Applied sessions on the challenges in investment banking -Marco Illy, Credit Suisse -Walter Braegger, UBS -Felix Oegerli, Zurich Cantonal Bank -Charles Murphy, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York Research sessions on recent developments in corporate governance -Marco Becht, University...

Topics: - The connection between funding liquidity, market liquidity and arbitrage trading during the recent financial crisis; - What is the role of arbitrage trading? Is it stabilizing or de-stabilizing financial markets? - Which are the causes and consequences of asset prices distortions and...

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: - Debt and sovereign risk: How to measure sovereign risk, public debt sustainability, sovereign risk premia, sovereign credit ratings; - Contagion in...

Es werden Länderberichte zu den Themen: "Organisatorische Aspekte" , "Finanzielle Aspekte" und "Prozessorganisatorische und verfassungsrechtliche Aspekte" mit vielen hochkarätigen Referenten referiert. Die Tagung endet mit einem Schlusspodium zum Thema „Zwischen zwei Welten? - Was erwarten...

The demographic development of many industrialized countries has motivated a tightening in public pension benefits and eligibility rules; confronted with less generous social security systems, senior citizens are asked to take active and complex decisions in order to guarantee their living...

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...

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...

One outcome of the recent crisis has been further consolidation of the global banking system. There are economic reasons for anticipating economies of scale in banking. Size and scope can be used to diversify risks. Aside from diversification, there may be technical and relationship lending...

The organizing committee of this small, informal conference invites submissions of high quality theoretical or empirical research papers on financial intermediation.