The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit empirical papers covering issues in all areas linking banking and institutions. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: - political economy of banking - financial stability - institutional underpinnings of financial...

Every year the ELA Research committee organises a European Doctorate Workshop. Lecturors in Logistics and Supply Chain are invited to propose one doctoral student from their university, who could contribute to this workshop with an interesting doctoral research project within logistics. All...

Considering recent events the conference will be held both in presence and online. Topics: - EU financial integration in perspective (the BU/ post-Brexit environment); - the economic/ financial implications of the (incomplete) Banking Union; - the (politically and economically challenging) path...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit papers covering issues in all areas linking finance and politics. Topics: Political economy of banking; Electoral cycles and banks’ behavior; Political systems and financial crises; Political connections of firms; Political uncertainty and...

Technology advancements are driving the digitalization of financial markets, and large-scale investment in new emerging technologies are fundamentally changing the operating environment as finance is becoming more data driven. While these innovations in artificial intelligence and big data have...

The conference will deal with current topics in the cyber resilience and cyber security in the financial sector and will primarily focus on issues with a systemic perspective in financial market infrastructures. The event will feature a distinguished line-up of speakers from cyber security...

Original papers subject to high academic standards and preferably with important policy or practical implications are invited, for example, on the following topics, though not restricted to them: - Effects of new technologies and digitalization on various aspects of financial intermediation;...

Topics: Universal Service Obligations; Labour economics; Standardization; Transition from monopoly to competition; Public-Private Partnership; Financial viability; Scale and productivity; Antitrust and competition policy; Privatization and commercialization; Parcel markets; Retail/Processing...

We welcome contributions on the following, non-exhaustive list: - What are the roles in the realm of shadow banking of different types of institutions, such as insurers, pension funds, plain vanilla mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, and real estate funds? - There have been recent performance...