ISINI's 7th International Congress took place in Lille, FRANCE, from August 20-23, 2003. ISINI was founded in 1988 and is a society composed of scholars in economics, finance, and business from over 60 countries seeking to promote relevant research on current world problems. The conference was hosted by Lille Graduate School of Management (Group ESC Lille) and co-chaired by Professors Ephraim Clark and Pascal Grandin. The objective of the conference is to bring together academics and scholars from all over the world to focus on timely economic and financial issues. Previous conferences were held in Paris, France; Athens, Greece; Boston, Massachusetts; Maastricht, the Netherlands; Mexico City, Mexico; and Miami FL, USA. This congress will feature competitive sessions on theoretical, applied and analytical studies on a wide variety of subjects in Economics and Finance.

THEMES: Topics include but are not limited to: Financial markets and instruments, securities pricing, emerging markets, sustainable development, international capital flows, country/political risk, foreign direct and portfolio investment, corporate governance, credit risk, monetary policy and investment theory, financial liberalization and innovation, sovereign debt issues, structural policies and economic adjustment, open economies issues, economic and financial globalization and integration, crisis and contagion effects, country and comparative studies, economic history, development, political economy, prospective studies, and transition economies and their problems.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dilip K Ghosh
Rutgers University,
The University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Jaap Spronk
ERASMUS University, Rotterdam

 

BEST PAPERS AWARD

Best paper in International finance
Offered by Thomson Learning, Ltd

Best paper in Financial Management
Offered by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM