Vor drei Jahren wurde das Kohle-Aus in Deutschland beschlossen. Was bedeutet das für die Braunkohleausstiegsregionen des Lausitzer, Mitteldeutschen und Rheinischen Reviers? Wie kann die weitere Prozessgestaltung und -begleitung im Strukturwandel aussehen? In den Fachworkshops der Tagung werden...

Im März 2023 kommt es in den USA zum größten Bankenkollaps seit der Finanzkrise von 2008. Steigende Inflationsraten, verursacht durch die hohen Energiepreise infolge des Ukraine-Kriegs, und anhaltende Lieferkettenprobleme zwingen die US-Notenbank zu dramatischen Leitzinserhöhungen. Daraufhin...

The anticipation of a future bailout of distressed firms worsens ex ante adverse selection, causing a market freeze at present and inviting government intervention ("bailout trap"). When firms of heterogenous qualities raise financing, high-quality firms are willing to bear adverse selection...

The organising committee invite young academics (PhD students and postdocs) dealing with theoretical or theoretically founded empirical research on banks and financial markets to submit a paper or a project outline for presentation at the 11th Workshop Banks and Financial Markets. Topics of...

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for exchange and discussion on topics in competition- and innovation-related research between academic researchers and practitioners in public authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies. The conference will comprise plenary as well...

Ziele des Symposiums: Förderung der Interaktion und Kommunikation zwischen Forschenden, einschließlich Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen, auf den Gebieten Einkauf, Materialmanagement, Logistik, Öffentliche Beschaffung und Supply Chain Management. Präsentation und Diskussion aktueller Trends und...

We propose a general equilibrium model with oligopolistic output markets where two channels can cause a change in market power: (i) technology, via changes to productivity shocks and the cost of entry, (ii) market structure, via changes to the number of potential competitors. First, we...

We explore how firms grow by adding products. In contrast to most earlier work on the topic, our conceptual and empirical framework allows for separate treatment of product innovation (vertical differentiation) and diversification (horizontal differentiation). Chad Syverson Professor of...

Andreas Fuster is an Associate Professor of Finance and SFI Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute @ EPFL and a Research Fellow at the CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research). His main research interests are in empirical finance (household finance, real estate finance, banking),...

The objective of the one day MIFE conference (Nov 16) is to discuss recent scientific contributions on financial literacy and financial education and implications for policy and practice, with a specific focus on current challenges. We are pleased to organise the interdisciplinary MIFE Workshop...