Recent developments in general equilibrium modelling focus on strategic interactions. Several models offer strategic foundations for the theory of perfect competition. Others analyze the functioning of markets and the working of market power in economies where competition takes place on multiple...

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Advancements in Information and Communication Technologies have paved the way to new business models, markets, networks, services, and players in the financial services industry. FinanceCom 2008 invites papers that help to understand, drive and exploit the associated systems, technologies and...

This Workshop aims at gathering scholars from economics and the various fields of management, with the aim of analyzing the future challenges of academic research in business and economics and to unveil its interactions with teaching and education. Special emphasis will be set on policy evaluation.

The objective is to provide an arena for researchers to discuss new and ongoing research, identify research gaps and suggest new research agendas on systems of higher education, research and knowledge; with a view to forging closer links between the research communities and UNESCO in these fields.

Topics: - Causes and consequences of violent conflicts: civil wars, interstate wars, terrorism, rebellion... - Arms trade - International trade, capital flows and violent conflicts - Institutions and violent conflicts - Multilateral institutions and conflicts - Political versus economic causes...

Preliminary program: - Dimitri Vayanos and Paul Woolley “An Institutional Theory of Momentum & Reversal” - Catherine Casamatta and Sébastien Pouget “Fund Managers’ Contracts and Short Termism” - Jamie McAndrews, Jérome Mathis, Jean-Charles Rochet “Rating the raters” - Informal...

The topics to be covered include: Bayesian VARs, Markov Switching VARs and Structural models with time varying parameters. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website is no longer available.

The aim of the workshop is to offer a stimulating environment where PhD students and young researchers can exchange ideas about their work with experienced researchers. We welcome contributions from all areas of dynamic macroeconomics. Topics of interest include in particular: - Dynamic...

This workshop aims at bringing scientific insight to the provision and management of rural, peri-urban and urban landscapes.