The 1-week training module covers important areas of corporate finance. It will cover both theoretical and empirical issues. It is aimed at finance PhD students working on any topic who wish to obtain a wider grounding than the specific area of their thesis as well as students specifically...

The purpose of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) is to bring together cutting edge empirical and theoretical microlevel research on the nature, causes and consequences of violent conflict. This year’s workshop will focus on the relationship between micro-level conflict processes and...

Some of the specific issues to be considered are: - What are the forces driving urbanization and how do they differ from one region to another? - What are the economic and environmental costs and benefits of urban agglomerations? - What is the link between urban infrastructure and poverty...

How can we find a balanced approach that encompasses both conservation efforts and technological innovation, since both are crucial for sustainable production? How can environmental sustainability practices best be incentivised at the national and international level? Please join us for a...

Topic: Seminar contributions from any perspective shedding light on knowledge, information and the economy are welcome. Contributions may take the form of the presentation of a paper, presentation of work-in-progress, or an extended discussion of a recent monograph bearing on the topic.

The main aim of the workshop is to discuss and evaluate what makes effective teaching of economics, including lectures; seminars and small-group teaching; assessment and feedback; e-learning; module/unit design; classroom experiments and games. There will also be time at the end of the workshop...

The course concerns the theory and practice of econometric modelling and forecasting in a non-stationary and evolving world, when the model differs from the economic mechanism. The course has been designed for economic researchers in Central Banks and Ministries of Finance. [gemäß den...

The European Workshop on General Equilibrium allows participants to present and be informed of the latest developments in general equilibrium theory and its applications in other areas of economics, such as macroeconomic and monetary theory, public economics, and the theory of finance. Research...

This year’s subject is: International Economics. Topics to be covered will include: - International Trade and Location - Multinational Corporations - Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing - Trade and Industrial Policy - Financial Globalization - Global Imbalances - New Open-Economy...

Papers may be submitted in any area of finance relevant to investment management including, but not necessarily confined to: - Asset allocation and stock selection models - Trading rules and program trading methods - Asset pricing and factor models - Derivatives - Applied financial...