Since its inception in 1969, the Banking Research Center (BRC) has
sought to promote scholarly research and stimulate
dialogue between the academic and banking communities. The management and
public regulation of deposit-type financial
institutions has been the primary focus of the Center.
Center
for International Security and Derivative Markets
Housed at UMass Amherst. Supports research and education in international
finance and options, futures etc.
Center for
Research on Contracts and the Structure of the Enterprise
The Center's
aim is to provide a focal point for empirical research on the causes and
consequences of alternative forms of contracting,
governance and organization. The Center supports doctoral research on
contracts, publishes a Working Paper Series for
contracts research, and conducts research programs. The Center is also
involved in developing a library of contracts for
research use.
Financial Markets
Research Center
The Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt University
fosters scholarly research in
financial markets, financial instruments, and financial institutions.
The Center is funded by its members and by outside research grants. Funds
are used to maintain
financial markets data bases and to support the Center's research
projects.
Financial Research Center
Housed at Princeton University. Established in 1967 to encourage the
use of mathematical economics and econometric
methods in financial analysis. The research activities of the center have
been directed toward the study of financial markets and
their interrelationships, commercial banks and other financial
intermediaries, the determinants of firm growth, and the financial
structure of firms. The center maintains a large data bank, which is
accessible to students doing research in the general area of
finance, and members of the staff are available for consultation on
research projects.
Theoretical
Research Institute
Sponsors work on exchange rate target zones.
Indiana
University Center for Real Estate Studies
Founded in 1985, the Center for Real Estate Studies was established
to provide a vehicle
of support for the real estate industry. The Center's goals are to
facilitate the research
needs of the industry by enhancing exchanges of information and
expertise between the
university and industry, to provide top-quality educational
opportunities that are both
relevant and integrative of different functional areas, and to
increase professionalism in the
industry by disseminating current information and by providing
support to alumni and
students.
Institute
of Banking and Finance
At the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. This institute was
founded in 1989 and its main objective is to develop research and
teaching in the area of banking and financial
management.
It focuses on the relationship of the faculty with the banking and
financial environment.
It ensures the organisation of meetings, seminars and educational
workshops for academics and practitioners.
Leading research studies are undertaken by the faculties. Research
results and seminar insights are provided in the "Cahiers" of the IBFM
(guides for practitioners) and in the Working Papers of the
Institute(results of academic research oriented to academics and
researchers).
Securities
Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific
The Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) is a
strategic alliance between research personnel from five
leading Australian universities, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) ,
the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) and the Australian
Financial Markets Association (AFMA).
Office for the
Study of Private Equity Finance
Located at the University of Michigan
Center
for Applied Security Analysis
Located in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Charles A. Dice
Center for Financial Research
Located in the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University.
Office
for Futures and Options Research
Located at the University of Illinois.
International
Finance and Commodities Institute
The IFCI, located in Geneva, makes a variety of research papers and
information available about the commodities and derivatives industry.
International Financial Services
Research Center
Located at the Sloan School of Management, MIT.
Olsen &
Associates Research Institute for Applied Economics
Salomon
Center
The Salomon Center at the Stern School of Business, New York
University supports faculty research at NYU, sponsors educational seminars
for the securities industry and releases cases and working papers.
Union Bank of Switzerland Technology Lab
UBILAB is the corporate information technology innovation center of Union Bank of
Switzerland. It pursues a small number of
attractive, highly competitive research projects with the aim of maintaining the status of
a recognized research institution.
