The conference will focus on on the policies and politics of austerity and on the various aspects of the Greek crisis. Papers dealing with similar experiences in other countries that may bring light on the effects of austerity policies in Greece will also be considered. The conference will be...

This workshop provides an opportunity for all those interested in monetary policy, asset prices and real economy 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 special...

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...

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...

Der zweitägige Workshop soll ein Forum für aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich der Makroökonomik und Konjunkturforschung bieten und gleichzeitig zur besseren Vernetzung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern beitragen.

Program: SESSION I: SHORT-RUN CHALLENGES: THE ROLE OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY SESSION II: MEDIUM- AND LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS

Program: Session A: Wage Setting and Price-Wage Interactions Session B: Labor Market Modeling, Macro-Interactions and Policies Session C: Implications for Monetary Policy Book Launch: Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession Special Session: IZA World of Labor Session D: Labor...

Topics: - what constitutes a ‘crisis’, global or local, in countries with decades of economic turbulence - changing notions of ‘the good life’ and luxury - youth consumer cultures, both emerging ones and those linked to Soviet pasts - migrant labour and local economies - money...

The following topics are likely to be covered: - the econometric modelling and forecasting of inflation and growth; - formulating and using varieties of mechanical, statistical, semi-structural and structural forecasting models; - forecasting at different forecast horizons; - tools for forecast...

The conference is linked to the Ph.D. program on “Public economics and inequality,” which is arranged by the Hans-Böckler Foundation in collaboration with the Free University Berlin. The financial crisis of 2007/8 was followed by the first contraction in the global economy since World War...