Bayesian time series models have become very popular with empirical macroeconomists. This is because they are especially suited to deal with great number of parameters such as the ones characterizing commonly employed macroeconomic models. The latter may include many variables and may feature...

The reform process triggered by the recent financial crisis is gradually making progress. Advances are underway in the area of banking regulation, accounting standards, and market infrastructure (e.g. clearing houses for derivatives, etc.). A new framework for macroprudential policy is also...

The workshop provides a platform to discuss new developments in the field of empirical and applied macroeconomic modelling and aims at bringing together academic researchers and practitioners. We invite empirical, applied and theo-retical papers dealing with time series and panel econometrics,...

This workshop will examine a broad range of economic issues relating to organizations, including: incentive contracts with external and internal parties and managerial remuneration; the organization of production, the use of labour and wage structures; the design of hierarchies; the allocation...

The organizers welcome submissions of a theoretical or empirical nature related to the theme of the conference. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to): - Dynamic general equilibrium models with financial intermediaries - Financial intermediaries and boom-bust cycles - Bank capital and...

The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, with special emphasis for the peripheral countries, threatens the very existence of the European common currency. It is then urgent to reflect on what went wrong in the conception and operation of the euro zone itself and point out ways out of...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Marc J. Melitz (Department of Economics Harvard University) Recent empirical evidence has shown that firms/plants producing similar goods react very differently to international forces. Some...

The conference organisers welcome submissions of a theoretical or empirical nature. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Debt consolidation, fiscal rules, debt sustainability, sovereign debt crises and default; 2. Fiscal and monetary policy in a liquidity trap, financial...

The Tor Vergata International Conference on Money, Banking and Finance is aimed at exploring the current economic policy debate by focusing on aspects of the financial world. Contributions on the following fields are welcome: - Reforms after the Global Financial Crisis - Theory and Empirics of...

Podczas seminarium organizowanego w dniu 5 grudnia 2011 r. zostanie zaprezentowany raport dotyczący mechanizmu transmisji polityki pieniężnej w Polsce, a także wybrane studia empiryczne dotyczące tego zagadnienia, autorstwa zarówno pracowników Narodowego Banku Polskiego, jak też osób...