The Congress will cover the following hot topics: - How to tackle the aftermath of PSD2 - Why the Plug & Play philosophy is key in an open banking era - The need to shift from ego-systems to eco-systems to become more efficient - The new paradigm of digital transformation - The evolution of...

Digital transformation is no longer an option for banks that want to succeed and grow, and they cannot afford to wait while others move forward. It is now a vital requirement and has already been embraced by many other industries. If banks fall behind, they risk losing their competitive edge -...

The conference will focus on positive and normative studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and medical insurance. A large and increasing fraction of government budgets are allocated to these programmes. Their design varies...

Papers on all fields of public finance are welcome. The particular focus of the 2016 annual conference will be on fiscal equalisation in Europe, including (but not restricted to) research on: - European unemployment insurance - Stabilisation effects of fiscal equalisation schemes - Political...

The main theme of this year’s conference is "Real Estate, Financial Stability, and the Macroeconomy". A non-exhaustive list of potential topics: - Real estate "bubbles": identification and consequences for financial stability - Regulation of real estate financing, such as macroprudential...

The focus of the congress will be on five key issues around transformation: - What the new retail banking model needs to look like? - How will banks become more customer centric and develop superior customer experience management skills to match other industries? - How will banks successfully...

The event is the result of interdisciplinary and interregional cooperation, and it presently promotes the analysis of Chinese development in the areas of culture, economics and technology in the context of Chinese and European traditions. This year’s BHF will focus on the topics Green Economy,...

The elasticity of taxable income (ETI) has been a central concept in the empirical public finance literature for the last 20 years. Precise information on the ETI is potentially very relevant for the design of tax policy as it is, under certain circumstances, a 'sufficient statistic' for...

This year’s workshop targets econometric methods related to the analysis of innovation, with a particular focus on environmental innovation. The objective of the workshop is to bring together promising international young researchers for a week of intense training by renowned international...

The goal of the conference is to stimulate discussion between international researchers conducting related empirical and theoretical analysis. The conference will focus on policy implications of recent research. Theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the...