The economics of fiscal rules and debt sustainability. Government debt levels have increased dramatically since the outbreak of the pandemic. EU fiscal rules have been temporarily suspended, and the persisting low interest rate environment seems to remain favourable to loose fiscal policy. As...

To reach Europe’s climate goals for 2050, we need effective solutions from the steel industry. With more than 330,000 directly employed workers and over 2.67 million people working in and around the industry, the EU steel industry produced an average of 170 million tonnes of steel per year,...

To reach Europe’s climate goals for 2050, we need effective solutions from the steel industry. With more than 330,000 directly employed workers and over 2.67 million people working in and around the industry, the EU steel industry produced an average of 170 million tonnes of steel per year,...

The conference will bring together experts, decision and policy makers, scholars, researchers and think tanks from all over the globe to discuss major regulatory challenges, priorities and opportunities for the financial sector to contribute to global and sustainable growth. We are looking for...

Topics: Optimal investment in information security; Models and analysis of online crime (including botnets, ransomware, and underground markets); Cyber-risk quantification and cyber-insurance; Security standards and regulation; Vulnerability discovery, disclosure, and patching; Incentives for...

A number of pressing issues will be discussed at the conference: How much longer can the economy stand the partial shutdown? What policy measures are needed to put the EU on a road to recovery? How will the crisis impact the youth? The need for economic and financial assistance for EU member...

Current account (im-)balances played a central role during the financial crisis. The large deficits of a number of euro area countries (in the South and the East) were widely considered unsustainable (at their peak often more than 10 % of GDP). But they have been largely corrected now. The swing...

The Task Force will engage with a diverse group of stakeholders to think through the priorities for the next European Commission and Parliament. It will focus on three main topics: - Taking stock of what has been achieved so far since the adoption of the CMU Action Plan in September 2015; - Identify...

This conference brings together high-level experts from academia, from regulators and from banks coming from the West and from the East to discuss differences and similarities of financial markets in the East and the West and their needs for regulation.