Wir stehen am Beginn der Diskussion über die Verteilung der knapper werdenden Ressourcen. Nur der wohlhabende Teil der Weltbevölkerung hat die finanziellen Mittel, die Treibstoffe aus Biomasse zu bezahlen. In den armen Gegenden wird nicht nur Öl, sondern auch Brot zum Luxus. [gemäß den...

This conference will provide an opportunity for researchers from academia and central banks to discuss a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues regarding fixed income markets. Potential research topics include, but are not limited to: credit risk modeling, auction formats, the market...

Conference themes We are interested in high-quality papers that provide new insights on impact evaluation in the following development policy areas: - Health and Education - Public Service Delivery - Micro Finance and Micro Insurance Policy - Agriculture - Aid (Macro and Fiscal Impact) - Foreign...

Marvin Goodfriend (Carnegie Mellon University) Topics: 1) The New Neoclassical Synthesis; Overview and Implications for Optimal Monetary Policy 2) International Aspects of Monetary Policy 3) Monetary History of the United States 4) Central Bank Lending 5) The Future of Monetary Policy 6) Banking...

The subject of the conference is "The Asian Economic Renaissance: What Is in It for Agriculture?"

The theme of the congress is 'People, Food and Environments: Global Trends and European Strategies'. This Congress theme suggests that Agricultural Economics is a dynamic field capturing elements relevant to agriculture and its environment in a wider sense with a focus on human well-being. The...

The topic of EURORURAL '08 conference includes wide scale of issues: 1. Rural landscapes, ecology, landscape planning 2. Rural settlement, small towns as centres of rural micro-regions 3. Rural sociology and demography, quality of rural life 4. Rural economy, role of agriculture, tourism and...

This year’s Biodiesel Congress will provide the production models and commercial strategies that will grow and accelerate the development of the Brazilian and global biodiesel industry. The Congress will be attended by government representatives, producers, researchers, banks, raw materials...

The subject of the conference is "The Right Policy for China's Continued Development." Topics: Health Care; Population Health; Energy; Environment; Agriculture and Food Security.

This course develops a theoretical framework for the analysis of financial market liquidity and asset pricing organized around the principle of balance sheet spillover effects of leveraged financial institutions. The course begins with the theoretical framework for pricing assets in an...