Topics of interest: - Unconventional monetary policies and normalization of the monetary policy and: the pricing of financial assets, the risk taking by banks, the spillover effects to other developed and emerging markets, the financial market liquidity. - Basel III capital and liquidity ratio...

The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss labor markets dynamics and their relation with growth. Topics: - Labor market responses to macroeconomic and policy changes: structure of labor markets, downward wage rigidities, the institutional environment...

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

Topics: - The tradeoff between the speed of fiscal consolidation and the strength of anti-cyclical policy in the current macroeconomic environment and in general, - The roles played by different fiscal policy instruments, - The effects of anti-cyclical policy in theory and in practice, -...

The special theme of this year’s conference is Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship. The thematic sessions include: - The design of social assistance and social insurance policies and their role in promoting human capital investment and improving labor market outcomes especially among...

The conference is intended to address the above-mentioned questions, which are currently at the centre of the policy debate. To this end, papers are solicited in the areas of macroeconomics, banking and finance, including - The role of institutions and interlinkages before and during financial...

In addition to the regular sessions in all fields of labor economics, special sessions on Social Protection and Labor Markets will be featured. The previous global recession has demonstrated the importance of social protection and shown that economic growth alone is insufficient to deal with...

Specific questions are, among others: • Measuring interconnectedness of financial institutions at the national and in-ternational level. • Consequences of financial integration for financial stability and regulation. • Bank regulation and its impact on bank behaviour, competition and...