In response to the financial crisis of 2007-2009, a number of countries are currently reconsidering and changing the setup of their financial supervisory system. In a large number of countries, central banks will be given a more prominent role, in micro- and especially in macro-prudential...

The organizers welcome theoretical and applied papers from a variety of areas, such as competition policy, banking, game theory, political economy, financial economics and fiscal policy. Potential topics include: - Do bank rescue packages have adverse consequences for competition? If banks are...

The course consists of several distinct, but interconnected lectures: · Lecture 1. Simple Models of Policy Interactions: Some Monetary Doctrines · Lecture 2. Fiscal Theory of the Price Level · Lecture 3. Policy Interactions with Tax Distortions · Lecture 4. Fiscal Limits · Lecture 5. Policy...

Topics: - Challenges for monetary policy strategies and operations, - The future of financial globalization, - Financial reform and prospects for a renewed international financial architecture, - Are there limits to the relative size of the financial sector? - What future for the New Keynesian...

Topics would include, but are not limited to: • The implications of securitization and other financial innovation for macroeconomic performance, such as the effectiveness of monetary policy and the amplification (or mitigation) of business cycle shocks. • The role of different institutions...

Topics may include, but are not limited to: • Business cycles and bank credit standards • Macroeconomic conditions, risk taking by banks and procyclicality • Procyclicality of capital requirements and implications for monetary policy • Procyclicality of financial regulation •...

Topics: - forecasting financial markets - economic policy, growth and financial markets - monetary and fiscal policy decision-making - portfolio and asset management - pricing and risk of financial instruments - advances in financial econometrics and statistics - exchange rate and interest rate...

We welcome especially contributions that analyze the interaction between microeconomic financial structures and macroeconomic policies and stability objectives. We seek to attract high quality theoretical and empirical work around five main themes: 1. Contagion 2. Stability effects of...

Topics: - forecasting financial markets - economic policy, growth and financial markets - monetary and fiscal policy decision-making - portfolio and asset management - pricing and risk of financial instruments - advances in financial econometrics and statistics - exchange rate and interest rate...

The objective of the conference is to present the latest research on the determinants of the credit growth in converging economies as well as its effects and policy challenges. The conference is also intended to provide a discussion forum for distinguished academics, central bankers and...