Month: January 2020

Debtcon4: The 4th Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference

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CfP Deadline Date:February 28, 2020 t.b.a. Conference Event:September 7-8, 2020 postponed to 2021 Event Location:Florence, Italy Organizer(s):European University Institute The objective of DebtCon4 is to discuss state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on sovereign debt and related policy issues, and to foster interaction among academics, senior policymakers, supervisors, industry representatives and other practitioners. The conference will include both[…]

January 2020: 8 Research Fellowship positions “Long-Term Investors@UniTo”

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LTI@UniTO is a think tank established as a joint initiative of the Università di Torino and of the major Italian market players in long term financing. Through the Fellowship program, LTI@UniTO aims to foster research in long-term investing and to assess its features, perspectives, contribution to growth and stability. The think tank supports independent research[…]

1st London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop

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CfP Deadline Date: March 1st, 2020 Conference Event: June 5th, 2020 will be rescheduled, dates t.b.a. Event Location: Cass Business School, London, England Organizer(s): Thorsten Beck (Cass Business School, CEPR & CESifo), Orkun Saka (University of Sussex, LSE & SRC) and Paolo Volpin (Cass Business School, CEPR & ECGI) Cass Business School and the Systemic Risk Centre at the London[…]

January 2020: New VoxEU Column – Spillovers and the optimal design of macroprudential measures: Evidence from Switzerland

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Targeted macroprudential policies may spill across sectors, but this does not mean that they are ineffective. This column shows how the effects of a countercyclical capital buffer designed to curb house price growth in Switzerland spilled over into commercial lending. But a model that matches the uncovered spillovers in volumes and interest rates shows that[…]

Labor and Corporate Finance – Review of Financial Economics Special Issue

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CfP Deadline Date: April 15, 2020 Review of Financial Economics Special Issue: Labor and Corporate Finance Guest Editor: David Mauer, Torrence E. Hemby, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC at Charlotte Labor is an important factor in corporate finance. There is a growing interest in examining how labor influences and helps shape corporate policies, including[…]

January 2020: World Bank “Global Economic Prospects – Slow Growth, Policy Challenges”

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Global Outlook: Fragile, Handle with Care. Global growth is expected to recover to 2.5 percent in 2020—up slightly from the post-crisis low of 2.4 percent registered last year amid weakening trade and investment—and edge up further over the forecast horizon. This projected recovery could be stronger if recent policy actions—particularly those that have mitigated trade[…]

8th Research Conference of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

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CfP Deadline Date: February 1, 2020 Conference Event: March 30 – 31, 2020 Event Location: Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia Organizer(s): National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (NBRNM) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) In light of the prolonged global recovery and lingering monetary policy accommodation in the advanced economies, next year’s Conference[…]

8th Research Conference of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

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CfP Deadline Date: February 1, 2020 Conference Event: March 30 – 31, 2020 Event Location: Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia Organizer(s): National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (NBRNM) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) In light of the prolonged global recovery and lingering monetary policy accommodation in the advanced economies, next year’s Conference[…]