The Workshop is aimed at bringing together scholars involved with various aspects of banking in emerging markets, including but not limited to those of Central and Eastern Europe, CIS countries, Latin America and China. The organizing committee welcomes submissions of both empirical and...

The theme of the conference is "Agricultural Risk, Finance, Insurance and Actuarial Science". Plenary Session Topics: - The role of climate change and the impact on agricultural risk management and insurance. - Livestock insurance: successes and challenges. - Crop insurance: successes and...

IT&FA invites proposals on all aspects of international trade and finance, including trade policy, exchange rates, investments and capital flows, migration, communications and transportation, governance and law, management and marketing. Industry-specific studies are welcome, as are proposals...

Economists specializing in empirical economic research on issues relating to international trade and investment will present their latest research at this meeting.

This Chatham House and Interfax Information Group conference will examine the current, post-Yukos, economic climate, address today’s main problems of investing into Russian economy and propose solutions. Questions to be discussed include: - Is the current presidential administration’s policy...

Titles The Role of Annuities in a Changing Retirement Landscape Variable Annuity Guarantees After-tax Asset Allocation and Asset Location with Annuities Comparing the US and Canadian Life Annuity Markets Retirement Income Product Innovations Asset Allocation with Annuities for Retirement Income...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Toronto conference. Papers focusing on the nature of general equilibrium models and the theory of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of multi-sectoral growth, trade...