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With the onset of the financial crisis, disentangling the effects of loan demand and supply in contemporary banking research has become vital for a proper assessment of supply‐related banking shocks. These shocks may negatively affect the real economy through many channels, such as the lending channel of monetary policy transmission, the bank risk‐taking channel or the evaluation of macroprudential policy efficiency. All these rely on separating the two lending components. Empirical identification has largely relied on the use of demand‐related fixed effects, which has also been applied in several analyses within this symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report from an April 7-8, 2016 conference in Tübingen, Germany on the history of financial crises and stock market crashes. Topics of presentations delivered include the 1720 "Mississippi" speculation bubble and crash in Paris, France, the role of time in business crisis management and risk management, and the characterization of the 1857 financial crisis as the first global economic crisis.

The article presents a report from an October 8-9, 2015 conference in Zürich, Switzerland on financial market regulation and speculation in the early modern and modern eras. Topics of presentations delivered include monetary and bank crises prior to the introduction of the gold standard, self-regulation of competition in the early 20th-century banking industry, and organizational structures of stock corporations and publicly traded corporations in Nazi Germany.

The article presents a report from an October 8-9, 2015 conference in Zürich, Switzerland on the early modern and modern history of financial markets and speculation. Topics of presentations delivered include banking and monetary crisis prior to the introduction of the gold standard, self-regulation of competition in the early 20th century banking industry, and organizational structures of stock corporations in Nazi Germany.

Information on Ökologie und Ökonomie. Zur Geschichte einer Beziehung, a conference that was held at Universität Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany from November 13-14, 2015 is presented. Topics discussed include dam projects in Latin America, economic-ecological crises in 20th century and environmental policy of West Germany. The symposium featured several historians including Sabine Sauter, Frederik Schulze and Thomas Barth.

The article presents the text of a speech given by Matt Seybold in January 2014 as part of the "Chronicling Financial Crisis" panel held at the Modern Language Association Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Topics of the speech include the benefits of financial crisis in exposing the delusion of fiscal meritocracy, the flaws of rational market theory and random walk hypothesis and the analysis of the causes of financial crises.

Information about topics discussed at the 10th Aegean Seminar held in Syros Island, Greece on September 5-8, 2012 is presented. The theme of the seminar is outlined which focused on economic and political crises. A roundtable discussion on regional development theories held during the seminar is highlighted.

The article offers information about the Indiana Law Review Symposium on "Law and the Financial Crisis" held on April 5, 2013. Topics discussed include role of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) of 1999 in regulating the financial activities after the financial crisis, role of the insurance companies in dealing with the financial securities and role of the banks in using the mortgages and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) before, during and after financial crisis.

The article offers information about the "Symposium on Law and the Financial Crisis" held at Robert H. McKinney School of Law, the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana from April 4-5, 2013. Topics discussed include role of law in initiating financial crisis, efficiency of laws in regulating the financial crisis and views of the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cincinnati, Ohio-based financial services Fifth Third Bancorp Kevin T. Kabat on the global financial crisis.

El artículo discurre sobre la conferencia económica conocida como el G20, la cual tuvo lugar en Los Cabos, México, en 2008. Los autores comentan sobre los temas centrales de la conferencia, incluyendo la crisis financiera global de este año. También se considera la interacción económica internacional y las políticas relacionadas con la economía global.

The article reports on a conference on debates about economic crises in Germany since 1973, held in Trier, Germany, from March 7-9, 2012. Topics of discussion included the use of critical discourse analysis to examine political discussions about the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 and the Eurozone Crisis, the representation of economic crises in film, and the historical semantics of social and economic conditions in Germany.

The article presents information on a symposium titled "The Color of the Economic Crisis: Exploring the Downturn from the Bottom Up" held in Denver, Colorado, in October 2010. It informs that the global financial crisis that began in 2008 affected subordinated communities in the U.S. It also informs that the papers presented in the symposium focused on approaches to consider the impact of the economic crisis.

Information about the conference "Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific Islands," held in Singapore on January 6-7, 2009 is presented. Topics include social policies and protection for child labor, nutrition and education affected by financial crisis. The meeting was participated with United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

The theme of this conference is the evolution of telescopes over the last 400 years. I present my view on what the major leaps of technology have been, and attempt to predict what new technologies could come along in the next 50 years to change the way we do astronomy and help us make new discoveries. Are we approaching a peak of innovation and discovery, and will this be followed by a slow decline? Or are there prospects for even further technology leaps and consequent new discoveries? Will global resource and financial crises bring an end to our great ambitions, or will we continue with bigger telescopes and more ambitious space observatories? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current global economic crisis is historically unprecedented in that it began when poor groups in the United States defaulted on their mortgage-payments and spread fear of 'toxic debt' through an internationalised financial system, bringing the banking system close to collapse and highlighting the very individualised nature of contemporary financial relations. The symposium explores contemporary finance and banking practices in the context of Marxist political economy seeking to develop the notion of financialisation and arguing that banks' increasing reliance on individual households as a source of profits amounts to a form of financial expropriation or additional profit generated in the sphere of circulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at the Global Social Policy Forum is presented. Topics include the impact of global economic crisis on Asian countries, children's health and education, as well as government policies that concern on the condition of the economy. It also cites the efforts of UNICEF in dealing with the economic conditions.

The article discusses a panel discussion held in 2013 about financial system and economic crisis. Among the panel members who offered their insights about the topics include David Tuckett, Joachim von Weissenberg, and Anna Christopoulos. In addition, Tuckett features his book "Minding the Markets: An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability," in which he discusses interviews with successful finance managers before the economic crisis in 2007.

Information on the topic "Rethinking African Economic Policy in Light of the Global Economic and financial Crisis" discussed at a meeting held December 6-8, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. As stated, the objective of the meeting was to respond to the threats of the financial crises on Africa's growth and development. Information of several sets of papers discusses at the meeting is also discussed.