Prof. Lutz Kilian (U. Michigan) will cover the determination of the price of oil in global markets and the relationship between the price of oil and the macroeconomy (inflation, growth, financial markets). The program will include: - Determinants of historical oil price fluctuations - How...

The Conference aims at providing a forum for an analysis of the new developments and a new vision of the future. Recent events - such as the conflicts within several North African and Middle East oil and gas-exporting countries, and the nuclear disaster in Japan - have added elements of...