The TLC Conference provides a forum for faculty and administrators to share proven and innovative methods in teaching at the college level. Come to present papers on teaching issues such as: curriculum, ethics in higher education, promotion and tenure, accreditation, teaching methods and styles,...

Financial globalization has deepened in recent years, with emerging economies participating actively, but not always smoothly, in this process. Emerging countries have issued significant amounts of debt and equity in the international financial markets. There has also been a marked increase in...

Research on European labour markets is of particular interest for the ECB as their functioning affects the economic environment in which the ECB's monetary policy of maintaining price stability is conducted. In this regard, labour markets have a particular role to play for the euro area's...

The objective of the conference is to gather recent contributions to the study of innovation processes in the field of theoretical and applied I.O.. Topics to be covered include : - intellectual property rights and appropriation strategy, - venture capital and financial agreements, -...

The current level of hype about real estate bears a worrisome resemblance to the dot.com bubble of the late nineties. Financial companies tout no-money-down interest-only loans as a way of extending speculators purchasing power, and developers pitch new developments to buyers the way Wall Street...

Program “ECB Intervention: Under What Circumstances Is it Likely to Work?” “Identifying the Effects of Central Bank Intervention” “Foreign Exchange Market Intervention in a Model with Heterogeneous Agents” “Communication and Decision-Making by Central Bank Committees: Different...

Game theory studies strategic interaction in competitive and cooperative environments. Only fifty years old, it has already revolutionized economics, and is spreading rapidly to a wide variety of fields. It develops general mathematical formulas and algorithms to identify optimal strategies and...

The conference theme centers on the reality that investing in women’s status globally is important not only for women themselves but is critical to the economic and social well-being of entire communities, institutions, and nations. For example, improving women’s economic opportunities...