Journal of Financial Econometrics Advance Access originally published online on January 2, 2007
Journal of Financial Econometrics 2007 5(1):184-188; doi:10.1093/jjfinec/nbl013
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This issue of the Journal of Financial Econometrics contains papers that were presented at the (EC)2 conference Econometrics of Financial and Insurance Risks held in Istanbul on December 1517, 2005. Launched in 1990, (EC)2 is an annual series of international conferences on research in quantitative economics and econometrics. The acronym stands for European Conferences of the Econom[etr]ics Community. Its primary aim is to provide a vibrant forum where both senior and junior European researchers in quantitative economics and econometrics can discuss the results and progress of their research. (EC)2 conferences are of relatively small scale (less than 200 participants) and quite intensive. Each year a different topic is selected as the major theme of the conference. A few leading quantitative economists or econometricians are invited as keynote speakers, such as Eric Ghysels, who also acts as co-Guest editor of this issue; the other speakers are selected