This residential conference at The University of St. Andrews is a gathering of academics, practitioners and researchers who focus on the teaching, research, theory and practice of social, environmental and sustainability accounting and reporting. The spirit of the conference is interdisciplinary...

The GVAR model is a compact model of the world economy designed to explicitly model the economic and financial interdependencies at national and international levels. The training is fully practical and provides 'hands-on' experience through intensive use of exercises on the computer. The...

The topics covered are likely to include: - an overview of aspects of the data justifying an analysis of financial frictions; - different ways of deviating from the frictionless benchmark: - costly state verification - collateral constraints - costly enforcement; - models of financial...

The Economic Research Council is one of Britain's leading economics-based think tanks, dedicated to discuss, dispute, debate and generally seek enlightenment on economic issues of all kinds. Representing Keynes: Michael Kitson is Director of the Management Studies Tripos, University Senior...

The theme of the forthcoming year’s symposium is “Living with Volatility”. This symposium provides a possible opportunity to interact with academics, practitioners and policy-setters and place contributions within the context of the ongoing Global Economic and Financial Crisis. It is hoped...

The lags in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy mean that policymakers must forecast the future path of the economy. Accurate forecasts are only possible with a clear understanding of the structure of the economy and the shocks affecting it. This two-week seminar aims to improve...

Neoliberalism has led to a polarization in the distribution of income and given rise to a finance-led growth model that collapsed in the worst crisis since the 1930s. Wage-led growth has recently been proposed as an alternative policy strategy. It aims at linking wage growth to productivity...

Topic areas: - Political Systems and Institutions - Law and Legal Institutions - Regulation, Public Procurement, and Public Provision - Development and Economic Transition - Historical Analysis of Institutions and Organization - Organization and Markets - Norms, Culture, & Behavior

The following topics are likely to be covered: • the modelling of risk in general equilibrium macroeconomic models; • advances in affine models of risk and term premia; and • incomplete markets and portfolio allocation. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's...