Die Konferenz soll deutschen Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern, die im Ausland arbeiten, eine Möglichkeit zum wissenschaftlichen Austausch bieten. Außerdem soll sie den Kontakt zwischen ihnen und den Kollegen in Deutschland intensivieren.

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest theoretical and empirical research from all areas of finance, banking, and insurance.

Topics: - Financial markets/financial instabilities and the macroeconomy - Standard and non-standard monetary policy, the zero lower bound and the interactions with economic dynamics - Monetary and fiscal policy interactions - Fiscal policy, sovereign default risk and private sector debt - Risk...

The topics of the conference are the origins and consequences of financial crises as well as possible solutions to prevent and overcome such crises. Both of these topics will be evaluated especially from an Austrian Economics perspective. Besides presentation and discussion of more than thirty...

The conference will focus on how key differences in the fundamentals between the U.S. and the EU – in particular, the degree of coordination among the union member states and the aging of the population – contribute a great deal to our understanding of observed policy differences between...

Empirical Methods in Money Macro - Maik Wolters (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) This course deals with the analysis of dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium models. The focus of this course is on methodological aspects related to the analysis of business cycle models. In particular we...

Topics: - cities and creative quarters as seedbeds for innovation - urban infrastructure and the accessibility of cities - European and national policies for urban development - measurement of urban development - the impact of formal and informal institutions on the development of cities and...

The conference seeks to explore the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy, particularly but not exclusively in monetary unions. Conference topics: - challenges of a single monetary policy with decentralised fiscal policies, - the impact of fiscal policies on prices and output, - the impact...

The main objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for central bankers, market participants and researchers in the field of economics and finance to discuss the most recent developments in access to finance of small and medium-sized companies. Topics: - The role of banks in financing...

The conference is intended to discuss ongoing research on survey and micro data and its role and usage in macroeconomics. Papers, theoretical, empirical and policy oriented, are actively solicited on issues like (the list below is not exhaustive): methodology of business surveys; uncertainty...