Theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Topics: - changes in wage, price and output dynamics and correlations over the business cycle - impact of medium-run macro and financial trends on the natural rate of interest and the output gap hysteresis effects and implications for monetary...

The aim of the conference is to discuss new modeling approaches and novel empirical evidence on heterogeneity in the behaviour of firms, households and financial intermediaries, and on policies aimed to address economic challenges arising in specific markets, regions or group of agents but...

Empirical Methods in Money Macro - Maik Wolters (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) This course deals with the analysis of dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium models. The focus of this course is on methodological aspects related to the analysis of business cycle models. In particular we...

The Institute of Employment Research (IAB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank hold a joint conference on the problems of the labour market performance during the crisis in Europe and also the U.S. Of specific (but not exclusive) interest are submissions on - The role of labor mobility for Euro Area...

This conference will focus on empirical and theoretical contributions providing an assessment of various issues related to inflation developments, offering new perspectives on structural analysis, forecasting and economic policy design and assessment. Possible topics include: - Heterogeneity of...

Referate: -"Der Zettel hier ist tausend Kronen wert" – Wie lässt sich die Inflationsgefahr bändigen? Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Otmar Issing - "... durch Tausendkünstler schnell vertausendfacht"? Goethe und die Geldpolitik in Deutschland um 1800 Dr. Gerhard Müller - Under What Circumstances...

Conference Theme: After the financial crisis: Where do we go from here?

The aim of the conference is to bring together high quality research on the question how the labor market propagates and amplifies macroeconomic shocks. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. We are particularly interested in papers that go beyond recalibrating the standard...

Central banks now routinely release, and comment, on forecasts for macroeconomic and financial variables, using a variety of methodologies in preparing and presenting forecasts. Some publish a staff forecast, others rely on professional forecasts, while still other forecasts may be from...

Topic: The Labor Market and the Business Cycle