“Unstable Tsar, Stable Markets? Political Instability as Financial Information in Tsarist Russia,” ASSA Annual Meetings (AEA Session), 5 January 2020.

“Rule of Law: Definitions and Explorations,” Invited keynote, CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research Workshop on Rule of Law, Warsaw, Poland, 4 October 2019

“Burning the Rechtsstaat: Legal Institutions and the Protection of Rule of Law,” WINIR Annual Conference, Lund, Sweden, 20 September 2019.

“Unstable Tsar, Stable Markets? Political Instability as Financial Information in Tsarist Russia,” European Economic Association, Manchester, UK, 26 August 2019.

“Do Poor Institutions Create More Losers from Globalization?” Invited Keynote, Arnoldshain XVI Conference, Bournemouth University, 19 June 2019.

“Rational or irrational?  Financial market responses to terrorism in 19th century Russia,” invited seminar participant, Summer Workshop on the Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Russia, University of Wisconsin, 24 May 2019.

“The New Populist Reality in Developing and Developed Economies,” Invited Keynote, Economics. Finance. Business. Management Conference (EFBM-2019), Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 May 2019.

“Financialization: Right Cause, Wrong Culprit?” Prague Conference on Political Economy, Prague, Czech Republic, 26 April 2019.

“Financialization: Right Cause, Wrong Culprit?” Invited Keynote, 10th International Conference on Currency, Banking and International Finance, Stary Smokovec, Slovak Republic, 4 April 2019.

“Can Legal Institutions Protect the Rule of Law? Loyola University Rule of Law in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Conference, Rome, Italy, 1 February 2019.

“Choices, Challenges and Crises: Economic Reform in Post-Communist Europe,” invited speaker, University of Birmingham Centre For Russian, European and Eurasian Studies Seminar, 4 December 2018.

“The New Populist Reality in Developing and Developed Economies,” invited panelist, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference Extension, “Country and Business Strategies in the Era of De-Globalization for Transition Economies,” Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” Sofia, Bulgaria, 26 September 2018.

“Join the Club: The Reaction of Eurozone Stock Markets to New Members,” 50th Annual Money, Macro, and Finance Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 6 September 2018.

“Short Waves in Hungary, 1923 and 1946: Persistence, Chaos, and (Lack of) Control,” 2nd Annual Conference on Cliometrics and Complexity, Lyons, 5 June 2018

“The (institutional) distance to here: formal and informal institutions and their impact on firm valuation,” invited speaker, UCL SSEES Seminar Series, 9 May 2018.

"Do Poor Institutions Create More Losers from Globalization?" invited speaker, Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia), 10 October 2017.

“Rational or irrational?  Financial market responses to terrorism in 19th century Russia,” WINIR Conference 2017, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 15 September 2017.

“The Impact of Financial Institutions on Property Rights – and the Impact of Institutions on Financial Volatility - in Transition Economies,” Keynote lecture, University of East Anglia – KIMEP Workshop on Property Rights, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 1 September 2017.

“Join the Club: The Reaction of Eurozone Stock Markets to New Members,” European Economics and Finance Society Annual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23 June 2017.

“Flagship Session: Transforming Capitalism to an Inclusive and Sustainable Future,” Invited speaker, Astana Economic Forum, Astana, Kazakhstan, 15 June 2017.

"The Measurement and Impact of Uncertainty," Invited speaker, European Financial Congress, Sopot, Poland, 6 June 2017.

"The Hierarchy of Institutions Reconsidered: Monetary Policy and its Effect on the Rule of Law in Interwar Poland," invited speaker, National Bank of Poland seminar series, 18 January 2017.

“Political Volatility and Capital Markets in Emerging Europe: Formal Change, Informal Tension, and Financial Volatility.” Portsmouth-Fordham Conference on Banking & Finance, Portsmouth, UK, 24 September 2016.

“Central Bank Independence at 40: Can an Institutional Arrangement Defeat Globalization?” Cambridge Journal of Economics 40th Anniversary Conference, Cambridge, UK, July 11, 2016.

“North to Ukraine: Warsaw, Kyiv, and the Divergence of Property Rights,” WINIR Symposium, Bristol, UK, April 5, 2016.

“Financial Innovation: Drivers and Outcomes,” Keynote speech, CASE Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Finance, February 9, 2016.

“Do Quality Institutions Lead to Quality of Life? The Drivers of Environmental and Public Health Outcomes.” Allied Social Science Associations Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA,  January 5, 2016

“Foreign Banks and the Business Environment in Transition: A Cointegration Approach.” 15th International Conference on Finance and Banking, Prague, Czech Republic, October 13, 2015.

“Political Volatility and Financial Markets: Evidence from Transition.” 7th Conference on Economic Challenges in Enlarged Europe, Tallinn, Estonia, June 15, 2015.

