Papers on all fields of finance are welcomed, but submission of papers related to financial markets competition and integration is especially encouraged.

In financial markets, financial intermediaries act as agents of issuers and investors, and “gatekeepers.” This multiplicity of functions can lead to conflicts of interest. By performing its gatekeeping role well, for instance, a financial intermediary may have to forgo profitable investment...

The objective of this year’s symposium is to discuss new empirical and theoretical advances in research on hedge funds. We are particularly interested in research on new strategies for investment funds, analysis of alternative investments, style investing, and performance evaluation.

Der Weg aus der Arbeitsmarktkrise – da sind sich alle einig – führt nur über mehr Beschäftigung. An welchen Hebeln kann man dafür ansetzen, was sind die Determinanten der Beschäftigung? Die makroökonomische Sicht darauf steht im Mittelpunkt eines Workshops, den das Institut...

Das Seminar vermittelt damit grundlegendes und umfassendes Wissen über den modernen Forschungsansatz der BEHAVIORAL FINANCE. SCHWERPUNKTE DES SEMINARS sind: - die Vermittlung eines generellen Verständnisses der Methoden und Probleme des Behavioral Finance Ansatzes - Die Verdeutlichung...

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Understanding the behaviour of the labour demand has become more and more complex. Indeed, the labour demand has been challenged by recent economic changes like the emergence of new information technology, the increase of competition from low wage countries, new institutional rules for...

The focus will be on the implications of the structure of the financial markets such as short selling constraints and implementation shortfall.