The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and medical insurance. A large and increasing fraction of government budgets are allocated to these programmes. Their design varies...

Papers on all fields of public finance are welcome. The particular focus of the 2016 annual conference will be on fiscal equalisation in Europe, including (but not restricted to) research on: - European unemployment insurance - Stabilisation effects of fiscal equalisation schemes - Political...

Topics: - the definition and measurement of global liquidity; - global liquidity and its impact on o international capital flows; o financial, real estate and FX markets; o monetary and financial stability; - the relationship between standard and non-standard monetary policy and global liquidity.

Topics: - Factors accounting for very low global real interest rates - Monetary policy during and after normalisation, including the role for simple rules and forward guidance, and issues posed by balance sheet normalisation - Adverse effects of disinflation, and approaches central banks can use...

In the aftermath of the crisis, this workshop will focus on employment creation as a means of remedying the strong rises in unemployment seen in some economies. The workshop will pay particular attention to the factors behind, and pre-requisites for, the creation of high quality and high...

Topics: - Household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - Housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets - Household finance, credit constraints and monetary policy - Household indebtedness and financial distress - Household finances and the financial and economic crisis - Financing...

Topics: - Benchmarking euro area/EU growth and productivity growth with other advanced economies. How much could be gained from catching up with best practice? - Which factors explain the TFP wedge with the US? What is the role of human capital, workforce organisation and management practices? -...

Credit market dynamics have increasingly influenced macroeconomic developments in recent years. Notably, since the start of the recent Great Recession, credit markets have been a major source of macroeconomic disturbances as well as being important in the transmission of shocks originating...

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...