The current food challenges involve issues ranging from food access to national and international regulation. Although the scope and intensity of these challenges vary according to the economic situation of countries, the debate has been global. The purpose of this Conference is to enhance a...

Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged in areas, which include (but are not limited) to: - Asset Pricing and Derivatives, - Banking, - Capital Structure and Corporate Finance, - Commercial and Asset-based Finance (Assifact Award), - Corporate Governance (Nedcommunity Award), -...

Topics: 1. Empirical Evidence 2. Ricardian Models of Producer Heterogeneity 3. Producer Heterogeneity with Product Differentiation and Entry/Exit a. Modelling Framework (Closed Economy) b. Open Economy c. Competition and Endogenous Markups d. Extensions (Factor Abundance, Innovation, Dynamics,...

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on the formation and the role of formal and informal institutions in developing...

The first edition of the Summer School focuses on a very hot topic in the current policy debate given the attention paid to proposed agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The quantitative analysis of policy impacts of such agreements is critical for...

The theme of the conference is economic analysis of trade and investment in services. We welcome submissions related to any aspect of international trade and investment in services, including empirical analyses of sectoral policy and regulation and trade and investment agreements, analysis using...

Topics: - Monetary policy and the financial cycle - Search-for-yield and risk-taking channels of monetary policy - The role of household and firm heterogeneity in the transmission mechanism - Monetary policy and inequality - Debt deflation and deleveraging at the zero lower bound - Structural...

The workshop is intended for theoretical work or applied work in Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Finance and Public Finance. Papers in any area of Economics and Finance in relation to the overarching theme of the workshop are welcome.

The conference will discuss to what extent prevailing central bank governance rules – which were designed decades ago with a completely different economic setting in mind – are still appropriate in the post-crisis world. Are central bank independence, accountability and transparency, and the...

Contributions on the following fields are welcome: - Financial Reforms, Regulation and Supervision - Financial Stability - Theory and Empirics of Financial Crises - International Finance - Securities markets - Monetary Policy and Central Banking - Public Debt Management - Financial Education -...