This two-day conference brings together experts in the field of monetary and financial integration in order to discuss current developments in East Asian financial markets and the prospects of regional financial and exchange rate co-operation. Sessions will be held on “Exchange Rate Policies...

This is the second conference in a new series launched by the Institute of Economic History at Humboldt University on quantitative economic and social history. This workshop, to take place annually, continues and revives forty years of tradition of Wolfram Fischer’s seminar series at the Free...

Topics to be analysed in presentations include (but are not restricted to): - Political economy models of conflict - The effect of conflict on economic activity - The potential role of globalization in fostering a more peaceful or more violent world - The relationships between development and...

The organizers invite submission of empirical and theoretical papers on venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurship, the decision to go public, and intellectual property rights. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to): • The choice between alternative sources of financing for...

"Portugal, Europe and the Mediterranean: economies and societies in historical perspective" is the main subject of this meeting. Sevket Pamuk (from the Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogaziçi University) will be our Key Note speaker on Turkey and the Mediterranean in the Early...

Sind die Deutschen nun „Spendenweltmeister“ oder engagieren sie sich in diesem Feld eher zurückhaltend? Obwohl aus unterschiedlichen Erhebungen und Untersuchungen Angaben zum Spendenverhalten der Bürger präsentiert werden, mangelt es in Deutschland noch immer an gesicherten Daten, die...

The present conference focuses on financial development, integration and stability in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, i.e. the new EU member states, candidate and potential candidate countries as well as the European countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Relevant...

On 14-15 November, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research will host the second “Communicating European Research” conference. Based on the very positive experiences from the 2004 edition, the event will focus on the manifold aspects of science communication and will...

The goal of this conference is to bring international researchers together, permitting a comparative analysis of wealth and economic development, globally, in the middle ages, c. 300-c.1500. What were the foundations of medieval growth? How was growth characterized? Who forged ahead in wealth,...

Relevant topics include issues such as • The role of the Euro in a changing international environment • The viability of the US current account deficit • Multilateral exchange rate regimes and policy coordination • Financial and exchange rate crises • Re-regionalization: the role of...