The world is facing a concurrence of crises: the war in Ukraine and the ongoing recovery from COVID-19 on top of the effects of climate change. While differing very much in nature, these crises all have a decisive effect on economic and monetary policy. With our conference, we seek to develop a...

This conference will provide both a historical and a forward looking perspective on EMU. After a brief look into its general history, we will discuss more specifically how EMU brought about the level of monetary financial and fiscal stability that allowed Europe to master adversarial events as...

The conference at the start of the Austrian EU Presidency will analyze which dimensions matter most for the smooth functioning of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and for the convergence of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European (CESEE) countries. The conference will shed light on economic,...

The aim of the workshop on central bank balance sheets is to gather scholars who have worked with historic central bank balance sheets to put these current debates into a longer-term perspective. We particularly welcome contributions that highlight the challenges posed by analyzing balance...

Panel 1 Credit Cycles, Central Bank Policy and the Real Economy in CESEE Session 1 Real Estate Bubbles and the Financial Crisis Session 2 The Finance-Growth Nexus: Implications for CESE Session 3 The Policy Response in Europe: How to Deal with the Financial Cycle

The objectives of this conference are twofold. First, the conference aims to improve the general understanding of payment economics (and related disciplines) in the field of retail payments and, more specifically, to help identify possible developments and dynamics that will shape the future...

Theme: “Catching-Up Strategies after the Crisis” Session 1 - Catching-Up Prospects after the Crisis Panel 1 - Challenges for Monetary Policy in the CESEE Region Session 2 - The New Role of Growth Financing Session 3 - The New Role of Exports Session 4 - The Catching-Up Experience of the...

Session 1: Commodities as an asset class Session 2: Financial investors and commodity market dynamics Session 3: Energy markets in Europe – state of play, future prospects and implications for financial markets Session 4: Oil revenues: Role and management of sovereign wealth funds, and...