The workshop comprises of two half-day sessions: A. Assessing the international linkages of banking systems using the BIS international banking statistics - The role of banks in spillovers of financial sector impulses across markets; - Stress testing on international shock transmissions through...

Forecasting is a key tool in applied macroeconometrics. However, occurrences like the subprime crisis are a great challenge for forecasting. On the one hand, it is of interest whether a crisis will occur or not. On the other hand, the forecasts of real or financial variables might be disturbed...

The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in its 300th Session (November 2007) to discuss and adopt international statistical standards on two topics, Child Labour and Working Time. It will also discuss...

This seminar has been organized because 26 years after the adoption of the Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment by the 13th ICLS (1982), time may have come to start reflecting upon a possible revision or update of...

Topics: - What are good approaches to measure the shortfall risk for individuals and pension plans? - What are appropriate models to measure long-run expected returns, volatilities, and correlations for retirement assets? - How good are individuals at saving for retirement and at managing their...

Programme: 1st session: Global commodity (price) crisis 2nd session: What can renewable resources accomplish as a future alternative? 3rd session: Important agricultural and forest resources: Global and national markets, prices, trends and applications 4th session: Biomaterials – From the...

The dedicated annual Swiss hedge fund forum returns for its 10th year! Hedge Funds World Zurich has grown each year since inception, and established itself as the premier investor-facing hedge fund forum in Switzerland. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's...

The aim of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange ideas in the field of macroeconometric modelling. Contributions should apply modern time series or paneleconometric techniques to macroeconomic problems, where the economics of the euro...

The two-day workshop will serve as a forum to present current research results in political economy and public choice and will give researchers in these areas the opportunity to network. Both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome.

Thema "Rückkehr des Staates. Öffentliche Verantwortung für Wirtschaft und Beschäftigung"