The two-day event will provide an opportunity for leading academics, policy makers and practitioners to share their views and understandings on investment finance and competitiveness, while raising awareness of the challenges posed by technological transformation and the need to adapt workforce...

The organising committee of this conference invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on small business financing and its importance for the real economy. Topics: - Availability of credit for small businesses and firms' competitiveness; - Financial deregulation...

Topics: - financial market incentives and bank funding, - International implications of the evolving models of funding, - the impact of different types of bank funding on the supply of corporate lending (including SME lending) and investment, - corporate bond issuance as a complement/substitute...

Topics: - Systemic vs Systematic Risk Measurement, Systemic Risk Factors, - Stress Testing, Systemic Risk Allocation Capital Adequacy and Procyclicality, - Contagion Model, Double Default, Bilateral Counterparty Risk and Chain Failures, - Network Modelling Tools, - Risk Concentration, -...

Topics: - Persistence in Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Models: Low Frequency Analysis, Long Run Risk (LRR) Asset Pricing Model, Persistence of Extreme Events, Long Term Volatility; - Long Term Interest Rates: Actualization for Long Term Investment Projects, Social Efficient Discount Rate, Term...

Topics: - Economic Foundation of Risk Dependence: term structure of dependence, contagion models, effects of cycles, links between real and financial factors, dynamic of demand, lapse and prepayment, long run factors such as longevity, global warming or demography, effect of life cycle for...

The conference will provide a forum for presenting the latest advances in various empirical and theoretical issues. Possible topics include: - Financial market imperfections and business cycle fluctuations - Corporate finance and macroeconomic stability - Credit and the housing market - Banking...