specific topics of interest are: - Can market crashes be predicted? - What is the role of financial innovation and regulation? - What are the incentives for proper risk management and the management of systemic crisis prevention under the current regulatory framework? - Which type of crashes in...