1/2010

Events

Conferences:

The 6th annual DYNARE Conference will be held in Helsinki on June 3–4, 2010. The conference is organised by the Bank of Finland together with DSGE-net and the Dynare project at the CEPREMAP. The DYNARE conference will feature the work of the leading scholars in dynamic macroeconomic modelling and provide an excellent opportunity to present your own research results. The plenary speakers will be Fabio Canova (Pompeu Fabra University) and Tom Sargent (New York University). Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2010.

Bank of Finland Research Seminars:

Fri 5 Feb 2010
Prof. Jaume Ventura
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CREi)
Theoretical Notes on Bubbles and the Current Crisis

Tues 16 Feb 2010 at 13.00
Dr. Richard Clarida
Columbia University & PIMCO
Currency Carry Trades

Thurs 4 Mar 2010
Ph.D. Student Qinwei Wang
University of Cambridge
Heterogeneous Expectations, Learning and Monetary Policy Rules in a Two-Country Model

Thurs 8 Apr 2010
Ph.D. Samuel Reynard
Swiss National Bank
Modelling Monetary Policy

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 3 Feb 2010 10.30
Linlin Niu
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and BOFIT
An Affine Term Structure Model with Auxiliary Stochastic Volatility-Covolatility for banking services: What Determines the fees?

Tues 18 Feb 2010 14.00
Tania De Renzis
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and BOFIT
Performance Pricing Provisions in Bank Loans in Transition Economies

For further information please visit the seminar site http://www.bof.fi/bofit_en/tutkimus/seminaarit/tiistai. Please register in advance via Liisa Mannila (firstname.lastname@bof.fi, + 358 10 8312268).