Decentralized Finance (DEFI) is changing the financial landscape. What are the consequences on market infrastructures, financial actors, the transmission of monetary policy? Does the concept of "Commons" introduced by Elinor Ostrom, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, offer a relevant...

The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers that work on the intersection of international economics and financial markets. Both empirical and theoretical contributions to the workshop are very welcome. The workshop will take place at the headquarter of the Banque de France in...

The conference will cover a variety of themes related to upcoming macroeconomic risks and the policies needed to tackle them. These topics include (but are not limited to): - Inflation risk and monetary policy ; - Polarization within a monetary union ; - Managing global debt ; - Advances in the...

The conference aims to create a forum for discussion on issues related to the recent patterns of firms’ activity, the organization of production and firm’s financing, as well as their determinants, consequences and implications for policymaking. This year’s conference particularly welcomes...

We welcome submissions of theoretical or empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - Consumption behaviour and the macroeconomy - Firm dynamics and heterogeneity - Monetary and/or fiscal policy in closed or open economy - Expectations formation and information...

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...

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 -...