FER News and Announcements

2008 Annual Meeting

Site: Glen Cove Mansion Resort, Glen Cove, Long Island, NY

Dates: July 12-14

Topic: Securitization and credit-ratings under fire: Causes, effects and policy lessons.

Discussion Leaders: Ed Kane (chair), Ed Altman, Dick Herring, Charles Goodhart

2007 Annual Meeting

Site: San Diego Hilton Resort on Mission Bay, San Diego, California

Dates: July 14-16

Topic: The Global Competitiveness of U.S. Capital Markets

Discussion Leaders: Elroy Dimson, Franklin Edwards, Thomas Ho, Kenneth Scott

FER at work

2007 Meeting

The Global Competitiveness of U.S. Capital Markets

San Diego Hilton Resort on Mission Bay, San Diego, California

2006 Annual Meeting

Site: Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H.
Dates: July 9-10, 2006

Topic: Designing the Optimal Defined Contribution Pension Plan

Discussion Leaders: Marshall Blume, Charles Goodhart, Robert Shiller

FER at work

2006 Meeting

Designing the Optimal Defined Contribution Plan

Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N.H.

Executive Director George Kaufman, Drafting Committee: Marshall Blume, Charles Goodhart, and Robert Shiller

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2005 Annual Meeting

Site: The Lodge at Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
Dates: July 10-11, 2005
Topic: Regulating Hedge Funds
Discussion Leaders: Frank Edwards, Ken Scott, Rob Stambaugh, and Jim VanHorne 

2005 Meeting

Regulating Hedge Funds

The Lodge at Sonoma, Sonoma, CA

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2004 Annual Meeting

Site: Queens Landing Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
Dates: July 11-12, 2004
Topic:"Accounting for Corporate Pensions"
Discussion Leaders: George Benston, Elroy Dimson, Dennis Logue, Katherine Schipper and Jeremy Siegel
Statement: In progress

2004 Meeting
Accounting for Corporate Pensions
Queens Landing Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada

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FER in the press

2003 Meeting
The Controversy Over Executive Compensation
Hotel Listel in Vancouver, Canada

Newspapers and News Wires Publications:

The Wall Street Journal, 11/24/03
The Wall Street Journal Europe, 11/24/03
The Asian Wall Street Journal, 11/25/03
The Globe and Mail (Canada), 11/24/03
The Washington Times (UPI article), 11/24/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/28/03
Corporate Weekly Digest, 12/5/03
Dow Jones News Wire, 11/24/03
United Press International, 11/24/03

2003 Meeting
The Controversy Over Executive Compensation
Hotel Listel in Vancouver, Canada

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2002 Meeting
The Crisis in Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Governance
Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal Canada

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2001 Meeting
The Structure of Exchanges and Markets
        Grand Summit Hotel , Park City Utah  

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2000 Meeting
Undoing the Damage
Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods

FER Members in Gold Room

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FINANCIAL ECONOMISTS ROUNDTABLE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE:
George G. Kaufman
Loyola University Chicago
820 North Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Tel: 312-915-7075
Fax: 312-915-8508
gkaufma@luc.edu

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