The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the macroeconomic vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries. Debt was already high prior to the onset of the pandemic, but now many developing country governments must navigate through record-high public and private debt levels, and rising...

The annual meeting will commence on Monday, 29 August 2022, 08:30 a.m. CET with welcoming remarks followed by the first of six parallel sessions which feature 34 contributed sessions in total, covering a wide variety of policy-relevant topics.

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit empirical papers covering issues in all areas linking banking and institutions. Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: - political economy of banking - financial stability - institutional underpinnings of financial...

Banking Summer School courses cover recent developments in different areas of banking, including theoretical and empirical aspects of banking, banking regulation and supervision, financial markets and payments systems. During the courses, the faculty are available to discuss research ideas and...

The workshop organizers invite researchers to submit papers covering issues in all areas linking finance and politics. Topics: Political economy of banking; Electoral cycles and banks’ behavior; Political systems and financial crises; Political connections of firms; Political uncertainty and...

Barcelona Summer School 2020 has been cancelled.

Technology advancements are driving the digitalization of financial markets, and large-scale investment in new emerging technologies are fundamentally changing the operating environment as finance is becoming more data driven. While these innovations in artificial intelligence and big data have...

This is one of the three Research Clusters set up by the Heads of Research of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), with the aim of fostering interaction and collaboration between ESCB researchers working on fields of common interest. Topics: - The impact and implementation of...

The Barcelona GSE Banking Summer School offers a variety of courses taught by recognized experts in their fields. Summer courses cover recent developments in different areas of banking, including theoretical and empirical aspects of banking, banking regulation and supervision, financial markets...

The general objective of the workshop is to reassess the overall framework of the EU along three dimensions: Monetary union; Fiscal union; Banking union. Specific objectives include but are not restricted to: (i) the sustainability of sovereign debt, and of union-wide sharing mechanisms, (ii)...