New Challenges for Monetary and Fiscal Policy Posed by Financial Frictions - Lawrence J. Christiano (Northwestern University) This course will address various new challenges for fiscal and monetary policy. Most of these reflect the increased recognition of the economic importance of financial...

Topics: - the functioning of the transmission mechanism and optimal design of the monetary policy implementation framework in the new market environment; - the impact of market fragmentation on monetary policy implementation, including empirical studies on segmentation in the money markets of...

The main theme of this year’s conference is "Real Estate, Financial Stability, and the Macroeconomy". A non-exhaustive list of potential topics: - Real estate "bubbles": identification and consequences for financial stability - Regulation of real estate financing, such as macroprudential...

The conference will bring together researchers from academia and policy institutions to discuss the reasons why inflation has been persistently low recently in many industrialised countries as well as the design of appropriate macroeconomic policy responses. Topics: - monetary policy at the...

We invite researchers and practitioners to participate in the conference and submit papers on all areas of risk governance and related fields. Topics may include, but are not limited to: - Risk governance in banks and financial institutions, - Regulatory aspects of risk governance, - Central...

Professor Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bert Rürup, Chef des Handelsblatt Research Institutes, referiert darüber, wie die unterschiedlichen ökonomischen Schulen die Situation momentan bewerten und leitet Handlungsempfehlungen ab. Prof. Dr. Gustav A. Horn, Wissenschaftlicher Direktor des Instituts für...

Topics: - the evolution of bank business models and risk-taking preferences in response to regulatory change (Basel III) - the implications of the zero bound problem for (SME) lending choices - the existence of multiple policy objectives and private vs government lending - the challenges...

Papers in all areas of asset pricing are welcome.

Papers (in English) covering the following subjects and related areas are welcome. - Function of RTGS systems - Risks in payments and settlement systems - Interdependencies between different financial market infrastructures - Crisis indicators in payments and settlement systems - Liquidity...