The purpose of the workshop is to identify policies and reforms that may suitably support the recovery from the crisis, also through empirical characterization of how institutional factors and past reforms have shaped country-specific crisis experiences.

The organising committee of this conference invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on small business financing and its importance for the real economy. Topics: - Availability of credit for small businesses and firms' competitiveness; - Financial deregulation...

The submission of research papers in the following fields is especially encouraged: 1. Macro-financial models linking financial stability and the performance of the economy 2. Models and tools for the early identification and assessment of systemic risk 3. Assessing contagion risks 4....

Topics: - financial market incentives and bank funding, - International implications of the evolving models of funding, - the impact of different types of bank funding on the supply of corporate lending (including SME lending) and investment, - corporate bond issuance as a complement/substitute...

Submissions are welcome on issues related to the following themes: - Theoretical work on the monetary policy transmission channels and the effectiveness of asset purchase programmes and other non-standard monetary policy measures - Empirical evidence on the effects of such programmes and...

The workshop provides a forum for the presentation of both theoretical and applied contributions that can help identify new directions for forecasting, particularly in the light of the issues raised by the recent financial and sovereign debt crises. The ongoing turbulence in the global economy,...

This year’s conference on financial integration and stability will put the spotlight on the EU’s single financial market. Under the heading “Financial integration and stability: towards a more resilient single EU financial market”, a selected group of key policy-makers, financial market...

The series of biennial conferences on statistics held by the ECB provides an important forum for the exchange of views on the statistical requirements for central bank policy-making. The conference will bring together users and compilers of statistics from central banks, national statistical...

Topics: - The definition and measurement of global liquidity - Global liquidity and the direction, size and composition of international capital flows - The impact of global liquidity on asset prices and exchange rates - The impact of global liquidity on monetary and financial stability - The...