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). |