The seminar aims to: - assess the energy challenges facing the forest product industry globally in an integrated way; - examine the impact of new energy policies and future energy scenarios on the competitiveness of forest products; - focus on the potential of bio-energy and bio-refinery and the...

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: - Regulation and risk taking in small business lending; - Risks in trade credit; - Structured loan derivatives; - Modelling credit risk for individual...

Jan Mossin (1936-1987) made several important contributions to modern finance. Most important is his work on the CAPM in his Econometrica article from 1966: Equilibrium in a Capital Asset Market. Another important contribution, central to the topic of the conference, is his Journal of Business...

The I.S.E.O. Summer School course introduces to some of the principles of international economy, investigating the role of America and Europe in the international economic scenario. It focuses on growth, on the strategies and instruments of monetary policy, on the structure and mechanisms of the...

Central banks are increasingly turning their attention to ensuring financial system stability.There is no consensus on how to measure the severity of such crises and their potential impact on real economic activity. Therefore, there is a pressing need to develop our understanding of the links...

The aim of the Spring School is to provide self-contained lectures on current research topics in mathematical finance.

The Workshop will be divided in different sessions, focusing on the following topics: general financial markets; corporate finance and governance; financial regulation.

We welcome papers from any discipline relevant for finance and insurance to be submitted for presentation at the symposium. However, this year we especially want to focus on Solvency II, securitization of insurance risks, and fair market value of pension and insurance liabilities.

Original research contributions are solicited covering a variety of topics including but not limited to: - GRID Computing for derivative pricing - Risk management within a GRID infrastructure - Asset allocation with a GRID toolkit - Portfolio management with the GRID - GRID resource management...