The themes for the 59th ISLE Annual Conference are: - Informality, Labour Market and Employment - Macro-Economic Policies and Employment - Technological Change and Employment

With the emergence of the information and communication age, the associated changes in the character of international business activity have been profound. Some of the features that characterize the new age include organizational decentralization, vertical disintegration and specialization,...

This event will provide an opportunity for tourism researchers and practitioners from all over the world to exchange scientific ideas and results and discuss new and emerging directions in research and practice in the field. The scientific committee will welcome theoretical or applied research...

We are very pleased to invite you to submit papers in all areas related to Money, Banking and Finance. Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged in areas which include (but are not limited) to: Asset Pricing and Derivatives
; Banking; Banking Regulation
; Capital Structure and...

The focus of the Conference is on research that makes use of household level data, with a special interest in the data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Topics: - household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets -...

This workshop provides an opportunity for presentations and discussions about research on the design and impact of public policy on economic and social phenomena in an informal and highly interactive environment. This year we especially encourage submission of papers that examine how public...

Objectives of the Conference: Liberalization, privatization and globalization are changing the face of domestic and international business and finance. Expectations of the stakeholders, cross border rules and regulations, factors affecting the business are posing challenges to the players by way...

Topics : - Extracting signals from exchange rate movements to inform monetary policy; - Quantifying exchange rate risk premia and their driving factors; - The impact of exchange rate interventions on inflation expectations and/or inflation pass-through; - The impact of carry trade activity on...

The workshop will focus on labour supply, education and wages during the recovery, with an emphasis on micro/macro linkages. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions. Research topics of particular relevance to the conference include the following: - the determinants of labour...

We invite submission of theoretical and empirical papers that explore the dynamics of housing markets and household debt; the implications of housing cycles for the macro economy; and the consequences of those dynamics for monetary and macropudential policy. Questions of interest may include: -...