The annual Bank of Finland Research and CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) conference, this time arranged jointly with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, will be held in October. The topic is 'Innovation and Intellectual Property in Financial Services'. The call for papers is open until 1 June and is available on the conference site http://www.bof.fi/en/tutkimus/konferenssit/tulevat_konferenssit/.
In May, a workshop for invited participants will be held on financial markets in DSGE models, arranged jointly with Simon Gilchrist (Boston University). The workshop planned for August, focussing on frequency domain methods in macroeconomic analysis, has been rescheduled for next year. The workshop will be arranged jointly with Patrick Crowley (Texas A&M University).
The following seminars are open to all interested parties.
Bank of Finland Research Seminars:
Thurs. 8 May 2008, 13.30–15.00
Prof. Charles M. Kahn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & Bank of England
Endogenous Financial Fragility
Thurs. 4 Sept 2008, 13.30–15.00
Ass. Prof. Antonella Trigari
Bocconi University
Thurs. 2 Oct 2008, 13.30–15.00
Gyöngyi Lóránth, PhD
University of Cambridge
Please register in advance via Marjut Salovuori at seminars@bof.fi. For further information visit the seminar site.
BOFIT seminars:
Tues. 6 May 2008, 10.30
Sheraz Ahmed
Svenska Handelshögskolan & BOFIT
Corporate ownership, country characteristics and informativeness of earnings in transitional Europe
Tues. 27 May 2008, 10.30
Iikka Korhonen
BOFIT
China in the world economy: Dynamic correlation analysis of business cycles
Tues. 3 June 2008, 10.30
Laurent Weill
Université Robert Schuman & BOFIT
Is corruption an efficient grease? A cross-country aggregate analysis
Wed. 11 June 2008, 10:30
Elena Fedorova and Mika Vaihekoski (Lappeenranta University of Technology)
Global and local sources of risk in Eastern European emerging stock markets
Tues. 17 June 2008, 10:30
Tuuli Koivu (BOFIT)
Credit channel in China
Please register in advance via Liisa Mannila (firstname.lastname@bof.fi, + 358 10 8312268). For further information visit the seminar site. |