Topics: - The branding of religions: How do religions and religious institutions try to brand themselves? - Positive and negative public images of religions and their effects - Religion and marketing Communication, media and the promotion of religions - Effects of religious branding and...

The conference will provide a forum for discussing a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues related to current and potential monetary policy challenges. This year’s conference theme is not restricted to specific topics and will provide an opportunity to discuss new research...

As in the past years the congress will be a platform where academia, business, policy makers and practitioners from different fields come together to share their experience and expertise to cope with the challenges of demographic change.

Program 01.08. – 05.08. Panel Data Econometrics (Prof. Manuel Arellano) 08.08. – 12.08. Financial Crises and Financial Stability (Prof. Jeremy Stein) 15.08. – 19.08. Monetary Economics and Imperfect Information (Prof. Ricardo Reis) 22.08. – 26.08. Recent Advances in International Trade...

Topics: - The microeconomics of exchange rate pass through into import prices - The transmission of import prices to prices at the retail level - The globalization of the inflationary process, and the global slack hypothesis - The nature of optimal monetary policy in a more open economy -...

ESSET 2011 will be devoted to theoretical perspectives on financial crises. Focus sessions in the first week (4-8 July) will be organised around the theme of "Asset Pricing, Financial Stability, and the Crisis" . Focus sessions in the second week (11-15 July) will be organised around the theme...

Papers: - Jan Frait, Zlatuse Komarkova and Lubos Komarek: Monetary Policy in a Small Economy after Tsunami: A New Consensus on the Horizon - Sébastien Wälti: Trust no more? The impact of the crisis on citizens’ trust in central banks Presentations: - Marcin Kolasa, Michat Rubaszek and Daria...

The topic of the 41st St. Gallen Symposium aims to address power in the context of business, politics, science and society. Subareas: - the power of politics and arms - the power of money and ownership - the power of voice - the power of leadership and authority - the power of values and ideas

Unternehmen verlieren die Kontrolle über ihre Kommunikation, Konsumenten über ihr Budget, Politiker die Kontrolle über ihr Land, Bürger über ihr Leben. Vor kurzem noch klärte Geld fast alle Machtfragen. Doch wo das Geld ausgeht, beginnen wieder Verteilkämpfe. Die Wirkung der sanften...