The tentative outline of the course is: 1. The Basic New Keynesian Model 2. Monetary Policy Design in the Basic New Keynesian Model a Baseline Model for Monetary Policy Analysis 3. Extensions of the Basic NK Model(I) 4. Extensions of the Basic NK Model (II) 5. Extensions of the Basic NK Model (III)

Topics: -Measurement, modelling and forecasting of correlation and volatility -Theory and Applications in: Banking; Stock and Bond Markets; Commodity Markets; Derivatives; Corporate Finance; Macroeconomic Modelling; International Finance; Insurance.

Programme: - Data-Based Ranking of Realised Volatility Estimators - Bayesian Forecasting using Stochastic Search Variable Selection in a VAR - Forecasting with Equilibrium-correction Models during Structural Breaks - Forecasting Inflation by an Autoregressive Model with a Shifting Mean - Small...

ISNIE, The International Society for New Institutional Economics was founded to stimulate and disseminate interdisciplinary research on economic, political, and social institutions and their effects on economic activity. ISNIE encourages rigorous theoretical and empirical investigation on these...

There is NO overall conference theme although it is contemplated that one session will be devoted to issues in the history of institutional economics, and at that least one session will focus on methodological, conceptual, and theoretical issues in institutional economics. Papers dealing with...