The aim of this conference is to consider the ways in which (1) cities and regions throughout the world are facing up to and can adapt to these challenges, (2) cities and regions can help create an architecture and construct relationships that can contribute to the development of a world that is...

Conference themes: - Regional and urban development theory revisited - City and regiona governance for a post-crisis age - Growing apart? The increase in social and spatial inequality - Evidence-based urban and regional policies - Smart cities, smart regions? - Financing city and regional...

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

This workshop provides an opportunity for all those interested in Applied Macroeconomics and Labour Economics to discuss their research and to exchange ideas. Researchers are invited to submit both empirical and theoretical papers that are broadly consistent with the workshop’s topics.

We welcome all submissions with a regional focus and especially those in the following areas: Urban and regional polic; New challenges in urban planning; New economic geography; Big data and regions; Climate change and sustainability; Politics and territory; Mega-regions and City regions;...

The goal of this workshop is to bring together European applied macroeconomists to discuss current frontier research on a regular basis. Applications from economists from all French and European institutions are welcomed in all fields of applied macroeconomics including financial, international,...

The conference brings together leading academics, central bankers and bank supervisors, and features keynote speakers Darrell Duffie (Stanford University) and Richard Berner (US Office of Financial Research). Questions for discussion will include: - How do global interconnections arise, and what...

Topics: - the evolution of bank business models and risk-taking preferences in response to regulatory change (Basel III) - the implications of the zero bound problem for (SME) lending choices - the existence of multiple policy objectives and private vs government lending - the challenges...

The workshop provides a platform to discuss applied economic research. We invite empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of macro­economics and international economics with an emphasis on a high rele­vance for economic policy. The special topic of the workshop will be...

Papers (in English) covering the following subjects and related areas are welcome. - Function of RTGS systems - Risks in payments and settlement systems - Interdependencies between different financial market infrastructures - Crisis indicators in payments and settlement systems - Liquidity...