Because The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was passed only seven years ago, making it legal for banks to merge with insurance companies, Dr. Tomic believes this is a good time to discuss whether or not this new model is working in the American economy. A call for papers written by professionals and...

The workshop will focus on various fields of agricultural economics (farm management and structural development, agricultural input and output markets, rural development, agricultural policy, food chains, resource and environmental economics).

The workshop takes a broad view of the topic and invites theoretical as well as empirical research to be presented.

Topic: Agrosystems and Labour Relations in European Rural Societies (Middle Ages – 20th Century). The workshop will be organized with respect to three sets of problems: 1. Agrosystems and labour relations within households: Problems the could be questioned are annual cycles of agricultural...

Topics (1) impact of globalization on monetary policy (with special emphasis on the following channels: product market, labour market, non-financial and financial services), (2) implications of global imbalances for monetary policy, (3) modelling monetary policy under globalization.

The SOEGW conference is an international meeting aimed at assembling an international group of leading economists to present and discuss their research on issues concerning small open economies in the fast changing environment of the current globalized world. The conference will focus on...

Topics: - Banking risk and systemic stability in transition economies - Financial regulation and supervision - Bank market structure [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website is no longer available.

The objective of this conference is - to foster debate about general principles that arguably should form the basis for the good governance of central banks and the desirable governance structures for central banks; - to discuss the impact of these principles on the institutional structure of a...

For the academic part of the conference, we invite authors to submit high-quality research papers in the areas of asset pricing, with an emphasis on the role of frictions, liquidity, and institutions in financial markets. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome. Topics may include but...