Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University) Lecture I: Overview, intertemporal models of the current account, global current account imbalances. Challenges to the canonical model. Lecture II: Sovereign Risk and Investment for Emerging markets. Lecture III: Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy; Speculative...

Jonas Dovern and Jens Hogrefe (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) Empirical Methods in Macroeconomics (module I) Topics: 1. Introduction to Econometrics 2. The Classical Multiple Regression Model 3. Properties of the OLS Estimator 4. Hypothesis Tests 5. Selection of Explanatory Variables 6....

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...

Focal Challenges 2008: - Dealing with Climate Change - Reconstructing the Welfare Systems Essential Issues 2008: - Creating and Disseminating Knowledge, - Creating Security, - Spreading the Benefits of Globalization, - Tackling Inequality, - Promoting Social Cohesion, - Promoting Health.

Geert Bekaert (Columbia University) Outline: Session 1: • Globalization and its Effects on the Economy • The Case for International Diversification Session 2: • Global Asset allocation • Review Mean Variance Optimization • CAPM • Home Bias Session 3: • Currencies • Optimal...

Holger Wolf (Georgetown University Washington) Part I: Preliminaries: Concepts, History, And Institutions Part II: The Current Account Part III Exchange Rate Determination and Pricing Part IV Exchange Rate Regimes Part V: Financial Integration Part VI Policies and Issues

Research papers using a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches are invited on any topic related to the general theme of performance measurement and management control.

We invite papers addressing the following themes: • Critical reviews of theory and practice in interpretivist consumer research • Integrative approaches to theory and methodology • New developments in theory and practice • Regional approaches to interpretation (Baltic, Celtic, Latin,...

Topics of interest include the following: 1) Best and worst cases of corporate governance in different countries (situational dimension of corporate governance). 2) Strategic direction at the board level (strategic dimension) 3) Nomination, feedback, remuneration and development of supervisory...

We are now seeking abstracts of papers for presentation at the workshop. Because "New Directions" is a fairly broad arena we would particulalrly welcome papers that look to the future in terms of how R.M. can build on the ideas and experiences of the last twenty years. We are also interested in...