Central banks now routinely release, and comment, on forecasts for macroeconomic and financial variables, using a variety of methodologies in preparing and presenting forecasts. Some publish a staff forecast, others rely on professional forecasts, while still other forecasts may be from...

Many individuals, adults, adolescents, and children alike engage in a host of risky behaviors that might have important present and future ramifications. Examples of such behaviors include, but are not limited to, crime and delinquency, smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, suicidal behavior,...

Topic: The Labor Market and the Business Cycle

The EU-funded FINESS project is organising a conference on 'Financial systems, efficiency and stimulation of sustainable growth'. The conference will tackle such issues as recent trends in financial market integration, institutional dynamics and the macroeconomic environment. Participants will...

Das Ausmaß der gegenwärtigen Finanzmarktkrise hat direkte Vermögenswerte in unglaublicher Höhe vernichtet: Die Schätzungen reichen dabei von rund 1,4 Billionen Dollar (IWF) bis zu 2,8 Billionen Dollar (Britische Notenbank). Betroffen waren zuallererst Banken, Versicherungen, Aktienwerte...

The subject of the conference is Restoring Financial & Economic Stability.

CSWEP will be sponsoring sessions at the Eastern Economics Association meetings. In addition to a session on gender differences, CSWEP session topics are open and all abstracts are welcome.

Das Symposium "Wirtschaftspolitische Herausforderungen des demografischen Wandels" zielt darauf ab, neueste Erkenntnisse des wissenschaftlichen Forschung zu den langfristigen wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen es demografischen Wandels in Deutschland und Europa zu präsentieren, wirtschaftspolitische...

Programm: - Prof. Dr. Stefan Voigt, Marburg „Welche Rolle spielt das Prozessrecht für wirtschaftliches Wachstum?“ - Prof. Dr. Stefan Okruch, Budapest „Wirtschaftspolitik im europäischen Umfeld: Systemwettbewerb und/oder Politikkoordination?“ - Prof. Dr. Christoph Engel, Bonn...

Issues such as inflation, the credit crunch and loss of a confidence in the economy means this conference will come at a crucial time and delegates will have the opportunity to debate these key topics with some of the UK's leading economic commentators. Whilst the economic crisis continues to...