The conference organisers welcome submissions of a theoretical or empirical nature. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Debt consolidation, fiscal rules, debt sustainability, sovereign debt crises and default; 2. Fiscal and monetary policy in a liquidity trap, financial...

In the wake of the financial and banking crisis, virtually all industrialized countries have experienced a very severe economic recession during the years 2008 and 2009, sometimes referred to as the Great Recession. Several stylized facts have been put forward during this Great Recession such as...

The main objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers in the field of economics to discuss new developments in asset pricing. We would welcome the submission of papers on the following themes: - Liquidity risk and supply and demand effects - OTC markets and counterparty risk -...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

Topics: 1. The Euro Debt crisis - Sovereign default, bailouts and moral hazard in a monetary union - Real and nominal convergence in a monetary union - Fiscal dimensions of regional and global financial crises - The political economy of debt crises and policy responses 2. The global economy...

Conference Programme: - Fiscal policy in a currency union - Sustainable fiscal policy within a currency union - The dynamics of sovereign debt crises in a monetary union - Public debt and changing inflation targets - Unresolved fiscal stress and uncertainty in inflation targets - Optimal...

Conference Programme: - Fiscal policy and the great recession in the euro area - Fiscal policy, default risk and euro area sovereign bond spread - Classical time-varying FAVAR models: estimation, forecasting and structural analysis - When is quantitative easing effective? - Exit strategies -...