APEF 2022 is the gathering place for economists and financial experts from academia, government, and the private sector to present their research results, exchange ideas, and network. Due to the persistence of COVID-19, the conference will be conducted in a ‘Hybrid Format’.

This seminar helps early stage PhD candidates design their research project. In particular, participants will: - acknowledge process, philosophical, and methodological ambiguities in their research; - understand the interplay between theory, method, data, rhetoric, and authorship in their...

Conference theme: The global economy is on an uncertain recovery path from the unprecedented pandemic recession. Policymakers need to evaluate the new macroeconomic landscape and formulate macroeconomic policy appropriately. This conference will contribute to this debate. Topics: - The...

This seminar helps early stage PhD candidates design their research project. In particular, participants will: - acknowledge process, philosophical, and methodological ambiguities in their research; - understand the interplay between theory, method, data, rhetoric, and authorship in their...

CANCELLED due to uncertainty related to COVID-19

The conference will bring together leading researchers in real-time analysis of economic data and will cover topics such as real-time macro- and financial econometrics, forecasting, and macroeconomic policy analysis, among others. Topics: - Nowcasting, forecasting, and real-time monitoring of...

The workshop aims at creating a network of researchers working in closely related fields, and is primarily targeted at macroeconomists active in Belgium.

APEF 2019 is the gathering place for economists and financial experts from academia, government, and the private sector to present their research results, exchange ideas and network. This year’s sessions will look at how US-China trade war is affecting the world economy. We welcome all papers...

The aim of this two-day workshop is to bring together researchers working on topics in Empirical Macroeconomics to present and discuss their ongoing research. We invite contributions on issues related to Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Business Cycle Analysis or International Macroeconomics.