The Workshop will focus on the economics of grey an black finance. We wish to invite theoretical and empirical papers that explore different areas of interest, including: financial offshoring, underground and informal banking, money laundering, terrorism finance, usury, financial crime and law...

The XII Report on Financial System is devoted to the undergoing metamorphosis of the Italian banking industry, through empirical analysis and institutional outlooks, with a peculiar focus to comparative analysis with other European countries. Moreover it aims at addressing the issue of the...

As part of its activities, the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Europe, organizes an annual symposium. A major part of the conference will be devoted to: "Private equity, real estate, commodities and other alternatives". Authors, both academics and from the financial...

Papers are encouraged on all aspects of the study of accounting regulation and standardization, including developments in theory, empirical studies and policy-oriented analyses. Papers that address issues of compliance, audit oversight and enforcement will be welcomed, together with other...

The aim of this annual workshop is to provide a forum for central bank economists to present and discuss ongoing research on macroeconomic models. The special topic this year will be "Financial frictions in macroeconomic models". As in previous years, the agenda will also include discussions of...

AREAS of INTEREST 1. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in economic, financial and social systems; 2. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in complex technical systems (nuclear power, gas...

In a modern central bank, the responsibility for monetary policy typically lies within a committee and not, as assumed in the theoretical literature, with a single policymaker. What are the arguments in favour of delegating monetary policy decisions to a committee? Why do the committees differ?...

The Institute brings together international economists working on economic policy topics for workshops, panel meetings and discussion. Topics: - Reinventing Europe - Longevity and Annuitization - The Economics of Aggregate Shocks in Heterogeneous Firm Models - Innovation and Higher Education...

The area of coverage is recent developments in heterogeneous firm models and the analysis of heterogeneous response to aggregate shocks. In particular, the workshop will focus on the following issues: • The role of macro-economic shocks on firm entry and selection • Imperfect factor markets...

The intention of the workshop is to focus on new and untraditional mathematical ideas and methods within the mathematical finance research. Subjects that may be discussed include (but are not limited to) - non-semimartingale models (including fractional Brownian motion) - nonstandard stochastic...