Theme of the Colloquium: Bankrupt states, (f)ailing banks, angry citizens – a toxic cocktail threatens the European and the world economy. The current global financial, economic and fiscal crisis reveals a complex interplay between states and financial markets: Instability in banking has...

Die Sicherstellung einer zuverlässigen, wirtschaftlichen und umweltverträglichen Energieversorgung ist eine der größten Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Durch die Beschlüsse der Bundesregierung zum Energiekonzept und die beschlossenen Gesetzespakete kommen vielfältige Chancen und...

This symposium explores the role that co-operatives can play in energy generation and ensuring sustainability. The keynote speaker is Pier Angelo Mori, who is a Professor of Economics at the University of Florence and leading expert on power co-operatives. There will be a number of issues...

On Sunday, August 26, 2012, the European System of Central Banks will organize a Day-Ahead Conference prior to the annual meetings of the EEA-ESEM in Malaga, Spain. The conference, to be hosted and sponsored by the Banco de España. We encourage the submission of theoretical or empirical...

Topics: - Differences in mortgage institutions - systemic effects of real estate and liquidity spirals - real estate as an asset class - bubbles in the housing market - hedging of real estate risk - commercial vs. residential real estate - contract theory and real estate

You are encouraged to submit a proposal to present research findings at the 2012 meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA). Papers on any risk or insurance related topic are welcome. Specific subject areas include, but are not limited to, insurance economics, risk management,...

The purpose of this workshop is to further contribute to this theoretical work but also to the empirical and numerical analyses in the field. We will therefore especially invite contributions dealing with - the theoretical analysis of supply reactions to climate policy, - new approaches to...

The following non-exhaustive list of topics would be particular welcome: - Theoretical and empirical analysis of taxes on the financial sector - Analysis of interactions and trade-offs between regulation and taxation - Effects of financial sector taxation on the macro economy and financial...

In most OECD countries the era of long-term care (LTC) has arrived. More than two out of five people aged 65 or older report having some type of functional limitation (sensory, physical, mental, self-care disability, or difficulty leaving home). A few years from now, the ageing trend will...

Auf die Finanzkrise folgte die Staatsschuldenkrise, hektische Lösungsvorschläge der Politik (Rettungsschirme, Fiskalpakt, Eurobonds, Doppelwährungen) führten seit mehreren Jahren zu keiner Beruhigung. Helge Peukert argumentiert, dass nur sehr radikale Fundamentalreformen wie eine...