This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum on innovative research and to promote the exchange of views for issues related to central banking among researchers of the Bank of Albania, other central banks, academia and other research institutions. Topics of interest: - What causes inflation?...

This conference offers an opportunity for economists, central bankers, and policymakers to present and discuss their studies on topics related to payment, clearing and settlement systems. The conference will include special sessions jointly organised with Payments Canada on topics related to...

The four days conference consists of seven programs and each program will meet for three sessions. Three papers will be presented for each session with assigned discussants and time for open discussion. Topics: International Macroeconomics, Money & Banking; Corporate Finance; Investment...

Topics: International Macroeconomics, Money & Banking Sessions, Corporate Finance; Investment Finance; Trade, Growth and Development; Accounting; Real Estate and Urban Economics. We encourage submissions from researchers early in their career, and from researchers who are not affiliated with ABFER.

Topics: - What is driving exchange rate developments and their implications for price and financial stability; - Theoretical and empirical aspects of transmission mechanism and macro prudential policy; - Dynamics in financial innovation and implications for central banks; - Macroeconomic Models...

Topics: - The application of artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing to payment systems; - The impact of FinTech on payment systems; - Modernization of payments and payments migration; - Technological innovations in retail and wholesale payments; - Management of clearing...

We invite academics and professionals to submit papers related to derivative markets and products.

Topics: - Understanding payment adoption and usage from the perspective of consumers, retailers, and payment infrastructures. - Demand for cash, and the usage of high-denomination banknotes. - Cryptocurrencies, FinTech, E-money, and payment innovations. - Payments efficiency and the interplay...

We invite academics and professionals to submit papers that model/explain features of derivative markets and products.

We solicit theoretical and empirical papers on the interactions between financial intermediation and sovereign debt markets. Topics: - Sovereign debt distribution: participants, auction mechanisms, and market outcomes, - Financial intermediation and the term structure of sovereign debt...