“Transition: Institutions, Complexity, and Transformation,” closing lecture, 2nd Annual Macroeconomics Congress, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Warsaw, November 26, 2014.

“EBRD Transition Report 2014: Innovations and Institutions,” Invited discussant, University College London (UCL), November 25th, 2014.

“A Tale of Three Cities: Warsaw, Moscow, Kyiv,” Invited speaker, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Conference on “25 Years of Transformation to a Market Economy in Poland,” Warsaw, November 19, 2014.

“The Impact of Financial Institutions on Property Rights – and the Impact of Institutions on Financial Volatility - in Transition Economies,” Invited speaker, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – Institute for Emerging Market Studies (HKUST-IEMS), Hong Kong, November 4, 2014.

“Policies, Institutions, and Bank Behavior in Transition Economies,” Institute for Economic Studies (IES)-International Network for Economic Research (INFER) Conference, Prague, September 26, 2014

“If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going: Non-linear Effects of Financial Liberalization in Transition Economies,” European Central Bank (ECB) – Emerging Markets Group (EMG) 4th Emerging Markets Group Conference on Emerging Market Finance, London, May 8-9, 2014.

 “The Impact of Liberalization and Institutions on Financial Volatility in Transition Economies:  A GARCH Family Approach,” invited speaker, National Bank of Poland seminar series, February 25, 2014.

“The Impact of Liberalization and Institutions on Financial Volatility in Transition Economies:  A GARCH Family Approach,” Association for Comparative Economic Studies Session, ASSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia 2014.

Discussant, “Does Excessive Liquidity Creation Trigger Bank Failures?” Association for Comparative Economic Studies Session, ASSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia 2014.

“Institutions, Resource Rents, and Cleanliness: The Institutional Basis of Efficiency in Resource-Rich Countries,” Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) Invited Seminar Series, December 6, 2013.

“Institutions, Resource Rents, and Cleanliness: The Institutional Basis of Efficiency in Resource-Rich Countries,” Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) Seminar, November 12, 2013.

“The Next Frontier: Institutional Development and Challenges in Russia,” Conference on “New Directions in Russian Public Policy: A Forum on Russia’s Future,” the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), 25 September 2013.

“The Impact of Liberalization and Institutions on Financial Volatility in Transition Economies:  A GARCH Family Approach”, Conference on "Economic Challenges in Enlarged Europe," 16-18 June 2013, Tallinn, Estonia.

“Financial Liberalization and Crises in Transition Economies: What Have 20+ Years Taught Us?” Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG), University of Innsbruck, Austria, May 10-11, 2013; Chairperson and presenter, International Macroeconomics III session.

“Financial Liberalization and Crises: What Do We Know?” International Conference on the Global Financial Crisis, University of Southampton, UK, April 25-26, 2013. Chairperson, session on Equity Markets; Chairperson and presenter, session on Macroeconomics.

“Financial Liberalization and Crises: What Do We Know?” Higher School of Economics XIV International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2013.

“Institutional Regression in Transition Economies: Playing Follow-the-Leader During the Global Financial Crisis?” Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies (IARCEES) 37th Annual Conference, March 15-16, 2013.

 “Eurasian Integration and Administrative Challenges for Russia,” Presentation to the Russian Customs Academy, Lyubertsy, Russia, February 8, 2013.

 “Opportunities and Threats for Kazakhstan in the Context of Eurasian Integration,” Presentation to Deputy Prime Minister Kairat Kelimbetov of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, January 12, 2013.

“Small is Beautiful: Thoughts on the Optimal Country Size,” Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) Annual Research Forum, Moscow, Russia, December 13, 2012.

“Financial Liberalization and Crises: Lessons from Transition Economies,” Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) Annual Research Forum, Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2012.

“Financial Sector Liberalization and Transition Economies: What Have 20+ Years Taught Us?” Eurasian Business and Economics Society (EBES), Warsaw, Poland, November 2, 2012.

“Kazakhstan’s Economic Outlook in the Context of the Global Economy,” Panelist with Deputy Prime Minister Kairat Kelimbetov of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Business Forum, London, UK, October 18, 2012.

“Financial Sector Liberalization and Transition Economies: What Have 20+ Years Taught Us?” Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) at the New Economic School, Moscow, October 17, 2012.

“Towards a Eurasian Union: Promises and Perils of Greater Integration amongst Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus,” Moscow School of Management –SKOLKOVO Sixth Anniversary Celebration, September 15, 2012.

“Environmental and Public Health Outcomes: An International and Historical Comparison,” Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., June 29, 2000.

“Freedom’s Environmental Rewards,” Lake Arrowhead Conference Center, California, January 2000

“German Foreign and Economic Policy towards the Baltic States in the Context of EU Enlargement,” American Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AAABS) Annual Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, June 1998.