Game theory studies strategic interaction in competitive and cooperative environments. Half a century old, it has already revolutionized economics, and is spreading rapidly to a wide variety of fields. Every fours years the Society hosts its World Congress. The first was held in Bilbao, Spain in...

The conference, which will highlight threats to the security of the payments system and explore solutions to those challenges, will cover such topics as: - Identifying security issues in the retail payments system; - Preventing and containing payments fraud; - Allocating losses when payments...

At the 2007 Bank Structure Conference, a number of speakers warned of forthcoming problems in mortgage markets and in credit markets more generally. In August 2007, markets began to seize up with adverse effects originating in the subprime mortgage markets quickly spilling over to alternative...

Topics: - Market power and anticompetitive behavior, - Comparing and contrasting structural change in the U.S., the European Union and Asia, - Efficient scale, synergies and productive efficiency at financial institutions, - Supply of credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), - Market-based...

This year's theme is Globalization and Systemic Risk and will address the current landscape of cross-border banking activity, how systemic risk may be enhanced or contained by globalization, the potential sources of systemic risk (particularly banks, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge...

The goals of the conference are to examine R&D from a midwestern perspective, explore the implications of R&D for industry growth and discuss the influence of government R&D policies on industries and rural development.

From 1990 to 2006, the International Summer Festival on Game Theory at Stony Brook has been a renowned academic gathering of researchers from all over the world. This year we continue that tradition, this time as a part of the Game Theory Society activities. We welcome you to "The Stony Brook...

From 1990 to 2006, the International Summer Festival on Game Theory at Stony Brook has been a renowned academic gathering of researchers from all over the world. This year we continue that tradition, this time as a part of the Game Theory Society activities. We welcome you to "The Stony Brook...

From 1990 to 2004, the International Conference on Game Theory at Stony Brook has brought together both young and upcoming, as well as established, researchers for a week of intense activity. Talks focus on the theory as well as its applications. We would also like to encourage the submission...