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2014

Jaume Belles-Sampera awarded by the Catalan Society of Economy.

SCE Oct. 08 2014: Jaume Belles-Sampera has received the 2014 "Ferran Armengol i Tubau" award for his outstanding contributions to the development of new risk measures under the perspective of insurance regulation.

The prize aims to distinguish excellence in research of insurance and risk management. It is awarded every three years by the Catalan Society of Economy to a contribution, thesis or study of insurance, from an economic, legal, historical, social and financial persective. The Institute of Catalan Studies also contributes to the dissemination of findings on pensions and retirement to the society. A ceremony is announced on October 27^th. For more information, follow this link.

Miguel Santolino participates in the XVII Applied Economics Meeting.

Alde June. 6 2014: Miguel Santolino has participated in the XVII Applied Economics Meeting, held in Gran Canarias.

Miguel Santolino presented the working paper entitled "The dynamics of one-sided incomplete information in motor disputes", coauthored by M. Ayuso and Ll. Bermudez, in the XVII Applied Economics Meeting.

The Applied Economics Meetings, promoted by the Asociación Libre de Economía (ALdE) and the Revista de Economía Aplicada (REA), are conceived as a channel to disseminate and discuss research works that deepen the knowledge of reality through the use of applied economic analysis.

UB riskcenter working paper series launched and available at RePEc.

portada2 Apr. 25 2014: Our working paper series is now available at RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)-IDEAS, a decentralized bibliographic database maintained by volunteers.

IDEAS is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. Over 1,500,000 items of research can be browsed or searched, and over 1,300,000 can be downloaded in full text. Our series of working papers is listed as a collection attached to UB riskcenter, which is among 25% best institutions in among the top 25% institutions in this region with members registered and ranked in th eRePEc Author Service. For more information, follow this link.

Seminar by Visiting Professor Svein-Arne Persson: "Why bankers are boring".

SveinArne Mar. 12 2014: Prof. Persson is visting in February and March. His research is "Why bankers are boring: Asset substitution (risk shifting) and incentives for banks". Seminar held at 12.30pm Room 4224. For more information, follow this link.

Mercedes Ayuso joins the Institute of Pensions from BBVA Research.

Mercedes1 Jan. 2014: Mercedes Ayuso has been appointed member of the forum of experts for the BBVA Institute of Pensions, which will be sponsored by BBVA research.

This forum will conduct research on social security systems with a solid academic background. The Institute will also contribute to the dissemination of findings on pensions and retirement to the society and will help to clarify the financial and demographic insights of existing pension schemes. Other distinguished members are Jose Antonio Herce, Robert Holzmann, Javier Diaz Jimenez and Jorge Bravo. For more information, follow this link.

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