Special Issue on “Non-traditional amortization plans and new approaches to traditional ones”
Recent developments in banking and finance sectors have stimulated renewed attention on loan amortization plans. Taking into account both the theoretical aspects and the practical relevance of the topic, the guest editors:
Fabrizio Cacciafesta (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy), cacciafesta@uniroma2.it
Lorenzo Peccati (Università Bocconi, Italy), lorenzo.peccati@unibocconi.it
are very pleased to announce a special issue of DEF titled “Non-traditional amortization plans and new approaches to traditional ones”.
The opening date for the special issue is December 15, 2022. The closing date for submissions is March 31, 2023.
Manuscript Submission
Submitted papers should be original works and should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscripts should be prepared in keeping with the Instructions for Authors provided on the Decisions in Economics and Finance homepage:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10203
https://www.springer.com/journal/10203/submission-guidelines
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the journal’s online manuscript submission system at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/deaf/default.aspx
Authors: please select “S.I.: Non-traditional amortization plans and new approaches to traditional ones” when you reach the “Additional Information” step in the submission process.
While ensuring the high quality of the works to be published, the journal will follow an accelerated review process. The first round of referee reports will be completed by September 2023 and the complete special issue should appear in 2024. Upon acceptance, papers will be published online. All papers will be refereed according to the journal’s procedures and standards.
Special issue on “Life Insurance Mathematics and Actuarial Science” dedicated to the memory of Ermanno Pitacco
The guest editors:
Anna Rita Bacinello (Università di Trieste, Italy) bacinel@units.it
Steven Haberman (Bayes Business School, London, UK) s.haberman@city.ac.uk
Patrizia Gigante (Università di Trieste, Italy) patrizia.gigante@deams.units.it
Annamaria Olivieri (Università di Parma, Italy) annamaria.olivieri@unipr.it
Liviana Picech (Università di Trieste, Italy) liviana.picech@deams.units.it
Michael Sherris (UNSW, Sydney, Australia) m.sherris@unsw.edu.au
are pleased to announce a special issue of DEF with contributions dedicated to Ermanno Pitacco (1947-2022), beloved colleague, who was associate editor of DEF and a long-standing member of AMASES.
Ermanno gave many important contributions to actuarial science, with particular regard to life insurance and, more generally, to the insurances of the person. He was strongly involved in disseminating the insurance and actuarial culture, among students, practitioners, young researchers. He was very active in the actuarial community, in Italy and abroad, serving on journal editorial boards and executive committees of actuarial associations, attending international meetings (often as a keynote speaker), and visiting several universities and institutions. This special issue celebrates his commitment in the field of actuarial science and is primarily devoted to papers on life and health insurance. However, contributions on other areas of actuarial science are welcome. The opening date for the special issue is December 15, 2022. The closing date for submissions is May 31, 2023.
Manuscript Submission
Submitted papers should be original works and should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscripts should be prepared in keeping with the Instructions for Authors: https://www.springer.com/journal/10203/submission-guidelines
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the journal’s online manuscript submission system at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/deaf/default.aspx
Authors: please select “S.I.: In Memory of Ermanno Pitacco” when you reach the “Additional Information” step in the submission process.
While ensuring the high quality of the works to be published, the journal will follow an accelerated review process. The first round of referee reports will be completed by September 2023 and the complete special issue should appear in 2024. Upon acceptance, papers will be published online. All papers will be refereed according to the journal’s procedures and standards.
Special issue on “A Bird’s Eye View on Decision Theory and Mathematical Finance”: A Tribute to the Legacy of Erio Castagnoli
The guest editors:
Gino Favero (Università di Parma, Italy) gino.favero@unipr.it
Lorenzo Garlappi (University of British Columbia, Canada) lorenzo.garlappi@sauder.ubc.ca
Paolo Ghirardato (University of Torino, Italy) paolo.ghirardato@unito.it
Marco Li Calzi (Università di Venezia “Ca’ Foscari”, Italy) licalzi@unive.it
Fabio Maccheroni (Università Bocconi, Italy) fabio.maccheroni@unibocconi.it
Paola Modesti (Università di Parma, Italy) paola.modesti@unipr.it
are pleased to announce a special issue of DEF with contributions dedicated to Erio Castagnoli (1943-2019), beloved teacher and colleague, who was one of the founders and early editors of (the previous incarnation of) DEF and a long-standing member of AMASES.
Erio gave many important contributions to decision theory, mathematical finance and applied mathematics more generally. In his tenure as a faculty member at the Università degli studi di Parma and then at the Università Bocconi, he was a fundamental figure in the education of a large group of researchers and scholars, quite a few of which transitioned from the role of student into that of coauthor. This special issue celebrates his educational leadership, and will be primarily devoted to papers written by his students or co-authors, or on topics affine to Erio’s research contributions. The opening date for the special issue is November 1, 2022. Please do not submit for the special issue before that date. The closing date for submissions is January 31, 2023.
Manuscript Submission
Submitted papers should be original works and should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. As mentioned above, either a personal association to Erio or to his research output is a requirement: Please provide details as to association with Erio or to his research in the “Comments” section during submission. The manuscripts should be prepared in keeping with the Instructions for Authors provided on the Decisions in Economics and Finance homepage: http://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/journal/10203
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the journal’s online manuscript submission system at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/deaf/default.aspx.
Authors: please select “S.I.: Tribute to the Legacy of Erio Castagnoli” when you reach the “Additional Information” step in the submission process.
While ensuring the high quality of the works to be published, the journal will follow an accelerated review process. The first round of referee reports will be completed by April 15, 2023 and the complete special issue should appear in the December 2023 volume of the journal. All papers will be refereed according to the journal’s procedures and standards.
Special Issue on “Advances in Optimal Control and Dynamic Games in Economics, Finance and Insurance”
The guest editors:
Salvatore Federico (University of Genova, Italy) salvatore.federico@unige.it
Giorgio Ferrari (Bielefeld University, Germany) giorgio.ferrari@uni-bielefeld.de
Luca Regis (University of Torino, Italy) luca.regis@unito.it
are very pleased to invite you to submit your paper for consideration for this special issue collecting research papers on the recent advances in deterministic and stochastic optimal control problems, as well as N-player and mean-field dynamic games arising in Economics, Finance and Insurance. Applications include, but are not limited to: investment problems, portfolio choice, competitive equilibria, pricing of financial and insurance derivatives, dividend payout, environmental Economics, green Finance, epidemiological models, Energy Finance, robust Finance, risk management, reinsurance, pension funds.
The opening date for the special issue is 01.11.2022. Please do not submit for the special issue before that date. The closing date for submissions is 30.06.2023.
Manuscript Submission
Submitted papers should be original works and should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscripts should be prepared in keeping with the Instructions for Authors provided on the Decisions in Economics and Finance homepage:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10203
https://www.springer.com/journal/10203/submission-guidelines
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the journal’s online manuscript submission system at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/deaf/default.aspx.
Authors: please select “S.I.: Advances in Optimal Control and Dynamic Games in Economics, Finance and Insurance” when you reach the “Additional Information” step in the submission process.
While ensuring the high quality of the works to be published, the journal will follow an accelerated review process. The first round referee reports will be completed by 30.10.2023 and the accepted papers will be available on-line on the journal’s website by February 2024. All papers will be refereed in the usual way.
