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------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- To: "SNDE Mailing List" <SNDE(a)fas-econ.rutgers.edu> Subject: fwd: ERN Professional Announcements Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:31:01 -0500 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 293 Both of the announcements here may be of interest. ____________________________________________________________ E C O N O M I C S R E S E A R C H N E T W O R K P R O F E S S I O N A L A N N O U N C E M E N T S October 23, 1997 (146,235 served to 12,339 ERN subscribers in 70+ countries) Publisher: The Economics Research Network (ERN) a division of Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc., (SSEP, Inc.) and Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Copyright: SSEP, Inc. 1997. All rights reserved. YOU MAY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT During the start-up phase, SSEP provides permission to redistribute ERN Professional Announcements. No one may charge for redistribution, and the issue must be distributed in its entirety. 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T A B L E of C O N T E N T S ____________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS * Risk Theory Society 1998 Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia CALL FOR PAPERS * 1998 International Meeting of the Society for Computational Economics, Cambridge, UK ____________________________________________________________ E R N Information * Administrative Information for ERN Missing Issues & Change of Address Submission of Announcements * Complimentary Trial Subscriptions to ERN and SSRN's Affiliated Networks ERN does not endorse or warrant any product, service or notice listed in our announcements and assumes no liability regarding these products, services, and notices. When answering queries, please say you saw it on ERN. ____________________________________________________________ P R O F E S S I O N A L Announcements CALL FOR PAPERS Risk Theory Society 1998 Annual Meeting April 17-19, 1998 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia The Risk Theory Society will be holding its annual Seminar on April 17-19, 1998 at the University of Georgia. ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: The Risk Theory Society is a group of economists, financial economists, and actuaries that undertake theoretical and applied research in the broad area of insurance economics, financial economics related to the insurance industry, and actuarial science. Membership in the society is earned by presenting a paper at the yearly Risk Theory Society. PAPER PRESENTATION: The Risk Theory Society invites interested parties to submit a paper. Authors of selected papers present their research to the members in a seminar setting. Historically, the seminar has been thought provoking and its "no holds barred" approach has allowed for rigorous discussion of an author's findings. PAPER SUBMISSION/DEADLINE: Five page abstracts (or a rough draft of a paper) on any relevant topic are due by December 15th to: CONTACT: Dr. Richard J. Butler Center of Industrial Relations University of Minnesota 271 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: 612-624-0581 Fax: 612-624-8360 E-Mail: MAILTO:rbutler@csom.umn.edu The program committee will notify successful authors by January 15th. Papers must be completed by March 15th. Financial support for travel (North American portion only) for one author per paper is available. For more information, please contact Professor Butler. ________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Volatility Analysis, Risk and the Range Process Session to be held at the 1998 International Meeting of the Society for Computational Economics Cambridge, UK June 29-July 1st 1998 SCOPE: Volatility measurement and estimation and its relationship to risk analysis are assuming an increased importance in finance and economics. This session seeks papers and presentations that deal with such problems. PAPERS: Some of the papers to be presented include at this time : P. Vallois & C.S. Tapiero: R/S Analysis and the Estimation of Volatility. F. Longin: VaR and Extreme Values. J.P. Indjehagopian: A review of Stochastic Volatility Models. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE/DEADLINES: Authors wishing to make contributions are invited to contact C.S. Tapiero (Tapiero(a)edu.essec.fr) below according to the following deadlines. 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