The purpose of the Forum is to promote the discussion of frontier research on empirical and theoretical issues in International Finance, Banking, and Open Economy Macroeconomics, with a special eye on relevance for monetary policy.

The role of fiscal policy for business-cycle stabilisation and for risk sharing in a monetary union is a matter of interest for both policymakers and academics, especially in view of the financial crisis in Europe of past years. The aim of the conference is to explore this role, accompanied by...

The transmission of monetary policy actions to credit markets is substantially influenced by the changing economic environment. Since the start of the Great Recession, credit markets not only have been the source of macroeconomic disturbances but they have also been instrumental in the...

Submissions are welcome on all topics relating to money markets, monetary policy implementation and central bank operations frameworks, in particular: - optimal design of the implementation framework for conventional/unconventional monetary policy measures; - the evolution of central bank...

Economists and professionals working in related fields are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of economics for presentation at the Congress.

The program of the summer school consists of at least ten 90 minutes lectures and student presentations. Each of the 5 lecturers will talk about topics of his choice in economics. A few additional sessions will be allocated for short student presentations of their own research. In addition,...

We invite papers on any applied or theoretical topic within economics or econometrics.