The recent financial crisis has illustrated the importance of the linkages that connect financial systems and economies around the globe. This conference is aimed at characterizing recent global shocks, understanding the transmission mechanism of these shocks, and identifying appropriate policy...

Conference Background: Theoretical and empirical research on financial markets and the banking system, with special focus on the interaction among economic agents, market rules and institutions, appears of foremost importance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

The conference will be based around the themes of: • Econometrics and Empirics of the Crisis • Macroeconomic and Financial Risk • Credit Frictions and the New New Macro • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Responses to the Crisis

The workshop is intended to bring together academics and practitioners to discuss economic developments in east Asia, with a particular emphasis on China. Topics: - International trade and capital flows - Economic development and related policies - Issues related to monetary and fiscal...

The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting, and computer-based exercises. The following topics will be covered: • unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; • vector...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. This course (Carl E. Walsh, University of California) focuses on the theoretical foundations of monetary economics and their policy implications, with some attention paid to the models’...

The conference will bring together researchers from central banks, international institutions and academia to discuss the role of monetary and fiscal policy in times of financial crises. The conference will provide a forum for presenting the latest advances in various empirical and theoretical...

Governments and public institutions across Africa must tackle the challenges of having non-diversified economies. In this scenario, central banks, ministries of finance and national fund mangers have a pivotal role in achieving economic stability, ensuring liquidity and preserving national...

Empirical analysis of financial markets and the information contained therein is crucial for central banks. This analysis needs to take account of the latest developments in financial economics. For example, recent advances in techniques used to extract information from the prices of financial...

The following fields will be discussed: a) Causes of Financial crisis: Interest rates, International Imbalances and the Great Moderation ("Minsky Effect") b) Trade and financial flows: Savings - consumption imbalance c) Macroeconomic Performance: Core and Periphery in EU d) Eurozone in Distress:...