Agent-based models have become an important framework for analyzing complex macroeconomic dynamics resulting from the interaction of heterogeneous agents with bounded rationality. This framework frees the modeler from the constraints imposed by the substantive rationality, equilibrium, and...

The conference, themed “From Crisis Management to Long-Term Renewal,” will focus on how best to address immediate policy challenges - sluggish economic growth, high unemployment, and spiraling deficits - in the context of the nation’s enduring obligations to tackle fiscal imbalances,...

Topics: - risk management and corporate governance in financial institutions - transparency of risk models, within and outside the organization - compensation, risk-taking and risk management - endogenous risk, liquidity risk and systemic risk - benefits and pitfalls of reduced-form models in...

The conference theme is: "The New Normal? Policy Choices After the Great Recession" Topics: - The Financial Crisis - Monetary Policy - Fiscal Policy - Health Care Reform - Housing - Cap & Trade - Commodities - Defense Economics

This crossroads of America provides the perfect setting to hear from experts and policy-makers in the wake of the global financial crisis. Topics will focus on the current economic recovery, what can be expected, and how future structures of the global financial and economic systems are being...

Topics: • Housing market developments across the world: causes and links • House prices: bubbles versus fundamentally driven changes • The role of financial institutions and financial innovation in housing market developments • The role of fiscal, monetary, regulatory, and structural...

The subject of the conference is Restoring Financial & Economic Stability.