The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on sovereign risk. The topics of the conference are the following: • Theoretical models. Why do countries repay their debts? What are the effects of sovereign risk? • Empirical analysis. What are the costs of default? When...

The 1-week training module covers important areas of corporate finance. It will cover both theoretical and empirical issues. It is aimed at finance PhD students working on any topic who wish to obtain a wider grounding than the specific area of their thesis as well as students specifically...

Program: Session 1 Corporate Governance Session 2 International Financial Intermediation Session 3 Contigent Claims Session 4 Corporate Investment Decisions

Building on our long-standing relationship with the financial services sector, we are proud to introduce the Institute of Economic Affairs' inaugural Private Equity Summit. For over 50 years the IEA has been actively promoting free-market policies, communicating to the public and politicians...

The questions we want to address at the workshop are: -What are the key factors for understanding total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the disaggregate level (e.g. information and communication technology (ICT) capital/human capital/organizational structure/competition). - What are the...

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and securities litigation practitioners to discuss the law and economics of some of the most significant US and European recent cases concerning securities law and corporate governance. Court decisions will be discussed from different...

Topics: - Overall assessment of EMU functioning. - Financial markets. - The euro in the international economy. - Governance, institutions and design of new policy initiatives. - Tax and public finance issues - Internal market issues

The objective of the conference is to present the latest research on the determinants of the credit growth in converging economies as well as its effects and policy challenges. The conference is also intended to provide a discussion forum for distinguished academics, central bankers and...

The conference will bring together researchers investigating the impact of corporate governance on emerging markets’ firms performance and economic development in general, and the roles of legal, economic and political institutions in determining corporate governance systems. The conference...

The topics of interest for the conference are broad, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate control and organization, international issues in corporate finance, capital structure, behavioral aspects of finance, corporate investment decisions, and corporate governance. This...