8th Annual Paul Woolley Centre Conference

The Eighth Annual Conference took place at the LSE on 4-5 June 2015.

Irrational Exuberance: as relevant as ever

Speaker: Professor Robert J Shiller (Nobel prize winner and best selling author)

Masterclass series: Static and Dynamic Portfolio Theory and Applications

Tutor: Dr William T. Ziemba (University of British Columbia)

The Root of All Good - Public Lecture

Speaker: Andrew Palmer (Head of Data Journalism, The Economist)
Chair: Dr Andrea Vedolin (Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and...

Integrating financial stability and monetary policy analysis

Speaker: Øystein Olsen, Governor of Norges Bank
Discussant: Dr Sushil Wadhwani CBE, Wadhwani Asset Management LLP

Masterclass series: Risky Strategic Interactions and the Emergence of Stationary Network Dynamics

Tutors: Prof Frank Page (Indiana University) and Jieshuang He (Indiana University)

Bank Culture and Financial Reform: What Works?

Organiser: Daniel Beunza (Department of Management / SRC)

Research Frontiers in Law, Finance and Governance

Organisers: Eva Micheler (Department of Law/ LFMP/ SRC, LSE) and Katharina Pistor (Columbia Law School).

The Law, Finance and the Abyss - Public Lecture

Speakers: Julia Black (LSE), Jon Danielsson (SRC), Charles Goodhart (LSE) and Katharina Pistor (Columbia Law School)

Dialogue on creating an EU Capital Markets Union

A dialogue on the benefits of creating, as well as the steps which can be taken to deliver, a well-functioning European Capital Markets Union.

Masterclass series: Heavy Tails & Extreme Value Theory and Market Risk & Systemic Risk

Tutor: Prof Casper G. de Vries (Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam)

The Butterfly Defect - Public Lecture

Speaker: Prof Ian Goldin (Director, Oxford Martin School) 
Discussant: Prof Danny Quah (Professor of Economics and International Development, LSE)
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Masterclass series: Risk Management Issues in Central Counterparty Clearing

Tutors: Priyanka Malhotra (Bank of England) and Pedro Gurrola (Bank of England).

A Conversation on Central Banking

Speakers: Sir Alan Budd GBE, Lord Mervyn King

Making markets fair and effective - Public Lecture

Speaker: Dr Minouche Shafik (Bank of England)

Perspectives on Systemic Risk

Organisers: Jon Danielsson (SRC) and Eva Micheler (Department of Law, LSE)