This new edition of the Lisbon conference aims to bring together large numbers of researchers, policy makers for a review of the Lisbon Strategy, and a debate on the economic crisis and the prospects or a “smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”. The conference will cover areas of applied...

Topics: 1) Sources of financial frictions: - Sources of liquidity - Reasons of market incompleteness and dysfunctions - Role of banks 2) Financial frictions in macromodels - Financial sector and real economy - Sources and consequences of financial crises - ‘Sudden stops’, financial contagion...

This workshop is a continuation of previous events of similar focus held by the Norges Bank in 2005 and the Bank of Canada in 2006. The conference will provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss theoretical and empirical issues regarding the microstructure of financial...