Springer Contemporary Trends and Challenges in Finance: Proceedings from the 2nd Wroclaw International Conference in Finance (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

This book contains a selection of the contributions presented at the conference. The articles reflect the extent, diversity and richness of research areas in the field, both fundamental and applied finance. The target audience of these proceedings includes researchers at universities and research and policy institutions, graduate students and practitioners in economics, finance and international economics in private or government institutions. From the Back Cover This book contains a selection of the contributions presented at the conference. The articles reflect the extent, diversity and richness of research areas in the field, both fundamental and applied finance. The target audience of these proceedings includes researchers at universities and research and policy institutions, graduate students and practitioners in economics, finance and international economics in private or government institutions. About the Author Krzysztof Jajuga is a professor of finance at Wrocław University of Economics, Poland. He  holds master, doctoral and habilitation degree from Wrocław University of Economics, Poland, titular professor given by President of Poland, honorary doctorate from Cracow University of Economics and honorary professorship from Warsaw University of Technology. He carries out research within the area of financial markets, risk management, household finance and multivariate statistics. He published numerous papers and monographs in the area of finance and quantitative methods in economic sciences. He is editor in chief of Argumenta Oeconomica as well as sits on the scientific board of several other scientific journals. Lucjan T. Orlowski is professor of economics and finance at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He also serves as Director of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Finance Program. He was a visiting professor at New York University, University of Bonn, University of Rome III, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Warsaw and others. He served as an advisor to Poland’s Minister of Finance and the National Bank of Poland. His research interests include monetary economics and stability of financial markets and institutions.  He has published over 80 papers, completed work on 3 books and written chapters for 12 edited volumes.  He serves on editorial boards of 8 scientific journals.  He has been awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by Wrocław University of Economics. Karsten Staehr is a professor of international and public finance at the Department of Economics and Finance at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and a part-time research supervisor at Eesti Pank, the central bank of Estonia. He holds a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Copenhagen. He carries out research and policy analysis within international finance, monetary economics, public economics, European integration and comparative economics. Karsten Staehr has published in numerous journals, including European Economic Review, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Review of International Economics and Economics Letters. He is an associate editor of the Baltic Journal of Economics and is on the editorial board of several other journals.