Any topic of regional science will be invited.

The seminar aims at constituting an opportunity to highlight the adverse effects for the agro-food sector and rural economy due to the recent financial crisis and food markets speculation, to measure and evaluate the depth of the damage in the affected areas, to develop and discuss solutions and...

This year the conference will focus on two themes: Innovation in the context of rural areas and Mordernising the rural economy. Within these two policy streams several topics will be discussed, including: - Skill building - moving from lifetime employment to lifetime employability in rural...

The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: - the appropriate objectives for macroprudential policy and the various challenges to operationalise it; - a review of the various macroprudential instruments to manage network and procyclicality risks, and their...

Topics: • the econometric modelling and forecasting of inflation in central banks; • mechanical, statistical, semi-structural and structural inflation forecasting models; • using a ‘suite’ of statistical and theoretical forecasting models; • tools for forecast evaluation and...

Der zweitägige Workshop der Dresdner Niederlassung des ifo In-stituts richtet sich vor allem an Nachwuchswissenschaftler und soll eine Plattform für die Präsentation aktueller Forschungsergebnis-se aus dem Bereich der Regionalökonomie sein. Hier ist sowohl an empirische als auch an...

Recent events have underlined the importance of cash as a refuge, as cash in circulation peaked at the height of the financial crisis. Since then, demand has remained strong and there has been no sign of repatriation of those banknotes. At the same time, the infrastructure of the cash cycle is...

Monetary operations are essential to the effective implementation of a central bank’s monetary policy. This seminar will look at recent developments in money market operations, including changes made to frameworks following the global financial market crisis. In addition, it will consider how...

Theoretical and empirical/experimental works that involve the application of psychology and neuroscience to all areas of financial decision-making and practice will be considered for presentation at the meeting. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: 1. Investment in and...

The general purpose of the MAFIN workshop series is to discuss the role of the financial sector in determining economic stability, innovation and growth and to devise policies for preventing a major financial crisis and to improve the resilience of the economy. The MAFIN 2012 edition will...