Conferences and seminars:
The presentations for the recent conference 'Innovation and Intellectual Property in Financial Services' are available on the conference site at http://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/tutkimus/konferenssit/aiemmat_konferenssit/cepr2008.This annual Bank of Finland Research and CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) conference was this time arranged jointly with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
In March 2009 the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) will host an international seminar on the long-term growth potential of the Russian and Chinese economies. The call for papers will be posted soon on the conference website at http://www.bof.fi/bofit_en/tutkimus/tyopajat/tyopajat.
On 4–5 June 2009, the Research Unit and SUERF (Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières) will jointly host a conference in Helsinki. The conference will focus on housing markets. The call for papers will open by the end of the year 2008 at http://www.bof.fi/en/tutkimus/konferenssit.
Bank of Finland Research Seminars:
Thurs 6 Nov.2008 13.30–15.00
Prof. Matti Suominen, Helsinki School of Economics:
"Arbitrage Capital and Currency Carry Trade Returns"
Thurs 4 Dec.2008 13.30–15.00
Ph.D. Christian Haefke, Institute for Advanced Studies :
"Wage Rigidity and Job Creation"
Thurs 8 Jan.2009 13.30–15.00
Ass. Prof. Yrjö Koskinen, Boston University
Please register in advance via Marjut Salovuori at seminars@bof.fi. For further information visit the seminar site at http://www.bof.fi/en/tutkimus/konferenssit/tutkimusseminaarit/.
BOFIT seminars:
Tues.4 Nov 2008, 10.30
Zuzana Fungáčová, BOFIT and CERGE-EI, Prague:
"Determinants of bank interest margins in Russia: Does bank ownership matter?"
Tues 18 Nov 2008, 10.30
Chun-Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology:
"Market structure, welfare and banking reform in China"
Please register in advance via Liisa Mannila (firstname.lastname@bof.fi, + 358 10 8312268). For further information visit the seminar site http://www.bof.fi/bofit_en/tutkimus/seminaarit/tiistai/seminaarit.htm
Science Night, 8 January 2009 – 'Evolution':
The Bank of Finland will once again be participating in the biennial Science Night to be held on 8 January 2009. Presentations on this year's topic, 'evolution', will be given in Finnish by the Bank's researchers and economists between 5 and 10 pm at the Bank of Finland Museum on Snellmaninkatu. For more information please visit the Science Forum website at http://www.tieteenpaivat.fi/engl.html. Information will also be posted on the Bank's website later this year. |