The Research Unit of the Bank of Finland will jointly host a conference with SUERF (Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières) on 21–22 September at the Bank of Finland. The topic will be ‘Financial Markets, Innovation and Growth’. The objective of this conference is to present new high-quality research on how improvements and integration in the financial markets contribute to innovations in all sectors of the economy and thereby to economic growth opportunities. The programme will be updated in early autumn on the conference site. On 1–2 November, the Research Unit and CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) will jointly host an international conference for the eighth time. The topic will be ‘Expectations and Business Cycle Dynamics’. Papers are invited in particular on
- News, perceptions and shocks to expectations and business cycles
- Expectations formation and shock propagation
- Behavioural biases, alternative expectations formation mechanisms and optimal monetary policy
- Deviations from rational expectations and quantitative business cycle modelling.
The call for papers is open until 15 August and is available on the conference site. In recent years the Russian and Chinese economies have grown rapidly. At the same time, their importance for the global economy has increased, and they have become more and more integrated with the global economy. On 11-12 December 2007 the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) will host a research seminar devoted to this integration process and its consequences. The call for papers is open until 19 October 2007 and is available on the conference site.
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