The workshop aims to establish a platform for the discussion and sharing experience between the representatives of central banks and the members of academic community, regarding measurement of economic agents' expectations, the methods of formulating those expectations, and the role they play in...

The theme of the conference is "World economy and the Dollar".<br> Will the Dollar defy gravity and keep rising in 2006? If so, which currencies are most vulnerable? Will, in contrast, 2006 finally turn out to be Asia's year? [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's...

The WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong in December 2005 is meant to be the culmination of the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). That agenda has proven to be both more ambitious and controversial that negotiators had foreseen when they established it in 2001. Since then, key...

The Organizing Committee for OSWC XII consists of Dan Levinthal, Joel Baum, Martin Schulz, Xueguang Zhou, Michael Cohen, Zur Shapira, Massimo Egidi, Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Marengo, Robert Gibbons, Thorbjoern Knudsen, Mie Augier and Arie Lewin. The goal of the committee is to create a program which...

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...

Possible paper topics include: • The choice of enforcement devices (transparency, proscriptive regulation, supervision/ surveillance, and rules enforcement through litigation and fines) • Political economy of the SEC • Interaction of the SEC with international financial markets •...

The development of increasingly complex financial products requires the use of advanced numerical methods. The purpose of the workshop is to present probabilistic and deterministic numerical methods for pricing, hedging, calibration of derivative products (on equities, interest rate, credit...

MARKETECHNICS provides a once-a-year opportunity to hear, see and discuss new technologies and their impact on the supply chain, store operations and marketing/merchandising strategies.

Ever since the Prudential Borrowing Code was applied last year, local governments have been able to borrow on their own balance sheet. In 2005, the Balance of Funding report may confer yet more financial autonomy. These new rules hold great potential for local authorities, but important...