ESOBE stands for European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics. This series of seminars was launched in 2010 with the first meeting in Rotterdam. In recent decades Bayesian econometrics has expanded enormously in areas such as optimal processing of information from different sources, efficient...

The 2016 Financial Markets Conference will examine liquidity from academic, regulatory, and market participant points of view. We seek to understand the various definitions and aspects of liquidity with an emphasis on the relationship to financial stability and monetary policy...

The theme of this conference is "Resilience and Rebuilding for Low-Income Communities." Community development is a dynamic research arena that requires the input of a multitude of voices, sectors, and industries; the harnessing of an array of data; and the application of numerous methodologies to...

The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research on remittances and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. Possible topics include (but are not restricted to) volatility of remittances and their impact on investment and growth,...

We are interested in receiving theoretical, empirical, and policy papers concerning the credit channel of monetary policy, particularly in the context of a modern financial system characterized by the substantial presence of non- banks and asset-backed securitization. The credit channel of...

How well do classic notions of financial fragility translate to a system with increasing intermediation by large and/or complex nonbank financial institutions like hedge funds, broker-dealers, and government-sponsored enterprises? Toward answering this question, we are interested in receiving...

The conference Economics of Payments II will highlight the new research on the economics of payments as well as explore the ongoing changes in payments markets. These changes include shifts in the use of various payment instruments around the world—notably, the continuing decline in check...