The aim of the conference is to gather high quality recent research that explores the causes and consequences of sovereign default from three different, complementary perspectives: theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, macro-finance modeling, as well as economic history.

Mit der Frage, welche Lehren aus der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise zu ziehen sind, beschäftigt sich eine internationale Konferenz des Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA). Experten aus den USA und Europa werden vom 13. bis 15. Dezember 2012 an der Universität Heidelberg...

Papers presented address topics such as the role of capital flow management measures as a policy instrument and their spillovers, the role of banks in international business cycles, exchange rate policy, and international debt deleveraging.

Die gegenwärtige europäische Krise bietet ein widersprüchliches Bild: In Deutschland und auch in mehreren anderen mittel- und nordeuropäischen Ländern ist die Wirtschaftslage trotz steigender Staatsverschuldung relativ gut. Die Bevölkerung in vielen südeuropäischen Ländern aber auch in...

Seit Beginn der Eurokrise hat kaum ein Thema die Politik der Eurozone so polarisiert wie die Frage der Einführung einer gemeinsamen Haftung für die Staatschulden. Der Vorsitzende der Eurogruppe, der luxemburgische Premierminister Jean Claude Juncker, war der erste prominente Befürworter von...

The event will cover both theoretical and empirical analyses of the functioning of the international monetary system. The following topics are likely to be covered: • the interplay between domestic policy frameworks and the international monetary system; • the role of ‘rules of the game’...

Panel I - What kind of political integration might revitalise the European project? How to solve Dani Rodrik’s “fundamental political trilemma” in the European context? Panel II - The growing role of the CEE in the EU Panel III - The CEE countries’ choices – reassessing the value of...

The Ifo-CoR BrIEF, an annual conference series, is co-organised by the Committee of the Regions and the Munich-based Ifo Institute. The series aims to strengthen the contribution of Europe's economic expertise to European economic policy-making and to provide a platform for prominent...

The Campus for Finance – Asia Pacific Conference 2012 will discuss the implications and opportunities of increasingly frequent asset bubbles – on investors, financial intermediaries, capital-seekers, policy makers and the finance profession as a whole.

In the 2012 Conference, we plan to address the following topics: - The Euro-Crisis - Restructuring the State: Welfare and Austerity, Parliaments and Executive Decision-making - Economic Democracy - Inequality and Democracy - Crisis Management, Elite Disorientation - International Relations: New...