Gibt es noch Wachstum in der westlichen Welt? Selbst die renommiertesten Ökonomen beginnen daran zu zweifeln und sprechen von «No-Growth». Die hiesige Wirtschaft ist geprägt von schrumpfenden Bevölkerungen, schwindenden Ressourcen und zunehmender Saturiertheit, von wuchernden Schulden und...

Topics: - International adjustment dynamics; - Current account imbalances and international capital flows; - Global financial crises; - Open-economy macroeconomic models; - Exchange rates; - International dimensions of monetary and fiscal policy; - Sovereign risk.

The conference should lighten aspects of the function of offshore jurisdictions and their impact on global economy, e.g.: - Business models and instruments of offshore activities - The significance of the offshore economy for actual crises - The role of economic theories and economists in...

"[The conference] will foster interdisciplinary discussions around medicine, literature and the digital humanities. The goal is to bring together IT experts, physicians and literary scholars in order to work on the concrete elaboration of a digital database in the field of medicine and...

The Summit is the number one European platform for the restaurant industry. Issues we discuss are trendsetting and on tomorrow's agenda. Together we have created a think tank to analyse the most important changes in the industry as well as an annual forum where we may all share our thoughts on a...

New business models are emerging every day, but we usually take a long time to notice them. Who, ten years ago, would have thought that Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google would one day turn the retail world upside down? Today’s start-ups are tomorrow’s game-changers. New players are writing...

Theme of the Colloquium: Bankrupt states, (f)ailing banks, angry citizens – a toxic cocktail threatens the European and the world economy. The current global financial, economic and fiscal crisis reveals a complex interplay between states and financial markets: Instability in banking has...

The conference aims at bringing together researchers in corporate finance, banking and macroeconomics to explore topics at the intersection of these fields. The focus will be on the impact of banking and financial markets on the real economy with a mix of theory and empirical studies. The themes...

Focus 2012: The Dynamics of Migration Migration is a complex phenomenon that has the potential to transform individuals and societies by affecting employment, development, culture, trade, investment, and environment. At the same time, these factors also influence migration patterns and the lives...

Topics: - Differences in mortgage institutions - systemic effects of real estate and liquidity spirals - real estate as an asset class - bubbles in the housing market - hedging of real estate risk - commercial vs. residential real estate - contract theory and real estate