Der bisherige internationale Diskurs zu Fragen von Umwelt und Entwicklung ist von dieser Fragmentierung gekennzeichnet.Auffällig ist, dass ursprünglich Wachstum als entwicklungspolitisches Ziel in Frage gestellt wurde. Mit der Zeit wurden unterschiedliche Formen von Wachstum differenziert:...

We welcome empirical and theoretical papers dealing with all aspects of retail payments, in particular the following issues: • Pricing and use of payment services • Efficient pricing of payment services • Substitution among payment instruments, including cash • Pricing in two-sided...

Topic: all areas of Finance and Accounting

The November 2008 Carnegie-Rochester conference seeks to advance the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and consequences of the "credit crunch of 2007-8" with a view to assessing the extent to which monetary, banking, and regulatory policies may have helped to create the...

The goal of this one-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in financial intermediation. The conference will consist of five to seven papers; submissions in all areas of financial intermediation will be considered (except papers already accepted for publication).

The subject of the conference is "Macro-Financial Linkages." Possible topics include (but are not restricted to): (1) the role of finance in transmitting and amplifying real shocks, including international spillovers; (2) the financial sector as a source of (international) disturbances,...

Key topics: - The potential for Factoring in the significantly growing CEE Market - Achieving excellence in product and services - What does Cross-border Factoring look like? - Setting up a Cross-border Subsidiary – a complex task - Powerful Risk Management strategies and effective credit risk...

The conference will provide an important forum for the interaction of different ideas and information between academicians and practitioners, in order to enhance the understanding of international accounting issues in various Asian-Pacific countries.

The conference will be divided into four sessions: 1. Sources of productivity 2. The role of information technology in driving productivity 3. Regulation and its relationship with productivity 4. ‘Best practices’ as a business strategy for improving productivity

Following last year's successful event in London, the Institute of Economic Affairs and Marketforce are excited to bring you the sixth annual The Future of Consumer Finance this autumn. Speakers at last year's event tackled many issues that have since gone on to dominate newspaper headlines and...