Conferences and seminars

Conferences

The Bank of Finland (Research Unit and BOFIT) and the CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research, London) will jointly host a scientific conference titled Banking in emerging economies. The conference is co-organized by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lally School of Management & Technology (New York).
This topical conference aims at bringing together scholars from the different fields of economics and finance to present and discuss the latest research on banking and financial markets in emerging markets as well as their impact on the rest of the economy.
The programme will be available at the conference site by the end of June.

Bank of Finland Research Seminars

Invited speakers:

Thursday 6 May 2009 13.30–15.00
Prof. Markku Lanne
Helsinki University
Optimal Forecasting of Noncausal Autoregressive Time Series.

Thursday 2 September 2010 13.30–15.00
PhD Erkko Etula
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(Topic TBA).

Thursday 7 October 2010 13.30–15.00
PhD Jirka Slacalek
European Central Bank
(Topic TBA)

BOFIT seminars

Tuesday 4 May 2010 10.30
PhD Asel Isakova
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Currency Substitution in the Economies of Central Asia: How Much Does It Cost?

Tuesday 11 May 2010 10.30
MSc Markus Eller
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
What do Russians think about transition?

Wednesday 12 May 2010 10.30
PhD Zuzana Fungáčová (BOFIT) ja Laurent Weill (University of Strasbourg)
Bank Capital, Liquidity Creation and Deposit Insurance