Franco Modigliani's death in September 2003 deprived the economics profession of one of its most accomplished practitioners-an outstanding theorist who made significant contributions to the design of policies for improving the economic wellbeing. Modigliani, a refugee from Mussolini's fascist...

The theme is security pricing in the presence of illiquidity induced by trading and information frictions. Pertinent topics include short-sale constraints, search for counterparties, and other institutional limits on liquid trading, and the effects of these trading imperfections on asset prices,...

The ongoing integration process of global financial markets introduces a necessity to carry on research on forecasting and decision-making in emerging and developed financial markets within the framework of their macroeconomic environment.

Die Förderung der Kommunikation zwischen Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft ist das Ziel der Industrietagung, die von der Vereinigung der Freunde des DIW Berlin unterstützt wird. Als erkanntes und ausgezeichnetes Forum für Experten, die interessiert sind an Einschätzungen der aktuellen Entwicklung...

Threshold effects and non-linearities are increasingly recognized to be present in the development process, and in the effects of policy on development. Traditionally, threshold effects were present in discussions of "stages of growth" or "the big push" and non-linearity was definitionally...

Programm: Vorstellung des Forschungsdatenzentrums (FDZ) der Statistischen Landesämter und der regionalen Ansprechpartner Forschungsprojekte auf der Basis amtlicher Sozialstatistiken Nutzungsmöglichkeiten von Umweltdaten

Our theme - Responsible Management in an Uncertain World - is meant to attract a broad range of management researchers and reflective practitioners. Pre-conference workshops and conference tracks will cover topics from sustainability and other values to the challenges and solutions offered by...