Conference topics: A. Heterodox Approaches of Sustainable Development B. International institutions and sustainable development C. Social sustainability : content and relevance D. Considering the environmental dimension

Session I. - Volatility in Equilibrium: Asymmetries and Dynamic Dependencies - Inference on Sets in Finance - How Useful are No-Arbitrage Restrictions for Forecasting the Term Structure of Interest Rates? Session II. - High Frequency Statistics with Irregularly Spaced Observations - Dissecting...

The Symposium will focus on Risk Management in Financial Institutions Issues. Topics suitable for Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: . Market, credit, operational, liquidity and integrated risk management, Investment management and hedge fund risk, Energy and commodity...

We invite submission of empirical, theoretical and experimental papers on investment banking, market microstructure and asset pricing. We particularly welcome papers on: . Algorithmic trading . Competition between trading platforms . Liquidity . Post-trading . Security design and origination

Draft agenda: Session I - Roundtable on Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and National Champions Session II - Competition Policy and The Informal Economy Session III - Challenges Faced by Young Competition Authorities Session IV - Other Business Session V - The Role of Competition...

Both theoretical and applied contributions to environmental and natural resources economics and to economic growth literature are welcome, especially if their focus is on one of the following subfields: - Energy, - Preferences, - Normative aspects of sustainable development, - Health and...

The conference will favour theoretical contributions, but also welcomes original applied studies showing explicit links with the analysis of sustainable development. All geographical areas are eligible: North and south, urban and rural, coastal and maritime, are all considered.

As part of its activities, the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Europe, organizes an annual symposium. A major part of the conference will be devoted to "Liquidity, credit and risk". Authors, both academics and from the financial industry, are invited to submit papers for...

The discussions at the conference will be divided into four sessions: 1) Does a European model exist for SMEs? 2) SMEs and credit risk analysis. 3) Banks and financing of SMEs. 4) SMEs and regulatory issues.

The financial crisis has been a sore reminder of the relevance of liquidity. A fruitful dialogue has developed among central bankers and regulators, academic researchers, financial institutions and market participants. To contribute to the academic and policy research on those topical issues,...